CONTRACEPTION AND FEMININITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESISTANCE TO THE PILL

Abstract

This article analyses why a group of women abandoned the contraceptive pill. It argues
that this decision can be analyzed as a form of resistance to certain representations,
values, and practices inscribed in the pill. In this case, the contraceptive pill is considered
as a gender script. The study of the experiences of a group of women reveals that, under
certain conditions, the notion of the contraceptive pill as an intrinsically emancipatory
technology can be challenged.