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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

' You complain about your period, but trans women would give anything for your pain'

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PrincessPlummy · 13/03/2019 16:07

By Katelyn burns who goes @transscribe on twitter

www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/1122689/menstruation-matters-transgender/

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endofthelinefinally · 13/03/2019 19:03

Agonising periods, ovulation pain, chronic anaemia due to heavy bleeding, hyperemesis gravidarum, perineal damage needing 4 lots of stitches, prolapse.
It is all so wonderful. Please, have the lot. Be my guest.

FemalePersonator · 13/03/2019 20:19

TW menstrual pain would be more womanly than women's menstrual pain, of course.

FemalePersonator · 13/03/2019 20:20

They would be welcome to my cervical cancer, too, since they're all that keen.

barelove · 13/03/2019 20:27

toomanypillows my eyes are crying right now Flowers

terfsandwich · 13/03/2019 20:36

Katelyn Burns' next article. Why Boko Haram Are Transphobic: I would have given Anything To...

DangermousesSidekick · 13/03/2019 20:41

Who can take these people seriously.

If they want pain that makes them masochists. Do we have to now have masochists as a special protected category, who are even more vulnerable and stunning and brave than transpeople, and need women to clear off a bit more for, well, reasons?

Women need to talk about the real problems induced by their real biology rather more than people like this need to be jealous about it, because otherwise we can die. Childbirth kills women: period problems can cause lifelong pain. Why do we have to fight men so hard all the time just to have a bit of space to talk?

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 13/03/2019 20:58

There’s an expression in Scotland ‘s/he can’t see green cheese’ ie this person wants whatever the other one has, no matter how disgusting or unpleasant.

They can’t see green cheese.

VickyEadie · 13/03/2019 21:07

They're more than welcome to my periods. I'm on prescription pain killers for them and still have several episodes a year when I'm in so much pain that I literally can't do anything bar lying on the floor in the fetal position and crying like a baby.

Yes, mine were like that and lasted 11 days in every 23. Menopause (which brings its own issues, of course) was a blessing by comparison.

Ereshkigal · 13/03/2019 21:15

If they want pain that makes them masochists. Do we have to now have masochists as a special protected category,

If they were masochists they'd surely accept being told "no".

FeministCat · 13/03/2019 21:49

Sure.

I can offer them a satisfying "period experience" that I had most of my life of a full week of bleeding, with 2-3 days requiring a change of san pro every 2 hours. Pro-tip for their benefit that took me way too many years to figure out: tampons don't do such a good job absorbing clots, meaning leakage long before they are "full", so they may want to go straight to pads or cups. They should stock up on the iron pills, since I spent about two decades dealing with anemia.

Since they have not had periods before, I am happy to warn them that the same hormones that cause the uterus to cramp, also cause your intestines to cramp up, and in my experience that meant that for at least the first two or three days, they may not want to venture too far away from any type of toilet facilities.

In return, they can give me back the many thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars I have spent over 27+ years and counting on tampons, pads, menstrual cups, new underwear, birth control, pregnancy tests bought in a panic at the drug store when my period was late, new sheets, and pain killers. Oh, and that cream couch cushion belonging to a date....

Since to have periods I assume they also want my reproductive organs to make it happen, I will also throw in some bonus experiences for them for FREE, like the cryosurgery, LEEP, and cervical biopsy, two or three painful IUD insertions and removals, some cervical ectropion, a tubal ligation, and that fun year where I would not stop bleeding and spotting for most of it due to a bad reaction to birth control ("fortunately" my sex drive also sank that year as well).

Lemoncakestrudel · 13/03/2019 22:16

legend what’s a kegel? I would love to stop having to run to the loo for a sneeze.

InfiniteCurve · 13/03/2019 22:28

I don't have periods anymore,a plus of treatment for breast cancer.I asked DD whether she'd describe her periods as uncomfortable,cramps and icky .She said no - she'd describe them as a week long torture session......

PRoseLegend · 13/03/2019 22:29

@lemoncakestrudel
It's those muscles you pull up into your body when you're stopping peeing mid-stream.
It helps if you do them a lot, apparently. Anyway if I catch the sneeze or cough in time I can ususlly prevent wetting myself but if I forget or the sneezing comes on too quickly I'm usually wearing a light pad to catch any leakage.

TurboTeddy · 13/03/2019 22:52

Tammy I have endo and adenomyosis too, also prescribed opiates. They are so welcome to my pain, the novelty has worn off for me.

In the meantime I think I can hear the world's smallest violin playing for them.

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