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What the heck! Trans women get periods apparently

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charcoalandsugar · 21/11/2025 12:42

https://eu.modibodi.com/blogs/womens/transwomen-period

AIBU that this is the most ridiculous thing for a company to claim.

"Can a transgender woman have a period? Absolutely. Many trans and gender-diverse people menstruate. Whether you’re a woman, a man, non-binary or agender, your body may menstruate too."

How some trans women get their period

How some trans women get their period – Modibodi EU

Menstruation is a part of many people’s lives. Find out how some trans women get their period and how you can be a supportive friend.

https://eu.modibodi.com/blogs/womens/transwomen-period

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Lalgarh · 21/11/2025 15:13

Oddly enough I did this morning, quite before this thread, see an ad for Modibodi. It had a very skinny young (cis) woman in their pants. I've never worked out if they are meant to be worn instead of tampons/ towels/ ye olde Hoiked tissue paper wedge or as a backup. I mean, why use that and then have to soak it or whatever and then laundering. I did wonder if they would try and enlist Dylan thingy. I guess they will

Fluffsicles · 21/11/2025 15:11

charcoalandsugar · 21/11/2025 12:48

No it doesn’t it clearly states that it’s the hormones that can cause periods.

That would require a womb.
I think their phrasing is confusing. It reads fine if it were to say "Those who identify as male, but have female physiology, can have periods" But they have tried not to cause offence and just said "Men can have periods".

Rugbymom67 · 21/11/2025 15:10

Has anyone listed alternative period wear providers? Because I am done with supporting any company who chats this complete and utter minimising shit. 💩

FranticFrankie · 21/11/2025 15:08

What a load of old cobblers
No uterus no bleeding so why would trans identifying men need period pants?
Just nonsense
I believe I've read that the abdominal 'cramps' are related to bowels.

(Comment was made after a video of a trans identifying man was rolling around on his bed in apparently in agony)

Rugbymom67 · 21/11/2025 15:08

Honestly just fuck off Modibodi! I don’t know why I expected better of a company for periods. But I did!

Helleofabore · 21/11/2025 15:07

sillygoof · 21/11/2025 15:05

What is violent misgendering? That’s a new one on me.

In fact, under CPS guidance for domestic abuse, family members who do not use a male person's demanded pronouns and the other female language changes they demand, can be considered domestic abusers.

https://archive.ph/JAegv

Domestic abuse is listed elsewhere as a type of 'violence against the person' as per below:

VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON
Violence against the person is grouped into five high-level categories – Homicide, Death or serious injury by
unlawful driving, Violence with injury, Violence without injury and Stalking and Harassment.
Homicide
1 Murder
4.1 Manslaughter
4.10 Corporate manslaughter
Where an organisation is deemed responsible for a person’s death. This offence differs from the basic
HOCR rule of recording based on the initial report to police and is only recorded once an inquest
concludes with a verdict of unlawful killing or the PPS authorise a charge (or direct that it is not in the
public interest to do so).
4.2 Infanticide
Applied to infants under 12 months killed by the mother while of disturbed mind.
Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving
These offences differ from the basic HOCR rule of recording based on the initial report to police and are
only recorded once the investigation confirms the offence is made out, ie a person is charged or PPS
recommend prosecution.
4.4 Causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving
4.6 Causing death or serious injury by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs
4.8 Causing death or serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving
4.9 Causing death or serious injury by driving: unlicensed drivers etc
37.1 Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking
Violence with injury
2 Attempted murder
4.3 Intentional destruction of viable unborn child
4.7 Causing or allowing death of a child or vulnerable person
5D Assault with intent to cause serious harm
Includes offences of grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent and wounding with intent. These offences
are recorded where there is clear evidence of a deliberate attempt to inflict serious bodily harm regardless
of level of injury sustained.
5E Endangering life
This classification is additionally split within PSNI to provide a data series for explosives offences and
firearms/ammunition offences.
8N Assault with injury
This classification is further split:
Grievous bodily harm or Wounding - where injury may result in permanent disability; more than minor
permanent disfigurement; broken bones; fractured skull; compound fractures; substantial loss of
blood; internal injury; lengthy treatment or serious psychiatric injury (based on expert evidence); and
shock (when accompanied by expert psychological evidence)
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (AOABH) – injuries ranging from grazes, scratches and
reddening of the skin to simple broken nose or broken finger. Also includes non-visible injury causing
more than a passing moment of pain or discomfort which has an adverse impact on the victim.
Poisoning to aggrieve
Non-fatal strangulation - The Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland)
2022 created the offence of ‘Non-fatal strangulation’, recording commenced 26th June 2023.
8P Racially or religiously-aggravated assault with injury
The legislation behind these racially or religiously-aggravated offences does not exist within Northern
Ireland and therefore this classification does not apply. Records are instead classified to 8N Assault with
injury and are included in the racist and faith/religion hate crime strands.
8S Assault with injury on a constable
Where a police officer was the victim of GBH/wounding with intent, GBH, Wounding or AOABH in the
course of their duty.
8T Assault with injury on an emergency worker (other than a constable)
Within Northern Ireland these offences are classified to 8N Assault with injury (where the injury is minor)
and 105A Assault without injury (where no injury has been sustained).24Violence without injury
3A Conspiracy to murder
3B Threats to kill
Where an individual fears that the offender’s threat is real and may be carried out.
11A Cruelty to children/young persons
13 Child abduction
14 Procuring illegal abortion
36 Kidnapping
104 Assault without injury on a constable
Where, in the course of their duty, a police officer was the victim of an assault where no injury was
caused.
105A Assault without injury
Offences where, at the most, a feeling of touch or passing moment of pain is experienced by the victim.
Summary offences, closely associated with actual bodily harm (see classification 8N). Includes, amongst
other offences, common assault and aggravated assault. From 1 April 2003 only includes assaults
involving no injury, please note that this change was introduced a year earlier in England and Wales on
1 April 2002.
105B Racially or religiously-aggravated assault without injury
The legislation behind these racially or religiously-aggravated offences does not exist within Northern
Ireland and therefore this classification does not apply. Records are instead classified to 105A Assault
without injury and are included in the racist and faith/religion hate crime strands.
106 Modern slavery
Includes offences such as holding a person in slavery or servitude, requiring a person to perform forced
or compulsory labour and arranging/facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
Stalking and harassment
8L Harassment
Harassment offences are those incidents where no other substantive notifiable offence exists, but when
looked at as a course of conduct are likely to cause fear, alarm or distress. Within Northern Ireland this
classification is further split into harassment and intimidation offences.
8M Racially or religiously-aggravated harassment
The legislation behind these racially or religiously-aggravated offences does not exist within Northern
Ireland and therefore this classification does not apply. Records are instead classified to 105A Assault
without injury and are included in the racist and faith/religion hate crime strands.
8Q Stalking
Stalking legislation was introduced in Northern Ireland on 27th April 2022, through the Protection from
Stalking Act (Northern Ireland) 2022. Offences of “stalking” and of “threatening and abusive behaviour”
are recorded from this date.
8R Malicious communications
The recording of malicious communications offences started for the first time in Northern Ireland from 1st April 2017. This classification also includes offences relating to 'revenge porn'; new legislation on
disclosing private sexual photographs and film with intent to cause distress was introduced in June 2016.
8U Controlling or coercive behaviour
The Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (NI) 2021 introduced the “domestic abuse offence” within
Northern Ireland on 21st February 2022, enabling the recording of abusive behaviour occurring on two or
more occasions against an intimate partner, former partner or close family member, ie within the definition
of domestic abuse used in Northern Ireland and where abusive behaviour includes controlling or coercive
behaviour, psychological abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse and economic abuse.
-end-

Helleofabore · 21/11/2025 15:06

How to support trans women during their period

Advise them to seek a change in their prescription and eat a better diet.

Society has a significant issue if those people who support these male people in fetishising female human body functions think that they are being 'kind', because they certainly don't realise that their 'kindness' is only going one direction. To support a male person with a fetish.

There is no 'kindness' in this behaviour towards supporting women and girls who need support with menstrual issues.

sillygoof · 21/11/2025 15:05

HermioneWeasley · 21/11/2025 12:51

That would be violent misgendering. You can’t say trans man is any sort of woman.

What is violent misgendering? That’s a new one on me.

madaboutpurple · 21/11/2025 15:03

What will be next, later in life they will be menopausal and they might start a rock group and sing about it. I have done nothing but laugh about this. Good grief. My periods used to almost make me feint at times these people are welcome .Is it April 1st by any chance.? Will they be having babies I wonder.?

ThatCyanCat · 21/11/2025 15:02

Lalgarh · 21/11/2025 15:02

Someone send out a bat signal for Dame Katy Denise

Make sure she has a chair!

Lalgarh · 21/11/2025 15:02

Gymnopedie · 21/11/2025 14:08

Now listen up. You're not being kind to the men who might be 'on' when they go for the cervical smear they've demanded (and sometimes got.) Cos they're a biological woman, innit.

Someone send out a bat signal for Dame Katy Denise

Pedallleur · 21/11/2025 15:01

Daysgo · 21/11/2025 14:34

Lunacy. How can a man menstruate??

If they did science would have solved any issues years ago.

catontheironingboard · 21/11/2025 15:01

Most trans women don’t “cycle” hormones at all, they just take a consistent dose of oestrogen all the time. How this is meant to produce “cycles” they never explain. Since it’s not oestrogen that causes cramping in PMS anyway (see my post above about the menstrual cycle and prostaglandins), how on earth oestrogen would give them monthly cramping anyway is never accounted for. It’s likely just made-up attention seeking, or, at a push, psychosomatic.

