Abstract
After a brief review of the literature, this paper presents the results of an experiment undertaken with women who were taking contraceptive pills. A questionnaire was given to them and an attempt was made to correlate the answers with the clinical hypothesis.
Two main areas were studied, 1) consequences in sexual adjustment, and 2) the secondary psychological effects of the pills. At the sexual adjustment level an improvement was observed: satisfaction is better, frequency and desire are increased. This improvement is particularly marked with women considered to be frigid and with those who had limited sexual relations before. This is in contradiction with the initial hypothesis. Symptoms such as irritability, depression, fatigue and somnolence were found at the psychological level; these were related to dissatisfaction with the pills.