Periods don't have a gender

Cis what dadjoke. My eyes rolled back in my head when you just denied my gender. Misgendering me dadjoke

To be fair, periods don’t have a gender. Having periods or not depends on your sex. Your wibble gender identity is irrelevant imo.

And yet while periods don’t have a gender, breasts, hair and eyelashes apparently do.

I think they deliberately love the muddying of language.

Also who thinks anyone but a female can have periods? Of course they also use the word female interchangeably with woman as despite what they say they don’t care about the distinction between sex and gender.

I also still don’t get why defining people by gender is progressive. It makes no sense. It’s regressive.

If you find out you have a period, guess what? You're a girl or a woman.

What women?

You do realise that it’s generally trans women who would get airiated over things like pregnancy and periods don’t you?

Cis women and trans men have periods, so periods don't have a gender.

I would have thought this would unite gc feminists and transgender people.

I am now singing Only Women Bleed by Alice Cooper. Not actually about periods but all of the rest of the crap women suffer.

Yeah, and tbf I didn't include the description underneath the photo which says 'it's time to remember that not only women menstruate

Which is true, if they’re referring to girls.

But they’re not.

Colin Wright skewered this sort of idiocy quite well the other day.

Holy shit the comments on that post are on fire!!! It's really starting to seem like women have had enough of this shit.

That grey icing makes me uncomfortable. Yuk.

It’s a strange phrase. Periods themselves don’t have a gender, but they certainly are highly gendered in that the patriarchy has transformed a natural biological occurrence that affects the female sex into a site of gender oppression. So periods are encoded to mean impure, disgusting, etc and have loads of patriarchal invented rituals and language surrounding them (shame, period huts, ritual cleansing, etc). And this has been done to oppress and control women, and to signify that women are different and inferior to men.

Periods don't have a gender.
Cushions don't have a wheel.
Feet don't have a head.
Flowers don't have a carrot.

That's how stupid they sound.

I have PMT today. This is giving me even more rage.

I had a look at their grid and saw this from a few days ago. Given that they were applauding Laurel Hubbard back in August, I wonder if they do, in fact, think that some women should be quiet so that other people can feel comfortable and validated 🤔

It is fucking stupid.

Meanwhile a girl is being taken out of school for days because she’s on her period.

Meanwhile a woman and girl are confined to their home due to period poverty and lack of funds to buy feminine hygiene products.

A bunch of self absorbed narcissistic people are so full of themselves that something that we all know only women have is being co opted because people want to play make believe.

We don’t understand how severe period poverty is. Not only in poor lands, but in wealthy lands too. There are so many women and girls who cannot find extra money for period products as they can be expensive.

But yes.. as long as we can pretend men can get periods then the world is heading to being a better place.

Funny that the solution to making the world a better place is never about solving the systemic disenfranchisement of women. Wouldn’t it be better to make it so a woman’s menstrual cycle be seen as natura and normal and nothing to be ashamed of. To stop telling women and girls that we are unclean and smelly and that our blood is disgusting. Yes.. it’s blood but it’s a normal part of being a woman. We can’t play pretend dress up and decide not to get w period! For most of our adult life it’s there with us.. but hey ho.. let’s act like it’s optional and anyone can have one.

I suggest we all collect examples of booklets and pamphlets like this as they will be valuable collector's items when this fantasy fever has passed through society and become history. Women can boost their paltry state pensions by selling them.

The US is way behind is for once in using sex and gender interchangeably, but the details included make it clear what's intended.

Why do they equate ‘gender equal’ with gender neutral’?

If you merrily ignore sex, then how can you spot equality?

Did our gen feminists drop the current gen feminists on their heads as babies?

Well since “anyone” can have a period then us ladies can talk about our periods around men without fear of their embarrassment. Before we would all speak in hushed tones so as not to offend.. so now ladies speak away, and feel free to ask the big hairy burly man about how he manages his heavy flow.

Ask him how he managed his flow after giving birth… because since men can also give birth it is perfectly reasonable to talk to a man about childbirth and periods and ask how he managed.

Should I use a heavy pad after giving birth? How did you feel about the placenta coming out sir? Has your period changed at all? Did you experience any spotting while pregnant?can I go back to using my moon cup right away if I’m not sore down there? How long was your period after giving birth sir?

I would love love love to ask an experienced man all about how a period will look after giving birth so I know what to expect. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