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The art of having the fun without the forever.

means Deliberately preventing pregnancy through devices, drugs, or methods used before or during sex.

from A 19th-century lab-coat compound: Latin 'contra' (against) bolted onto 'conception' (the moment life begins). No myth, no legend — just two Latin pieces fused for maximum clarity, first catching on in medical and reform-movement writing as the modern birth-control vocabulary took shape.

origin
ancient egyptians used crocodile dung as spermicide
pill math
one daily pill outsmarts 400 potential eggs a year
oldest trick
lemon halves used as makeshift cervical caps in 1700s
failure rate gap
perfect use vs typical use differ wildly, blame humans
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