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People on the first list don't get to choose who they are.

People on the second list make a conscious decision to use birth control.

Thus the two are different.

Same way hating men in general would be misandric. Hating men who do X is not.

The only people who use birth control are women, it's definitely an attack on women to attack birth control. And some women don't get a choice to use birth control, there are medical issues which necessitate stabile hormones. Unless you ask, you have no idea why a women is on birth control.

> The only people who use birth control are women

Condoms

Well now we're having a semantic debate. Birth control = prevents birth only. Condoms = prevent birth and STIs.

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