Dr. Jen Gunter
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This is a great thing for people to have, you know, all of the library of all of medicine in your fingertips, but you also have to know how to use it.
I mean, the analogy like I gave is, you know, back in the day when we had card catalogs and libraries and microfiche, you know,
You had to learn how to use the library.
Seriously.
You'd go in, you'd go to the card catalog, you'd look things up.
And you had to be taught how to use the library.
If I wasn't taught how to use the library, I could have walked in and been like, oh, well, you know, I'm just going to look at the National Enquirer that they also have here.
Because that's easier.
And there's a time and place to read about alien abductions and all those kinds of things.
But I think that we don't teach people how to question the content that they get online.
Or we teach, some people learn it.
And so I would say that it's both.
And this gets back to whether you're selling a product or you're selling a lifestyle.
And what we're seeing, I would say, is this rise in
And I don't have a great term for it, but trad wife adjacent type of like eschewing birth control, staying at home, not getting a job.
And if that's your choice, that is amazing for you.
But presenting this as something that's medically beneficial is a different thing.
Right.
And so, you know, choices in all things.
I think going in informed is the best thing.