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 14:58

It's all very well the Mumsnet demographic calling out this absolute horseshit for what it is.

The worrying thing is that there are young girls out there being gaslit to believe that it's their duty to affirm and 'be an ally' to fetishistic men. 🤬

Letthemeatgateau · 21/11/2025 14:53

roseyposey · 21/11/2025 13:25

Is this our current deputy Prime Minister?

Yes. What an idiot.

Just to make things even grimmer than Modibodi already have, some trans identifying men (ie males) have a bit of a kink about having periods. I'm not going to link, it's too revolting, but maybe it's these fetishists they're aiming at?

SwirlyGates · 21/11/2025 14:52

How to support trans women during their period

a) they don't get them, and b) why the hell would I want to support them through it if they did? Honestly, anyone choosing to get periods when they don't have to is a brick short of a full load.

Being a good ally to trans women during their period means being respectful, understanding and supportive. Here are some keyways to be there for them:

  • Be kind towards the trans women in your life, and acknowledge their experience as women. Respect their names, pronouns and bodies.

It just gets worse. Now I have to acknowledge their experience "as women"?

Dweetfidilove · 21/11/2025 14:51

PrawnofthePatriarchy · 21/11/2025 12:55

Some years ago I came across a discussion on one transgender discussion group where men were saying they retrieved used sanpro and used it themselves. Presumably they put the tampons up their bums. There are few limits to what fetishists will do.

Oh God, I must figure out how to wean myself off the Internet. This is too much 😳.

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 14:49

SapphireSeptember · 21/11/2025 14:46

In a jar of formaldehyde?
(Just given myself the creeps!)

🤮

I'm finding many uses for this emoji today

Helleofabore · 21/11/2025 14:49

"some do pretend they have terrible period cramps."

If I remember correctly, I think we had a male poster once tell us on the FWR board that they had period cramps and PMT. He didn't like being told that he needed to watch his fibre intake and that if cycling artificial levels of hormones that are not meant for his body's sex was causing him any type of distress, that he really should evaluate his artificial hormone usage.

The issue is that there are Endocrinologists and other clinicians telling these male people that they are experiencing 'periods'.

It is the same with the surgeons and other clinicians that also imply or directly tell a group of male people that they have a 'vagina' now. When what they actually have is a cavity inserted into their groin. It is not a vagina at all. A vagina has functions beyond being a 'hole' or as it is sometimes called a 'bonus hole'.

https://x.com/deves_katherine/status/1989997191117820021?s=20

The misogyny behind gender identities is very clear once you scratch the surface.

Katherine Deves Morgan 🇦🇺🚺 (@deves_katherine) on X

🇦🇺 This is an ABC Q&A promo for the taxpayer-funded Melt Festival in Brisbane A transman (biological female pretending to be a man) in a garish teddy-bear t-shirt with bright child friendly colours tells their audience “embrace your bonus hole” T...

https://x.com/deves_katherine/status/1989997191117820021?s=20

Sunshineismyfavourite · 21/11/2025 14:48

How on earth you can compare and find connections in feeling shit because of the drugs and hormones you are pumping into your body as a trans woman and an actual woman experiencing menstruation? It is 100% not the same and is not a period. I absolutely despair.

5128gap · 21/11/2025 14:47

toottoot3 · 21/11/2025 14:11

Going by that logic it must be hard for you to buy anything, what large brand companies do and lie about it pretty obvious from food to fashion. How do you navigate that?

When red bull tells me I will grow wings, it doesn't twist language and introduce some pseudo medical rhetoric to further the pretence that some consumers actually do get to fly.
If I were told in the grave and supportive tones of an expert in human flight that my shoulder blades were in fact wing buds, and that if I were concerned about any aspect of their development to actual wings, to consult my GP, then I'd probably think they were in breech of some form of advertising standards.

Mustreadabook · 21/11/2025 14:46

I think what they might be saying is that if HRT is given in a monthly cycle with a gap once a month, (like the pill), that would mean hormone levels change once a month and give some of the symptoms such as bloating etc that a woman getting her period may get. (Why would you purposely have a gap that causes nasty symptoms??). This may be true, but why it would involve needing period pants I do not know! I think the rest of it they might be getting their definitions and words all muddled!

SapphireSeptember · 21/11/2025 14:46

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 12:54

How do they think the ones that do get them, I wonder?

In a jar of formaldehyde?
(Just given myself the creeps!)

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 14:45

Littlejellyuk · 21/11/2025 14:42

Are you being sarcastic? 🤔
Or are you drunk?
I'm so confused. This makes zero sense 😒

She is summarising TRA logic.

I'm not surprised that you are confused

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