Is the pullout method fine actually?
NO SUCH THING
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4.6 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Our whole lives, we’ve been told the pullout or withdrawal method is not a legitimate form of birth control and a fast-track way to becoming a parent. Some have even referred to it as the pull-and-pray method.
But reproductive health researcher Andréa Becker makes the argument that the pullout method “is not the enemy of public health it’s been made out to be” if done correctly.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Annie. I'm Noah. |
| 0:01.3 | And this is Devin. And this is no such thing. |
| 0:04.0 | The show will resettle our dumb arguments and yours by actually doing the research. |
| 0:08.7 | Today, we're talking about sex ed, birth control, and a case for pulling out. |
| 0:14.0 | I think the general vibe is that everyone does it, but nobody wants to talk about it. |
| 0:21.3 | There's no such thing. |
| 0:23.1 | No such thing. |
| 0:25.9 | No such thing. |
| 0:29.0 | No such thing. |
| 0:31.7 | No such thing. |
| 0:35.5 | All right, fellas. |
| 0:37.0 | This is going to be an interesting one. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm scared personally. |
| 0:40.8 | Me too. |
| 0:41.4 | We as a friend group do not do a lot of locker room talk like our president. |
| 0:46.8 | So we'll try to keep this a little PG-13. |
| 0:50.8 | Yes. |
| 0:51.5 | If you're listening with young children, I'm glad they're a fan of the show, but maybe they should skip this episode. |
| 0:58.6 | Or maybe they should keep listening. |
| 1:00.0 | Maybe they're going to learn some. |
| 1:01.1 | They can listen to it and then at the end we'll let them know whether they're not. |
| 1:05.3 | They actually should have skipped it. |
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