
That’s literally the number one thing doctors tell you to take for ANY problem as a woman. It’s not just for sex, it’s usually to manage hormones and periods because they fucking suck without it. So obviously no one’s forcing you but the alternative is so fucking shitty that you basically don’t have a choice sometimes
It's not just for sex but also (obviously every case is different) but in my experience and a few of my friends, when you start taking birth control for period young, you miss out on the fact that period pain generally improves as you get older. So like unless you have some underlying health issues, if you stop taking hormonal birth control to manage period pain, the first 2 periods suck pretty bad but after that it's fine. And I say this as someone who used to limp 2 days a month from my period
Maybe try that out and see if it works. Also it's not the number one this doctors tell you for ANY problem as a woman, not every problem as a woman is attributed to hormones and hormonal birth control can also make some issues worse, including but not limited to bipolar and depression. And I would know because in addition to horrible periods, I was also insane when I was on birth control lol