So I read the headline "Lack of birth control deepens women's burden in Venezuela" on the front page of the Sunday New York Times and thought why aren't the men taking some responsibility here. (The online title varies from that of the print edition, as quoted.) Then I read the sentence that said a packet of condoms around Caracas costs $4.40 which is three times Venezuela's monthly minimum wage of $1.50. Birth control pills are more than twice the price of a pack of condoms.
(photograph by Meridith Kohut from the article)
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