- I was just in a ten minute Buzzfeed video
and I learned more than in school.
(upbeat jazzy music)
- We're playing Truth or Lie: Birth Control edition.
- Exciting, uncomfortable.
- I don't take birth control,
so whatever crazy things we're to learn,
I'll be like yep, this is why I don't take any.
- My period forced me to take birth control.
- So I'm currently not on birth control.
- I am on birth control, I'm on the pill.
Where are my microgestin sisters?
- I've never been on the pill, have you?
- Yes, and I had my period for a month and a half.
(cartoon screaming)
- I think I'm pretty good with my birth control knowledge.
I think I'll do well on this.
- I know a fair bit about the pill.
Like, I know of the other options,
but I don't know a ton about them.
- I hope I'm good at this.
- I feel like I'm gonna be terrible at this.
- [Jazzymne] Birth control doesn't affect our libido.
- It definitely can affect your libido.
- Does not, yeah, yeah yeah, it lowers your libido.
- That has to be a lie - That's a lie.
- It probably does. - Lie.
- Oh, it doesn't affect. - Yeah, does not.
- Oh, it does.
(record scratches)
- Wait, it does affect it.
(buzzer sounds)
- Yeah! - We're good!
- I mean, it's unfortunate.
- Sometimes, you just gotta stare at the choo choo,
but it doesn't go to the station.
- It's like, I go on birth control
so I don't get pregnant when I have sex,
but I really just don't want to have sex.
- Right?
- Man, I remember the choo choo used to
go to the station so quick.
(gentle piano music) (train whistle blows)
But yeah.
- If you're under 18, you typically do not need permission
of a guardian to get any type of birth control.
False.
- False.
- You need permission.
- I know a bunch of teens that get it,
to prevent, like, acne.
I guess as long as you get your doctor
to prescribe it to you you should be fine?
- I'm gonna say true.
- Truth.
- I feel like that is a lie. - Lie.
- I didn't take birth control when I was under 18,
but I feel like I heard stories of like,
young girls, like, being denied at the pharmacy.
(bell rings)
- Yay!
- Look at us!
- I'm glad it's their decision.
- That's a plus.
- Oh, if that's true, that's good.
- [Lindsay] Birth control use doesn't have to
be consistent in order to remain effective.
- I'm gonna say this is false.
- Yeah.
- I think that's definitely false.
- You need to take it every day.
- I think that's a lie.
- That has to be a lie.
- But do you think that's just a scam
to get you to buy more?
- We will never know.
- Well, we will.
She's about to tell us if it's true or false.
(buzzer sounds)
- Look at us.
We know what we're talking about here.
- Woo!
- If you're not consistent,
then it's gonna (bleep) with you.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- That's all I'm trying to say.
- [Lindsay] Most side effects should subside
after two weeks of taking it.
- I believe that.
- I gained weight through the whole thing.
- False!
- I think that that's false.
- I feel like birth control messes with you
for a long time.
- Your body needs like three months to adjust, I think.
(buzzer sounds)
- All right!
- Oh, that takes forever.
Oh wow. That's in your system for a long time.
- I believe it, yeah, I believe it.
- [Destinee] The pill can lower the risk for
ovarian and uterine cancer
for people who have BRCA mutation.
- I think that's true.
It sounds really accurate.
- You know what that is?
- No.
- I've never been so unsure of anything in my life,
so I'm gonna copy you and say true.
- This is so specific
and I have no idea what they're talking about.
- I say lie.
- I think I read that somewhere,
but I have no idea - It's so specific.
Yeah, it's too specific, so I'm gonna go with false.
- True.
- It's just so specific I'm gonna say it's true.
It's like when you're taking grade school questions,
it's like the more complicated the question, and like,
it's probably true 'cause no one's gonna make that up.
(bell rings)
- Woo!
- Wow!
- Yay!
- Taking the pill for a long time
does not affect your fertility.
That's a lie.
That's a lie, lie, you a lie.
- I think that's true.
- I hope that that's true,
but I actually don't know if it is.
- I don't know.
- I feel like once you're off of it, you're off of it.
I'm gonna say true.
(bell rings)
- Yeah!
- What?
- [Nina] Birth control does protect
against sexually transmitted diseases.
- False. - False.
- Condoms.
- The only thing that does is abstinence.
- Abstinence, kids.
- That's a lie.
Always strap it up, kids.
- Wrap it up.
(buzzer sounds)
- Wrap it up. - Wrap it up. Yeah.
- [Lillian] Those using the patch, the ring, or the coil
were shown to have depression increase at higher rate
than oral contraception.
- I really don't know about this.
- I have no idea, but I do know that depression
does come with some birth controls.
- I'm assuming it should be the same.
- Is this true?
- Sure, I'm gonna say true.
- That sounds like a lie to me, because, like,
these are all just different delivery methods
of the same hormones, right?
- I'm gonna say true.
- I'm gonna say true, too.
(bell rings)
- I'd be sad that I'm right.
When can men start taking birth control,
that's the real question.
- Right, but I think men did try, right,
and then they got all the symptoms that women had,
- And they were like no, God forbid.
- What? Damn.
- That's very sad.
- [Joyce] Birth control has no potential affect on
who you're attracted to.
- Truth? - Please say true.
- That doesn't make any sense.
- True.
- True, I don't think it changes your sexuality.
- True?
(buzzer sounds)
- Oh my god, am I gonna leave my man
after I get off my birth control?
- What? - What?
- This is things they need to tell you!
- What?
- Shut the (bleep) up, what?
- You know what, I did have a really large affection
for like, tall, indie, skater white dudes
when I was on the pill for a week.
- Birth control pills can affect your sense of smell.
- Hell yeah, baby.
- Yeah.
- Because of the other one.
- Now we learned.
I would have said no, but because of the other one,
it affects your smell.
- We now know.
- I think being on my period affects my sense of smell,
so I feel like birth control would.
- Well, after this pheromone thing,
I feel like that has to be true.
(bell rings)
- We're smart.
- I wonder what I used to smell.
- I don't think I noticed a change, but also the last time
I smelled anything off birth control was eight years ago.
- Wow - Wow.
- You learn something new every day, you know.
- The most fascinating thing to me was how certain kinds of
birth control had a higher rate of depression.
That's really sad to me and I feel like
we don't talk about it enough.
- The most shooketh that I was from this whole lesson
was that you'll be attracted to different people.
- Through all my schooling,
none of this was ever talked about.
I was just in a ten minute buzzfeed video
and I leaned more than in school.
- We need to put more money into more research
for one, birth control for men,
so women aren't the only ones
who have to bear the burden of this.
- (bleep) please.
- And also just more money and research into finding things
that don't (bleep) us up so much.
- Do you still want to stay on the pill?
- I do, because my cramps are God awful.
- I don't know, show this in health class?
- Yeah, just play this game.
- Even though the pill does help people,
which is really cool and I didn't know that,
I think that everyone deserves the opportunity
to have so many options.
They don't have to risk anything
by not wanting to have kids right now.
- Birth control, taxes,
all the things I wish I knew in high school.
- Birth control, taxes, my sexuality.
I wish I knew them all in high school.
Now I'm kind of familiar with them.
(jazzy music)