To say that God is a raging misogyinist?

[Sparklfairy]

disclaimer - not religious and this is lighthearted.

I don't have periods as badly as many women. I used to struggle a lot in my teens, they'd make me throw up at school and all sorts.

Then I discovered the depo injection and was on it for close on 10 years. No periods at all. Came off as I didn't really think I was the one who should be pumping hormones into my body, then when periods eventually came back, the mess and discomfort was just not something I wanted to deal with, so had one dose before Covid hit and been off it since.

I don't really get PMT, I don't get floods, I don't get javelin arse (any more) so I should count myself lucky really

BUT I seem to spend my life worrying about my period. I'm either on, and wondering if I'm going to leak. I'm either at or near the end, and wondering whether it's safe to stay off the tampons or if I'll have a 'second wind' (periods now very unpredictable). I have a blissful few days a month when one has finished before the next one is due-ish (they're erratic and no regular cycle) so another week or so of stress worrying I'll be caught short when out and about.

I've just come on today. That's a cycle of 67 days. 67! It's not as good as you think, because I've spent most of that time remembering to shove tissue in my pants on the off chance I'll come on and remembering to pack tampons every single time I leave the house.

So I've decided 'God' is a raging misogynist. He wouldn't make a man bleed (randomly for me) unpredictably and erratically and messily and leave them on tenterhooks for the next one. Surely, in all his infinite wisdom, he could have come up with a better reproductive system??

Fine, I shall sulk here alone with my chocolate and mutter to myself

YANBU

You're not wrong!

Yes! Friends and I often say that pubescence booby traps your body and after that it is just hidden issue after hidden issue. I most resent pelvic floor exercises tbh but it can all be v annoying.

It is shitty no doubt!

It’s one of the things that makes me think there’s probably not a god tbh

@GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing

It is shitty no doubt!

It’s one of the things that makes me think there’s probably not a god tbh

Well this was kind of why I took the piss of God and mentioned lighthearted (apologies for any offence), but how could even evolution get this SO wrong and SO biased against women while men get to flap their dicks about with none of the shit we deal with?

I mentioned in my OP, that i don't get PMT. My irrational ranting here may say otherwise

In evolutionary terms, you're probably optimised to be pregnant sequentially until menopause depending on individual reactions to breastfeeding hormonal reduction in fertility so periods might not have been a adverse selection pressure.

I know what you mean. Such a design flaw! I’m old now so don’t have to worry, but you’re either on, coming on, or going off. For thirty odd years ffs.
And while I’m at it why is childbirth so painful? Another design flaw.

Yadnbu.
Mine has managed to come every time I've had an event planned the past few months.. No matter whether it was supposed to or not.

The pain of childbirth and periods was the punishment which God inflicted on womankind because Eve ate from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden.

Or so the Old Testament says.

So even if you did believe in a God, you couldn’t not think that he was a misogynist.

Regarding childbirth, things may have moved on but I recall in layperson's terms the massive expansion in child head size is relatively recent in human evolution so adult bodies haven't 'caught up'. The selection advantages of head size and intelligence outweigh the effects of child birth mortality and the relatively long period of time the baby is dependent on it's parent/mother compared with other species.

Mine have just come back after my implant finally gave up and I can't believe I'd forgotten how much of a faff it all is. I'm in exactly the same position and feel like I am always second guessing what my body is going to do. What shocks me most is the fact that I've been menstruating for 30 years and that sanitary products have barely moved on in all that time! I have purchased my first set of period pants and am really hoping that they are the game changer friends and family have told me they will be.

@AlternativePerspective omg why do I automatically believe that was something added later because women were whining as much as me you cannot punish all of womankind for one woman's actions!

@AlternativePerspective

The pain of childbirth and periods was the punishment which God inflicted on womankind because Eve ate from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden.

Or so the Old Testament says.

So even if you did believe in a God, you couldn’t not think that he was a misogynist.

Correct[speaking as a Christian].

He has given us all sorts of "design flaws".
We have to go to the loo. Why?
Our bodies go wrong.
We die.
List is endless.

I used to go years between periods and now am fairly regular. I much prefer my life with than without. Why don’t you just buy some period pants and wear them on your “not sure” days!

Of course he is, he was invented by a man.

@5zeds

I used to go years between periods and now am fairly regular. I much prefer my life with than without. Why don’t you just buy some period pants and wear them on your “not sure” days!

Because of what @TheTallOakTrees said. Why should I. And I've had to have worn them for 47 days or something...

God created women. Why would He create something just to piss about with it?

Women live longer than men (on average). If God hated women, why wouldn't he make sure they died off once they'd done with raising kids?

And why are women's bodies better proportioned and more aesthetically pleasant than men's? I'm not talking about sexual attractiveness, I mean from an artistic point of view. It's like God made men first, and as the first pancake usually comes out wrong, the second (women) was better.

It's Eve's fault for not following a simple instruction.

I dont disagree. Periods are so hard to deal with, anticipate, hide!

And as a pp said, childbirth is so ludicrously painful.

@Sparklfairy
Why should I because it’s more convenient/comfortable/reliable than sticking loo paper I. Your pants as you described.

And I've had to have worn them for 47 days or something... well yes you’d need more than one pair

men get to flap their dicks about with none of the shit we deal with

This is so true

Although to be fair my husband is my emotional support animal

Have you read the OldTestament? It’s madness. One story that sticks in my mind is about a father who offers his virgin daughter and a visitors wife out to a raging mob to be gang raped instead of the random visitor staying with him who they want to gang rape.
One woman is gang raped them and killed. Then her partner -the visitor - cuts up her body and posts her out to others. There’s a line about how this pleases God.

I am not religious and don’t mind if anyone is religious, I know it brings great comfort, but I couldn’t feel comfortable with a God who sanctions this. Having kids really chilled the Big Man out.

He has given us all sorts of "design flaws".

Retractable arseholes. Why do most mammals have these but we’ve got to use toilet paper?!

@Tlollj

I know what you mean. Such a design flaw! I’m old now so don’t have to worry, but you’re either on, coming on, or going off. For thirty odd years ffs. And while I’m at it why is childbirth so painful? Another design flaw.

Not just childbirth, but being pregnant.Being bipedal, the design just doesn't work. I can't imagine what it must have been like if you were a nomad hunter-gatherer, having to walk miles and miles all the time, and not even a comfy bed at the end of it! My back has been completely fucked by pregnancy, it still hurts now 2o years after my last baby! The muscles go the wrong way, they think we are aquatic!