Dear Men,
As a man, you have no right to joke about menstruation. Seriously. If you have not gone through this bodily function then stop joking about this.
Menstruation is a bodily function. As I understand it, it's not a fun one, but one that happens every month. Telling another man that you hope their 'flow slows down' because they are irritating you is incredibly offensive. As if the only reason someone could be irritated with you is because they're hormonal.
We are socialized and brought up in such a way, still, in 2012 to think that women are irrational and hysterical, especially during their period. We, men, constantly treat them and their bodies like they're something there for our amusement. They are not, they are there for their (women) lives.
It is not something that we are allowed to laugh and mock. If women want to do it, it's their right to do so, it is not our place as men to mock their bodies, especially when there is so much of our own that deserve mocking.
Seriously though, if someone is irritated or annoyed with you, maybe you should take a look at yourself as oppose to casting blame to the other person.
Just saying,
-David O'Garr
Seriously though, if someone is irritated or annoyed with you, maybe you should take a look at yourself as oppose to casting blame to the other person.
Just saying,
-David O'Garr
Agreed. But I do wish more women would tone down they're own jokes about PMS because they so often feed into the stereotypes. I've heard women just as guilty of dismissing another woman as "just PMSing". The notion of the irrational woman is so deep seated in our culture that it takes conscious work not to perpetuate it.
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