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Living as a woman

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MissScarletInTheBallroom · 18/06/2025 19:12

This is a thread for people to give examples of experiences which constitute "living as a woman".

I'll go first.

Peeing on a pregnant test and waiting anxiously to see whether a second line appears.

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NotInMyyName · 18/06/2025 19:28

Getting paid less than a man for the same job. For decades.
Women have much lower pension pots, so “living as a woman” is so great it lasts throughout life.

RaininSummer · 18/06/2025 19:27

Having a smear.

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MissScarletInTheBallroom · 18/06/2025 19:27

Getting my first period the day before I was due to start at a new school and not knowing where any of the toilets were.

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teawamutu · 18/06/2025 19:27

Breastfeeding.

Boiledbeetle · 18/06/2025 19:26

Getting my fallopian tubes removed.

DialSquare · 18/06/2025 19:26

Getting home from a large company Christmas dinner only to find that I had a large red stain on the back of my white skirt.

Waitwhat23 · 18/06/2025 19:26

Seeing the cysts on your ovaries during an ultrasound.

BackToLurk · 18/06/2025 19:22

Playing ‘is it Covid or is it perimenopause’ during 2020.

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