The Pill is a very powerful contraceptive; taken correctly the chances of pregnancy are small. This is a great benefit to women, but it is also a double-edged sword. The desire to become pregnant is not always an entirely intellectual and rational emotion, and many women enjoy the element of risk inherent in other, less safe methods. The very effectiveness of the Pill can trap her, she feels taken over, becomes angry at this, and this anger is easily transferred to sex itself, causing frigidity. Sometimes, there is a cogent and usually unconscious feeling that this total control is cheating nature, that nature will get its own back in some unspecified way, and no amount of scientific explanation of the overall benefits of oral contraception will alter this. Whatever the reasons for unease at taking the Pill, the result is often that the women forgets to do so, or develops a series of problems necessitating frequent changes of Pill. She is signalling that the method, although extremely effective as a form of contraceptive, is wrong for her. Exploration of the hidden reasons for these anxieties help her to decide on the method which is best.
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