Womanhood rants

[shadowcat5]

so I'm on my period - could end the rant there really - and I took my break earlier which I hate doing because it means longer in work after my break AND I am hungry on the way/when I first get home. I took it because I was starving (you know, that period hunger that feels like your stomach is about to burst out of your body it's rumbling so much) and it's a pain in the arse.

Then all the men in my office were talking about their football clubs as thursday seems to be match day in my area? and I was thinking about how traditionally male hobbies continue into adulthood but traditionally female stop when they reach 18. I can't find an adult ballet/jazz/gymnastic class anywhere but there are countless male football teams.

So I thought that I cannot be the only one who feels like they need to rant about things that only women really experience.

(not intended as a thread to bash men. Just a rant about womanhood things)

 

[Kim Mild]

Horses are quite a female thing . There area few girls I went to school with who have horses now they are adults. Those huge horsebox lorries are usually driven by women too.

 

[shadowcat5]

Horses are quite a female thing . There area few girls I went to school with who have horses now they are adults. Those huge horsebox lorries are usually driven by women too.

yeah it’s interesting how horses are seen as a female thing yet jockies tend to be male

 

[HoGi]

yeah it’s interesting how horses are seen as a female thing yet jockies tend to be male

Same with cooking and chefs. Its traditionally the womns job but most top chefs are male.

 

[watermelon sugar]

my womanhood rant is i hate how i get pains when i ovulate, then after ovulation im moody, bloated and spotty leading up to my period, then on my period i’m still spotty, angry and emotional. So i just have a week of good skin and a bit of happiness

 

[DanaScully]

My rant would definitely be Endometriosis related! It takes women eight years on average to be diagnosed because we're told that excruciating and disabling pain is normal and "Just part of being a woman!".

 

[Slaybutter]

I’ve been wondering if we have one of these threads I’m so hormonal, just sad and angry for now reason other than it being that time!

 

[Rxt156]

LEG HAIR
Why you grow so fast!!!??

 

[shadowcat5]

LEG HAIR
Why you grow so fast!!!??

yes and all other hair besides the hair on my damn head! Why am I shaving every 2 days but my hair has only grown half a cm on my head.

Also period diarrhoea. I hate it

 

[freaknasty]

Other women taking the piss out of people for having pubic hair and not being bald down there. We all have it!

Edited to add I mean women taking the piss out of other women

 

[watermelon sugar]

LEG HAIR
Why you grow so fast!!!??

Omg since i’ve had a baby mine grows SO fast

 

[nicalibres]

Does anyone else feel literally insane for about a day just before their period? I feel so irritable like someone will breathe in my direction and I want to go feral lol then I start to feel overwhelmingly sad and convince myself everyone hates me. Next day my period comes and it all makes sense but I’m never able to recognise it at the time cos it’s so all consuming

 

[Snippysnips]

My rant would definitely be Endometriosis related! It takes women eight years on average to be diagnosed because we're told that excruciating and disabling pain is normal and "Just part of being a woman!".

Can it really take as long as this? I've honestly been wondering if I have it because I am almost bed bound with period pain most times an have always just been told "you just get it bad" the past little while hasn't been as bad because I've been getting extra strong pain for it

Does anyone else feel literally insane for about a day just before their period? I feel so irritable like someone will breathe in my direction and I want to go feral lol then I start to feel overwhelmingly sad and convince myself everyone hates me. Next day my period comes and it all makes sense but I’m never able to recognise it at the time cos it’s so all consuming

I could rip people's heads off the day before mine, honestly am do angry an irritable before it, absolutely anything can set me off

 

[ToxicPony]

Oh my god, yesterday I was in the most foul mood. I hated everyone and everything and was angry with things for existing. I was imagining arguments in my head and getting furious at stuff people had only said in my imagination. I hope my periods on the way and I'm not just a sociopath.

 

[mochibean]

yes and all other hair besides the hair on my damn head! Why am I shaving every 2 days but my hair has only grown half a cm on my head.

Also period diarrhoea. I hate it

Yesss! Omg it's the worst.

 

[Itsmedoctortea]

When you go to pick something up off the floor and it takes about 10 attempts that's how i know i'm due my period

 

[Rippedjeanmaybe]

One thing I hate about being a woman is how we can get more harassment than most men.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had things shouted at me, young men stop me outside shops to wind me up, teenage lads hounding me in shops etc

I just always feel like I can’t go anywhere for fear of being harassed. My husband has never experienced anything like this. I have awful anxiety now if I need to go to the shop alone.

 

[LittleMy]

Being told to smile by random grown-arsed men in public places because I have natural RBF.
duck off.

 

[DanaScully]

Can it really take as long as this? I've honestly been wondering if I have it because I am almost bed bound with period pain most times an have always just been told "you just get it bad" the past little while hasn't been as bad because I've been getting extra strong pain for it

Yes, this is an official statistic. In my experience, GPs don't have enough knowledge of gynaecological conditions and how they should be investigated. I went to my GP and she reluctantly sent me for an ultrasound (which was all clear). The technician doing the ultrasound asked me some questions and told me I needed to go back to the GP and push for a referral to a specialist for a laparoscopy, particularly as my mum had endometriosis. Ultrasounds don't always pick up endo so it's important not to rule it out if it comes back clear.

Eventually I was referred to a gynaecologist, he agreed to conduct the laparoscopy and found I did have endometriosis. I haven't had any surgical treatment but the diagnosis meant I could be prescribed stronger pain relief and I'm protected under the Equality Act 2010 so have more accommodation at work for needing time off etc.

 

[NH14]

Same with cooking and chefs. Its traditionally the womns job but most top chefs are male.

and Hairdressing