So you’ve come off your contraception, now what?

In today’s increasingly fraught dating game, there’s no shortage of unpopular players. On one side of the field, you’ll find an array of f*** boys, soft boys, and other emotionally unavailable types. On the other, you’ll stumble upon a catfish, a ghost and maybe, if you’re lucky, a raging narcissist. Among all these, though, is one character whose ubiquitous unpopularity seems to transcend all else. Introducing contraception: the single most-hated player of all.

Women’s attitudes towards it have noticeably changed over the last few years. Out of my single female friends, I can’t name one who’s currently on any form of contraception, hormonal or otherwise. It’s in stark contrast to five years ago when all of us were juggling various pills, coils and implants. We’re quietly rebelling against the previously accepted norm that we must, biologically and socially, play a nasty game of Russian roulette when it