HotAirhttps://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/30/did-penicillin-rather-than-the-pill-usher-in-the-sexual-revolution/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:34:09 -0400Did penicillin, rather than the pill, usher in the sexual revolution?<![CDATA[Penicillin can wipe out syphilis with just one shot. As the antibiotic came into wide use in the 1950s, the number of syphilis cases and syphilis deaths plummeted. And that&#8217;s when teen pregnancies and illegitimate births began to rise — long before the invention of the birth control pill.]]>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:40:33 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/30/did-penicillin-rather-than-the-pill-usher-in-the-sexual-revolution-n280903