Progress

She cracked the capsule under her nose and took two deep breaths. 

“As a woman, though, I’m all in favor of it.” Hilleboe and Rusk nodded vigorously.  “Not having to go through childbirth?”  

“That’s part of it.” 

She crossed her eyes comically, looking at the capsule, gave it a final sniff. “Mostly, though, it’s not…having to…have a man. Inside me. You understand. It’s disgusting.”  

Moore laughed. “If you haven’t tried it, Diana, don’t—”  

“Oh, shut up.” She threw the empty capsule at him playfully.  

“But it’s perfectly natural,” I protested.  

“So is swinging through trees. Digging for roots with a blunt stick. Progress, my good major; progress.”

The Forever War, Chapter 29 - Joe Haldeman