Seems like an incredibily rotten existence, at least after adolecense. I feel for y'all


This has been an astraladvent empathetic thought

6/23/2011 6:12:20 PM

pussy control makes up for most of it

6/23/2011 6:13:09 PM

pussy control = mind control

6/23/2011 6:13:55 PM

but how long does that last?

that's the other side of the coin that sucks for the ladies...

6/23/2011 6:16:18 PM

honestly.


sticking a piece of cotton into one of your most intimate spots once a month does suck.

6/23/2011 6:16:58 PM

more like every 3 hours for a week...once a month

6/23/2011 6:18:59 PM

^you right

6/23/2011 6:27:09 PM

I'm aroused

6/23/2011 6:28:42 PM

my goal is to become anorexic, work out a bunch, lose a bunch of weight and just lose it for a while.


its like two birds with one stone.

6/23/2011 6:29:30 PM

Being a man is awesome. I can see why men would be a pain to deal with, though. On the aggregate, they're hairy, smelly, inconsiderate, abrasive. Male rationality only goes so far, because at the end of the day, you still have to get your nut.

6/23/2011 6:30:47 PM

Obligatory "I've got something to stick in you every three hours"

6/23/2011 6:31:23 PM

pussy control = mind control ?

jedi pussy tricks?

6/23/2011 6:32:08 PM

Doesn't that long term birth control insert stop you from having periods?

That one that works like a spring and clings to sides of your cooch?

6/23/2011 6:32:12 PM

It really does seem shitty. Even beyond the periods, you've got pregnancy and childbirth (in all likelihood), you're sick more often, you're always either too cold or too hot regardless of what the fucking temperature is, you're completely under the sway of a bizarre cocktail of hormones (and I assume it makes it worse that you know you're under the sway of a bizarre cocktail of hormones), urination is 80x more complicated for you than for us, orgasms are not guaranteed, you get paid less, nobody wants to make you president...

...and that's stacked up against, what? If you're attractive, guys buy you stuff. That's about all I can come up with.

I can see why the Chinese kill their babies when they're born female. It's for the baby's sake.

6/23/2011 6:35:47 PM

Quote :

"Doesn't that long term birth control insert stop you from having periods?"

it's supposed too.
and i think it works for the majority of the population...the thing is a they don't know the repercussions of stopping someone's cycle for that long (from my understanding). they say its perfectly safe, but they said the same thing about margarine years ago, before actually looking at the results of long term use ya know?


that and i had the depo shot once- instead of stopping mine i had it non stop for three months

[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 6:41 PM. Reason : ]

6/23/2011 6:40:40 PM

i love being a woman

6/23/2011 6:41:20 PM

^ i dont think anyones saying they don't


it's just.....more complicated

6/23/2011 6:41:53 PM

Presumably you don't know what you're missing.

We're very clear on what you people go through, you won't SHUT UP ABOUT IT.

6/23/2011 6:42:13 PM

well it's a HUGE part of our lives


HUGE

6/23/2011 6:42:48 PM

oh i'm just chiming in...i hadn't read the whole thread

6/23/2011 6:43:04 PM

you know i <3 you

6/23/2011 6:43:16 PM

i have heard, though i may be mistaken, that the best thing about being a woman is the prerogative to have a little fun

6/23/2011 6:45:44 PM

Quote :

"my goal is to become anorexic, work out a bunch, lose a bunch of weight and just lose it for a while."

awesome idea

6/23/2011 6:47:07 PM

indeed

6/23/2011 6:47:09 PM

man shirt, short skirts

6/23/2011 6:47:52 PM

this thread reminds me of a gem i made years ago

/message_topic.aspx?topic=474555

memories

6/23/2011 6:51:41 PM

lol

6/23/2011 6:55:51 PM

i haven't wrote anything when i peed in a long time... i think i need to do that again... its like insta stress relief

6/23/2011 7:05:15 PM

Stopping your period is good for you, it reduces your risk of cancer. Having a regular monthly period is a modern, western creation. There are still societies where it is not regular and monthly and they do just fine and have less cancer.

6/23/2011 7:09:49 PM

really?
i was completely unaware of this.
where are these civilizations?
and are you sure that is the lack of periods causing this reduction in cancer and not lack of artificial sweetners, tanning oils, and hormones?



doesn't stopping you period increase your risk of osteoporosis??



[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 7:12 PM. Reason : honestly]

6/23/2011 7:10:55 PM

they have less cancer because they die of malaria at 36.

