This article talks about the issues that women dealt with during, and right after of, the pandemic.
I think it sad to see that one of the main things brought up was unplanned pregnancies and a large increase in domestic abuse. It also talks about how women were more likely to lose their jobs due to their over-representation in low-paying jobs.
There was also a section which spoke about how contraception was hard to get during the pandemic and ultimately lead to an increase in abortions as well due to unwanted pregnancies.
It is also important to note that not only did domestic abuse rates and cases soar, but also stalking did as well. The publisher for the article noted that there was an 11% increase of calls to a National Stalker Helpline.
It’s crazy to me to think that, on top of the pandemic that was causing issues for everyone, women had an increase in such horrible things like abuse or stalking. It’s sad to think that they couldn’t even get to the contraceptive products they needed which resulted in an increase of unwanted pregnancies and abortion. I had no idea that the pandemic directly hit women harder than men and I’m glad I know now and hope that there is more visibility of these kids of issues when we return to normal.
It is sad to know that the pandemic has impacted women this negatively, which has caused them to have abortions due to not being able to afford contraceptives. Since that has occurred, it has lead to an increase in abortion rates, which has caused women to be depressed in addition to already being depressed from being alone during the pandemic. There has been a lot of unwanted pregnancies that has caused women to not feel like themselves during and after the whole process. Hopefully, there can be some solutions that can resolve situations like these in a more affordable and wholesome manner.
Yes, this is another casualty of the pandemic, so disheartening. How can we use this knowledge to plan for the next pandemic? What needs to be put in place to buffer the effects, such as giving women more safe spaces and financial support?