Women should wait to take their contraceptive pill when deciding who to marry as it could change who they are attracted to, a life coach has claimed.
Women’s health writer Maisie Hill said some of her clients noticed they were no longer attracted to their long-term partners after stopping hormonal birth control.
Previous studies have found some evidence that women taking birth control pills prefer men with less masculine faces. the Times reported.
And implicitly: if they stop taking the pill, their physical attraction to their partner will change.
But last week the NHS warned that misinformation about the pill online has led to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions.
Maisie Hill, a women’s health writer, said some of her clients noticed that they were no longer attracted to their long-term partners after stopping hormonal birth control (stock).
Dr. Sue Mann, NHS clinical director for women’s health, said myths surrounding the contraceptive pill, such as that it would cause infertility, were ‘real cause for concern’.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival about her book Powerful: Be the Expert in Your Own Life, Ms Hill said she had learned from her client’s experiences.
She said:[I] started recommending to people that if you are considering settling down or making major life decisions, even if the pill is working well for you, stop taking it, stop taking it for a while, and see if you still have always loves that person.’
Previous studies have found some evidence that women taking birth control pills prefer men with a less masculine face. This implies that when they stop taking the pill, their physical attraction towards their partner changes (supply).
The NHS warned that misinformation around the pill online has led to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions (stock)
Recently, the claim that women are more attracted to feminine men has been widely shared on social media, alongside other myths about the possible side effects of hormonal birth control.
NHS data shows that the proportion of women using the pill as their main form of contraception has fallen from 47 per cent in 2012-2013 to 27 per cent in 2022-2023.
The number of abortions in England and Wales is at an all-time high, with 251,377 abortions in 2022, up from 184,122 in 2012.