6/23/2011 7:12:05 PM

^or that

6/23/2011 7:12:26 PM

I like GrumpyGOP

Oh, and let me add the migraines and headaches
*has one right now*

6/23/2011 7:19:24 PM

anus control

6/23/2011 7:21:11 PM

http://www.gladwell.com/2000/2000_03_10_a_rock.html

it should make sense why periods increase your risk of cancer, i think when you read that piece it will make sense to you.

[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 7:22 PM. Reason : .]

6/23/2011 7:21:57 PM

oooOOOOoooh
im excited.
i shall read it and give you my full semi-informed opinion.



but not now



i'm all about proving myself wrong



[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 7:26 PM. Reason : wait nvm ]

6/23/2011 7:25:04 PM

Quote :

"Oh, and let me add the migraines and headaches"

I had lumped that in under "sick more often," but yeah, you guys have headaches more often even when you're not using hackneyed excuses to get out of sex.

6/23/2011 7:26:28 PM

Ha, yeah I will never use that excuse ever.
But then I've never understood why anyone would want to make excuses anyway

6/23/2011 7:29:27 PM

reduced number of periods also results in a longer duration of fertility.

cycling through less eggs and all that jazz

6/23/2011 7:33:42 PM

I read that as "cycling through less eggs and all that jizz," which confused me immensely.

6/23/2011 7:45:27 PM

One advantage is you can wear dresses to summer weddings whilst I wear dress pants, a dress shirt, and a tie.

6/23/2011 7:48:49 PM

Quote :

"cycling through less eggs and all that jazz"

now correct me if im wrong....but if you do cycle through less that means the eggs you have left are older. and your body would be less adept at handling it.

so it seems like a double edged sword.



[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 8:00 PM. Reason : damnit ive been drinking. no more debating/questions for the night.]

6/23/2011 7:58:30 PM

cycling through eggs raises your risk of cancer, the fewer you use the better you are

6/23/2011 8:01:04 PM

deemarie got one of those IUDs and no longer has periods

pretty cool

6/23/2011 8:01:37 PM

Quote :

"...and that's stacked up against, what? If you're attractive, guys buy you stuff. That's about all I can come up with."

WE LIVE LONGER. boom.



Oh and as for the periods - it's not how frequently you get your period that increases your risk, it's the age when you started. And I truly don't understand the comment of periods being once a month are a western thing. It's the way your body responds to not having a fertilized egg.


I would truly like to see your sources for this egg argument. And what type of cancer are you talking about? There's a big difference between breast cancer, ovarian cancer, breast and ovarian, lung, pancreatic, etc etc. Please be more specific kthx.

[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 8:11 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 8:12 PM. Reason : and Joie is right - older eggs equals higher chances of them not functioning properly]

6/23/2011 8:10:06 PM

did you read what i posted?

6/23/2011 8:21:07 PM

Quote :

"WE LIVE LONGER. boom. "

Yeah, because we figured out how to reduce birth mortality and we fight all the wars for you. YOU'RE WELCOME.

[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 8:25 PM. Reason : also, enjoy being 80, it sounds like a barrel of fun.]

6/23/2011 8:25:01 PM

I skimmed most but read certain parts, because a) it was from over 10 years ago and b) it didn't have any sources.

And this?

Quote :

"Every time a woman gets pregnant and bears a child, her lifetime risk of ovarian cancer drops ten per cent. Why? Possibly because, between nine months of pregnancy and the suppression of ovulation associated with breast-feeding, she stops ovulating for twelve months--and saves her ovarian walls from twelve bouts of cell division. The argument is similar for endometrial cancer. When a woman is menstruating, the estrogen that flows through her uterus stimulates the growth of the uterine lining, causing a flurry of potentially dangerous cell division. Women who do not menstruate frequently spare the endometrium that risk. Ovarian and endometrial cancer are characteristically modern diseases, consequences, in part, of a century in which women have come to menstruate four hundred times in a lifetime."

No. Your risk of developing endometrial cancer INCREASES with irregular or unstable periods. If you would like to read articles about it, I'd be happy to send them to you (as recently as October 2010).


[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 8:28 PM. Reason : ^ haha I will enjoy being 80 ]

6/23/2011 8:27:21 PM

gladwell's sources are included in the book, just not in the paper. i can get them for you for any of the items.

^sure post them, typically the increased risk is involved with irregular periods that are more frequent

[Edited on June 23, 2011 at 8:30 PM. Reason : .]

6/23/2011 8:29:02 PM

Don't bother, son

Your lack of cancer education is shining through.. I don't need a source for that

6/23/2011 8:31:39 PM