Women are calling men out for their ridiculous birth control opinions

"52 percent of men don't know where babies come from."
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Chloe Bryan
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According to a recent study from polling group PerryUndem, 52% of men do not believe they have personally benefited from women having access to contraception.

We can only assume these men have forgotten how sex works, perhaps because they're so busy devising new ways to decrease women's access to health care through legislation. This is not particularly surprising, but, as always, deeply f*cked up and disappointing.

Another terrible finding: only 80% of those surveyed believe women should be able to have sex for non-procreative purposes without fear of becoming pregnant. Cool! Just in time for that Handmaid's Tale premiere.

One silver lining, though: women had a field day on Twitter.

What a fun age we live in, friends.

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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