I ask the sexpert
Lately I have been depressed
for no reason, and a friend told
me it was because I stopped
taking birth-control pills. Is
there such a thing as "pill
withdrawal"?
Yes, some women do
experience side-effects after
discontinuing birth-control pills.
Your body is simply adjusting to
the change in hormone levels —
just as it did when you began
taking the pill. Depression may
be one side-effect. Others may
include irregular periods for
three to 18 months, an increase
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The University Bookstore is offering extra incentives for the
campus community to suggest how the store can better serve its
needs.
The three best suggestions submitted by 4 p.m. Friday will win
$50 bookstore gift certificates.
A $100 gift certificate to Sunriver Resort in Bend, three $35
bookstore certificates, three $20 bookstore certificates and three
$10 bookstore certificates also will be awarded to contest entrants.
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or decrease in sexual appetite,
increased vaginal discharge,
sore breasts before periods,
menstrual cramps, acne and
hair loss.
Some changes in your
menstrual cycle (changes in the
length of your cycle, amount of
flow, or premenstrual symp
toms) can be due to natural
body changes that occur with
the passage of time, regardless
of pill use. If your symptoms are
related to stopping birth-control
pills, they should disappear
after about three months. If your
depression is severe or persist
ing beyond this length of time,
you may want to see a doctor or
a counselor.
I keep hearing about this new
form of birth control that is the
“female equivalent of the con
dom. " What exactly is it?
You are referring to the
Collatex sponge, a cup-shaped
sponge containing a
spermicide. It currently is not
available in the United States,
but national marketing
tentatively is scheduled for
1982. The sponge, like the
diaphragm, is designed to be
inserted into the vagina, block
ing the entrance to the uterus.
This combination sometimes is
called "the female equivalent of
the condom."
Like the condom, it is dis
posable, comes only in one size,
and can be sold over the
counter. Unlike the condom,
however, the Collatex sponge
remains an effective contracep
tive during repeated inte
rcourse, and may be left in the
vagina for up to two days.
Foreign trials indicate the
Collatex sponge may be similar
in effectiveness to the
diaphragm.
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Meeting set
for women
symposium
Despite last year’s setback,
planning for this year’s
Women’s Symposium is
proceeding smoothly, accord
ing to the symposium’s co-dir
ectors.
Last year’s symposium was
cancelled because of conflicts
between minority and Cauca
sian women, but this year’s
symposium is being planned
carefully in hopes of avoiding a
similar situation, say co-direc
tors Linda Chase and Diana
Akiyama.
Both say the symposium
planning committee needs
advice from community women
about what to include in the
symposium, which is scheduled
for May 19-22. Anyone interest
ed in the symposium is invited to
attend an organizational
meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday in
Room 101 EMU.
Persons unable to attend the
meeting can contact the sym
posium planners in the ASUO
Executive Office, Suite 4 EMU.
Symposium planners are
accepting designs for a new
symposium logo. Deadline is
March 12.
The focus of this year’s sym
posium will be “coalition build
ing” between all women’s
groups, Akiyama says. “This is
so that we don’t have all these
separate interest groups and no
glue holding them together.”
The symposium should in
clude lesbians, minority women
and women not usually
identified with the feminist
movement, she says.
Poland—
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“The church provides values
and the army provides
government. The party is not
willing to accept the role of
second string.”
However, Fiszman indicated
that conservative church
elements fear the
democratic-socialist elements
within Solidarity.
Fiszman listed a number of
the restrictive policies that have
evoked opposition in Poland.
They include compulsive
military training, teaching the
Russian language and
Marxism-Leninism in the
schools, and prohibiting the
selling of farms, which leads to
large amounts of wasted
farmland.
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