There are many more birth control options available nowadays, especially compared with before. Those methods include the pill, synthetic hormones, condoms, and intrauterine devices. Even though women are offered all these different ways to prevent pregnancy, many of reverted to the old-school method of pulling out. They prefer this more natural way but it is not the only natural method, another method is finding out their fertility cycle. Research shows that this method is almost a 100% effective whereas the pull-out method is only around 80% effective. The downside of using this method is that women have to learn how to find out when they are fertile and the process is a bit delicate. There is also the problem of lack of resources to offer women.
Katie Gilbert writes this essay as a woman to another woman. Even though she does not use a personal voice or pronouns, it is clear to female readers that this article is targeted to them. She uses solid evidence and facts to support her claim that women should use more natural methods of preventing pregnancy and not man-made methods. She presents her points in a clear and concise manner and addresses the weaknesses in her argument. She wrote a well-rounded essay with good vocabulary and structure. However, her word choice is complicated and a few words could be unfamiliar to certain readers. Even though her essay was very interesting and well-written, it was a bit dry in certain areas because of how she wrote fact after fact coupled with many different organization names. Overall, she wrote a very strong essay and was able to clearly send her message to her audience.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/the-new-old-school-birth-control/279995/
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