In 2016: 2016 has been a historic year. For some, it’s the best year they’ve seen in a while. For the rest, we wish it had just never happened. This year was huge in some ways more than others. We elected the person who’s going to lead our country for the next four years in a historic race. We lost countless lives due to mass shootings and terrorist attacks. We had to let go of some of our most beloved celebrities to ever grace our screens and our headphones. And although the most talked about stories seemed like too much to handle, there’s plenty we still don’t know about 2016’s other historic events.
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Obviously, you’d have to live under a rock to not know about the 2016 election. Even if you didn’t care about who our next president was going to be, there was absolutely no escaping political posts and news headlines at every turn. And no matter what level of fan you are for the countless celebrities we lost this year, there’s a chance one of your favorites was taken too soon in 2016. But while the biggest news sources, as well as your friends, were talking about the latest things to happen, there are plenty of pretty big stories you probably missed. Have you already heard this news or thought of something we missed? Let us know and share with your friends to spread the news!
12. We Got Close To Developing A Male Birth Control
For decades, a woman’s reproductive organs have been solely her responsibility while also being regulated by white men in charge. It was up to a woman to ensure she would not get pregnant, even if it wasn’t her decision to have sex in the first place. Well, for the first time, scientists developed a male birth control that would take some of the responsibility off the woman. The only problem? They didn’t like the side effects that came along with it. The even bigger problem? They complained of the same side effects that women have been having issues with since the birth control pill’s inception. Only as soon as the men complained, they were no longer given the medication and it was determined it wasn’t quite ready. But when women complain of the same problems, the pill is distributed anyways. It’s at least hopeful that we’re getting a bit closer to developing a pill that would split the responsibility of childbearing protection equally.
If you live in or are from the Chicagoland area, you already know about the city’s problem with violence and death that mayor Rahm Emanuel chooses to repeatedly ignore. The city stocks the high-end stores downtown with police officers at every corner while neglecting the rampant gang violence that causes mass deaths across the city. This year already, Chicago has seen over 700 of its civilians murdered. Most of these deaths resulted from shootings, but others occurred due to various violent murders as well. This doesn’t even include the countless others who were injured in similar situations. Even though this is just one city in our huge world, it’s still a giant problem that’s worrisome all over our planet. How many lives have to be taken until something is done about gun control? Or does the issue begin before a gun gets put into a criminal’s hand? Let’s hope this number is much smaller in 2017.
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