Watch out, ladies! And feminism! Because guys are totally onto you and your dirty periods. According to a study cited on the blog What Men Think of Women, men can tell when women are on their periods – just by listening to them talk! Well, some of the time, anyway. From a writeup of the research in the Times of India:
Men can actually tell from a woman’s voice when she is having her period, a new study has claimed.
For the study, conducted by Nathan Pipitone at Adams State College and Gordon Gallup from SUNY-Albany, the researchers asked three groups of men to listen to voice recordings of ten women who counted from one to five at four different points over their menstrual cycle.
According to Popular Science, all four recordings were played in a random order and then the first group of men were asked to guess which were made while the women were on their period. The tests revealed that the men were correct 35 per cent of the time, which was described as a ‘significant’ result.
That’s right, ladies! Men can tell whether or not you’re are on the rag – a third of the time!
I myself have developed a technique that can bring this success rate to well over 50 percent – just by listening to women talk!
All you have to do is to pay attention to subtle audio clues, like her saying:
“I just started my period.”
“My period came early this month.”
“Crap. I’ve got awful craps – because of my period.”
“Aunt Flo is paying her monthly visit.” (Note: this works only if she does not actually have an Aunt Flo.)
“It’s shark week! “ (Note: This works only if it is not actually Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.)
“It’s that time of month again. The time when I use tampons, in my vagina.”
“I have reached that point in my menstrual cycle during which blood leaks from my hoo-ha.”
So what does all this mean? According to Christian J at What Men Are Saying About Women, it means the jig is up, feminists! In a post titled How Men can Decode “Women’s” Menstrual Cycle.. , he writes:
This information is what feminist have been trying to hide, delete and deny for many a decade. They are of the opinion that the menstrual cycle is irrelevant and superfluous to their cause and one can understand why when one looks at the studies on how women are affected by it.
In the worst case scenarios, their behaviour are effected to such a degree as to make them totally dysfunctional and even bedridden for the period(intended) of the cycle. The other side of the argument is ofcourse that it is swept under the carpet and not discussed or taken seriously..
Just some added benefits from feminism, as they live in ignorant, self induced silence..
You might as well pack it in, ladies and manginas – because men know!
A third of the time.
NOTE: I have no idea why Christian J. put the word “women” in quotes in the title of his blog post. Like his now-legendary two-dot ellipses, this is a mystery that may forever remain unsolved. Or you could ask him, I guess.
EDITED TO ADD: This post has now inspired a completely disingenuous “Yahoo Answers” query from an antifeminist concern troll who seems to be pretending that this post was not DRIPPING IN SARCASM. Add your answers, if you want!
Now I feel like I’m not really talking for myself xD
Or I’m being sarcastic >_>
She’s no more angry or disconnected than, say, the cis women over at Hooking Up Smart (okay, she’s not even that bad, I read the first page of her blog, it’s not that it doesn’t contain a few problematic things, but I certainly don’t see an unusual level of disconnect or anger there).
Also, this reads as if it is okay to dismiss a trans woman’s anger or opinions based on her being trans and angry, which it isn’t.
Then why did you jump right into assuming her issues with sexism are all about her being trans?
I hold every to the same standard. I’m not going to treat A person any differently because they were historically privilege anymore then I would treat B person who was not.
Then you belong on an MRA site, not a feminist site.
BTW, can someone link me the codes for quoting/html/etc on this blog? I can’t find it anywhere
[blockquote] text [/blockquote]
replace the [ with < and so forth
Even if this weren’t a patently stupid thing to say, you don’t judge people as individuals. You specifically stated that you thought Mags’ sexism is because she’s trans. Go away.
Cheers!
@Megpie;
How the hell does he work that out?
It was Newt Gingrich, so Maude alone knows how he worked that out. Back in the ’90s, the then Speaker was saying that women shouldn’t serve in the armed forces because they might have to be in a ditch for thirty days, and they would get “infections”. Al Franken joked “I wonder how Newt is going to tell his daughter that she just got her first “infection”.”
Apparently, Newt was not amused and confronted Franken over it, as Al depicts in his book Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot.
Blackbloc asked me:
From the OP:
Of course, trusting these numbers means trusting an MRA, so I’m probably wrong.
