Knowledge is Empowering, by Lindsay, 23

Many times when talking to other women my age about NFP, the immediate assumption is that my reasoning stems from religion, which, in their eyes, renders the point I had been trying to make with them moot. While being raised in a Catholic home with a Catholic doctor for a mother may have served as a gateway for the introduction of NFP into my life, it certainly is not the only reason.

Looking at it from purely a health perspective, there are real benefits to learning how a woman’s body works. Rather than brushing it aside as something irrelevant or too complicated for the average brain to grasp, comprehension of exactly how fertility works can show that it really is not that hard to learn and it will also inform a woman when something is wrong, what exactly is wrong, and what needs to be done to correct the situation.

Beyond that, it is empowering to know why our bodies behave the way they do. Especially for young, pubescent girls who are going through so many new changes that they do not understand, helping them to read the signs their body gives them can take away some of the daunting aspects that turning into a woman can present.

Young women today need to take advantage of the fact that it is our generation who shapes the future. We need to show the world that a woman’s body is something to be respected and knowing the intricacies of how we were created is knowledge worth learning.