When it comes to preventing pregnancy, women often bear the brunt of responsibility for birth control in their partnerships. Sociologist Krystale Littlejohn decided to dig into how it affects women’s lives to be told to "just get on the pill." She tells guest host Carvell Wallace about what she learned from interviewing over 100 young women and offers suggestions for making contraception less gendered. Carvell also talks with Matthew Treviño, a former participant in a trial for hormonal male birth control.

Meet the guests:

- <a href="https://www.krystalelittlejohn.com/">Krystale Littlejohn</a> is the author of "<a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/just-get-on-the-pill/paper">Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics</a>" and an associate professor at the University of Oregon

- Matthew Treviño is a former participant in a trial for hormonal male birth control

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