It’s also remotely possible that two of the recordings were taken during each volunteer’s period, but I think the assumption otherwise is justified.
@ Blue Jean;
*boggle* And this guy has a wife and kids? You’d think he would have come across teh concept before o.0
Rutee
My first post about this you agreed with.
For the record I believe Mag’s issues with women in general are not because she is a trans woman but might be compounded because she is a trans woman who also hates women. Not that she’s a trans woman singular.
I also said I’d never met a trans woman with these issues but Mag’s herself seems to as a individual have these issues imo
I did say perhaps for her it had something to do with jealously about periods. I was talking about Mags and in no way about trans women in general (as I’ve never met a trans woman who felt this way).
Hence Mags is a individual with her own hang-ups which have nothing to do with other woman who could be lumped in as a group with her.
Are you all lacking trolls to dump on?
Is it not possible that you said something that was really really problematic and cissexist? And you are being incredibly defensive and unapologetic about it? Or is the only explanation you can think of as to why people are angry at you is that we just lack “trolls to dump on”? -_-
Is it not possible that you said something that was really really problematic and cissexist?
Our was taken out of context in a way that was never meant that way.
And you are being incredibly defensive and unapologetic about it?
Because I’ve read what I wrote in the beginning of this thread and there is nothing to apologize for except for apologizing for hurt feelings if it was taken the wrong way.
Now to do something totally different:
HEY WEG OF FORS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU’RE STILL READING!!!
OZY WANTS YOU TO STALK ZIR MORE BECAUSE ZIE WANTS THE PAGEVIEWS AND THINKS YOU’RE ZIR BEST CHANCE OF ZIR GETTING A DEATH THREAT THIS YEAR
that is all 😀 (srsly zie did want me to pass that on, zie’s just shy)
(also look up the name: Phaedra Starling)
I do however take full responsibility for breaking the italics. I’m 99% sure that was my fault.
No I didn’t. I said Mags was trying to be one of the “Good ones”. Don’t pretend I foisted this on her being trans, or made any other comment about how and why. You fucked this one up singularly.
I’m not understanding the need to dig your heels in here, Kavette. When multiple people found your comment really problematic, including at least one person who’s trans themselves, isn’t it worth considering that hey, maybe that comment actually was problematic.
Actually the assumption that Rutee meant anything about Mags’ trans status is pretty baffling to me, when it would be much more easily read as a statement about Mags trying to be one of the good women, like the women who post on The Spearhead. Nothing to do with her trans status at all.
Hey Kavette, how about you acknowledge how your bullshit psychoanalyst crap is really triggering for some trans people?
Scar,
If I’ve hurt anyone for what I said I can honestly say I didn’t mean to.
I apologize for that.
All I can say is I’ve never been involved in the internet community and I’m probably really bad at it.
Not much else to say from that.
My hunch about Magdalene I still have to stand behind. Because she’s trans does not give her any excuse at all for giving a mra position. It may however in her own way give a reason that she can perhaps deal with.
Again.. only mra type trans I’ve ever met.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-017250dk38/S-0pNlS_nKI/AAAAAAAAABQ/vuREEkiQIN8/s1600/facepalm.jpg
That’s all great darksidecat that you only except those that don’t offend you as votes.
Where is that going to get you besides face palms? Is Newt Gingrich your best case senerio?
No, this is http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2011/04/lenin-cat-3.jpg however, sadly http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KlMQYDMrxZE/TV2D-ZCUorI/AAAAAAAAAoY/GXNU4CYTVvw/s1600/prophet-lol-cat-seen-the-future.jpg
We’ve told MRAL to get help because he needs help, not because of some stereotype about his gender or sexuality. That’s the difference.
Also, what am I? Chopped liver?
This is starting to reach fandom wank levels of ridiculousness (if we object to language that sounds transphobic then Newt Gingrich wins?).
Kavette – you can either admit that the comment about Magdelyn being a misogynist MRA sympathiser because she’s trans and jealous of cis women was out of line in that it’s a. not something you could possibly know and b. playing into harmful narratives about trans women, or you can just let it go. There is no “if I just keep justifying the comment everyone will eventually agree with me that I was right to make it” option.