No Sex, Please, We're British

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 83952

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grannybat84112" 
<grannybat at h...> wrote:
> > > Jeff debated Caipora on the methods of Magical contraception:
> > > 
> > > > Rubber is too much of a muggle 
> > > > invention for them to use, imho. But I could be wrong.
> > > 
> > > What do you think they use for birth control, then?
> > 
> > 
> >     Ye old English methods, the lunar cycle, or even a spell. You 
> > don't see any mentioning of condom dispensors in the boy's loo, 
do 
> > you? :)
> 
> 
> Well, we wouldn't. JKR hasn't given us even a glimpse into that 
> particular bastion of male privacy. The closest she's allowed us is 
> the Quidditch changing rooms. (No, I don't think the prefect's bath 
> counts. That room struck me as a unisex facility.)
> 

   Jeff:

    So true. I can imagine the first time that Harry went into the 
changing rooms with all those older boys it was one of those 
occasions that he wished he had his invisibility cloak. :) Also Harry 
might not notice the dispensors even if they're there. :) Besides, I 
think the Twins have some in their trunks. I don't even want to 
imagine what kind of charms they might place on them!
    I agree that the Prefects bath might be unisex. There didn't 
appear to be any mention of different facilities nor privacy screens 
or walls, so I'm guessing that a spell prevents co-ed usage.




> Regarding the larger question–what's to keep them from employing 
the 
> Magical form of The Pill? The Weasley Twins use "double-ended, 
color-
> coded chews" in their Skiving Snackboxes, so the Magical world 
> doesn't have to rely on just potions and unguents for medicinal 
> delivery systems. The Pill is a product of  organic chemistry.  
> Potion making is essentially organic chemistry. 
> 
> I have to side with Jeff on this one. Mechanical methods are just 
> so...Muggle.
> 


   Jeff:

    Thanks. I agree with your assesment. There's no reason to suspect 
that they might not have their own pills, or maybe still use sheep 
intestines as they did in the old days, but since I can't be sure 
that they coaches have rubber wheels, to use a fairly new invention 
such as a rubber condom, might not be something they'd want to use.


  Jeff