Hormonal birth control never agreed with me but I had plenty of friends who took it. Lots of them would go off of it when they weren’t in a commited relationship because actually it sucks and makes you feel like shit.   My guess is that this inconsistent way of taking it (as opposed to women being retarded) accounts for much of its failure. It’s actually not retarded to not want to ingest hormones daily for like a third of your life.