Genuine question - can trans women experience cramps during their ‘time of the month’?

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This is a genuine question as I am baffled.

I looking on Tik Tok last night (don’t judge me, I’m addicted lol)and I notice on my For You section there is often a trans women doing live Q&A’s. I stopped and watched for a while, out of curiosity tbh as DH has a couple of transgender people in his family and I do try to remain as ‘on the fence’ as possible with this subject.

However, this person on TT said something which does not make much sense to me.

They were saying they take HRT and this gives them ‘a time of the month’ when they experience a very emotional dip and have crying spells and feel low etc. I suppose that may make some sense due to the hormones they take but then they went on to say they also experience cramping during this time and started rubbing their lower tummy in the area where a woman’s uterus is located.
It was difficult to establish why this happens because anyone actually questioning this gets blocked and only those agreeing with them get to stay to ask questions! I appreciate they probably receive some very negative replies but blocking doesn’t answer the questions to people who really would like to know.

I genuinely can not understand where the cramps would originate in a person without female anatomy?

As someone who has been under the gynae department for 20+ years, has had to live their live around horrendous periods, has had endless hysteroscopies and uterine polyp removals, ovulation so painful I couldn’t sit properly, a failed uterine ablation, going through an awful perimenopause and now, at 50 only just discovering this is probably all due to the fact I actually have endometriosis and adenomyosis and have been gas lit for all this time having being told that some women just have awful periods etc, I more than understand where my cramps and pain come from. From my shit malfunctioning uterus and hormones which have never been my friend.

But where would a trans woman’s ‘time of the month’ cramps come from? What part of their body cramps due to the addition of female hormones? I’ve tried googling this but there’s very little. Can the hormones cramp the muscles or bowel in this area or something similar?

I think people are finally beginning to see that the emperor is stark bollock-naked.

what exactly cramps in a man taking hormones?

There’s no womb, no lining to shed. And you can’t have period pains if you’ve no period.
I suppose a trans person could think about it enough, imagine this would be my period week so I’ll wear pads, period pants, whatever. 🤷‍♀️
Personally I was grateful for the menopause.

I guess abdominal cramps rather than uterine cramps. Perhaps also pschological?

If they could/did experience the cramps etc there would be a lot of them off the hormones fairly quick imo 🙄

A significant proportion of males who ‘identify’ as women objectify and fetishise womanhood. They want everything we have- including the bits we hate. Having said that, I haven’t seen any of them appropriate menopause yet but I suppose there’s still time. Would be surprised if they tried to muscle in on that though as they only seem to want the things that affect younger women, hence often referring to themselves as ‘girls’.

I feel sorry for anyone who genuinely suffers from gender dysphoria, but a significant proportion of male transitioners are just fetishists.

If TW want my menstrual cycle they're welcome to it. I reckon they'd give it back pretty quick.

Last week included.
Cramping (stomach and uterine)
Bloating
Diarrhoea
Javelin arse
Mood swings
Suicidal thoughts
Intrusive thoughts
Fatigue
Aching joints
"Period flu"

Basically I felt like shit for 4 days.

Absolutely not

Literally none of these are symptoms specific to a menstrual period.

What part of their body is cramping here?

What is the mechanism by which these "symptoms" happen regularly once a month?

???? Guessing they probably eat something they know disagrees with them once a month, get IBS symptoms and go on about having menstrual cramps. Guessing they do this for ‘the full experience’. Fuck knows why. Odd.

What body part exactly do they think is physically cramping? FFS!

They probably opt for too much beer and a dodgy kebab once a month to validate their nonsense.

Men never have and never will have periods or period symptoms. It doesn't matter what kind of medication they take, this is something that can not and never will happen.

Only women menstruate.

Of course not. They are biologically male.

More rubbish from Modibodi. I think they are trying to increase sales by widening their demographic.

@HoppingPavlova 🤣 X posts

Do you believe that a man can change into a woman and vice verse? No? There’s your answer.
I am beyond tired of these fucking charlatans and grifters wearing woman face. Where did this insidious movement come from? It’s baffling and disturbing.

How on earth can a trans woman menstruate? What absolute tosh!!! Emperors new clothes. Only biological women menstruate. Give zero Fks who that offends.

@Muckspout bloody hell!
‘Wear period pants’ 🙄🙄🙄 Feed the fetish!

It'll be wind.

Yep all just a con to sell to a new demographic. There is no physical reason. Why a TW would need period pants, there is no discharge or blood because there is no uterus or vagina. There may be a neovagina but no need for period pants there either.

How can they have PMS if they are never going to menstruate? They're biologically male. 🙈🙈

Honestly modibodi are fucking stupid. I won't ever buy from them again because they spout this shit. Only biological women menstruate.

They are pissing off their main customer body for a tiny number of tw who fetishise menstruation. How to go bust 101.

They are making it up. I am sick of all the pandering to delusional men.

Nailed it!

Can they experience periods? No.

Can hormones create certain symptoms similar to periods? Yes.