If a recent conversation on the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit is any indication, MGTOWs remain baffled by and terrified of the human vagina.
In the midst of one of that subreddit’s typically dreadful discussions, the subject of women in the military comes up. One Reddit MGTOW lets it be known that he “f**king hope[s] women get drafted some day.”
One of his comrades steps in to MGTOWsplain just why he thinks that would be a bad, bad thing:
So … how would that work, exactly?
Either Some_one498 thinks that
- Our enemies have secret squads of vagina-sniffing dogs that can detect the scent of menstrual blood from miles away, or
- Women are so incapacitated by the monthly visit from Aunt Flo that they’ll just lie there and let enemy soldiers capture them
I made Some_one498’s quote into a meme using a still from the Goldie Hawn comedy Private Benjamin, but somehow I don’t think it’s going to catch on.
tl;dr: Vaginas are scary!
@msexceptiontotherule Didn’t you know? Talking about menstruation is far, far worse than spewing hate and death threats on those resource-stealing-attention-whoring-fatty-slutty-sluts! 😛
*inserts Monty Python French knight here*
And to Miggy: I totally am fine with my friends who have Crohn’s to vent occasionally. And they’re not asses about it! Amazing!
Going somewhat OT, with apologies, but purely in the spirit of generosity to trolls – let us not forget the importance and usefulness of periods in het or f/f Dracula or BtVS or other vampire fanfic. I’m sure it doesn’t taste just the same, but still – what could possibly be a greater turn-on for a Spike or Harmony or Dru or Angel or Dracula or [name of vampire of your choice] (assuming they were unable or unwilling, for whatever reason, to bite the person concerned)?
Also, you have to laugh – in a thread that includes a number of comments explicitly referring to the usefulness of periods as a pua/mgtow/etc. repellent, two so far are sweetie-pies enough to actually drop in just to wibble “help, help, I’m being repelled” at us 🙂
Have to say that idea about using tampon/pad/cup etc. photos as a response to unsolicited dick pics is pretty neat.
You craptastic fool’s gold nuggets of rotten rhinestone buzzard lice pieces of shit. You split legged tomato-paste-sweating monsters of larceny. You acid-vomiting fork-tongued flat-footed fleets of whore and studmongering bitch raptors. You gaggles of hairless marsupial gutter nuns. You snorting rattle-snakes holed-up in a blazing sin wagon of syphilitic degeneracy. Uncooked noodle kraut frog’s bladder donkey-livered piss marinated sheep-skinned gator-willie’d concoction of blasphemy. Undertakers. Orphic lizards.
1000% agreed! I just might do that! Then play stupid when the guy asks “WTF?!”
“Huh, that’s strange…I thought we were doing a creep-out contest”
@ violet
Can I borrow “Magical Tomato Soup Disasters” if I’m ever stuck for a name for a prog rock band?
ETA: Speaking of music, anyone here remember the used tampon as earrings thing in the post punk days? Or was that just a Yorkshire thing?
@Alan: Sure thing!
(Ignoring troll because his outrage is boooooring)
I’m quite lucky in that I don’t really have PMS; sometimes I get some pelvic cramps the day before the bleeding starts, but they’re not debilitating, it’s a brief pang that’s mostly just annoying for a little while, then it’s gone. Can get some muscle aches the first day or two of the period, maybe feel a little blah, but again, not too bad. No weird mood changes or anything like that, at any of the stages, too.
And it’s like that with the rest of my family, as far as I know – so for some years I assumed that PMS was a myth, a stereotype of “those unpredictable feeeemales” perpetuated by the media. Then I found out I was wrong, and some uterus-havers do suffer quite badly, so felt like a jerk for dismissing it before. Sympathies to fellow uterus-havers who go through monthly pain! May your bon-bons be plentiful and delicious.
Kids in a trenchcoat?
KIDS IN A TRENCHCOAT
STEVEN UNIVERSE IS MOSTLY KIDS IN A TRENCHCOAT:
Wait, what were we discussing again?
Citation needed.
Now there’s dignity for you.
Better to spew ketchup than hatred. Hatred is far more unclean.
Cis men will try to shame people who are not cis men for literaly every aspect of our bodies. There is no way to have a body correctly if you are not a cis man. No matter the body, you will be shamed and told how gross/wrong/dirty/dangerous your body is.
This needs to stop.
I have had alot of pain and nausea with my periods. Being expected to hide the fact you are menstrating so as not to disgust men is such a shitty weight to put on a teenager in pain. But, its the norm for some girls starting at as young as 10. It was so liberating when I stopped letting people make me feel ashamed for getting my period every month.
Society needs better attitudes toward menstration and women’s bodies. It starts with people like us talking openly about our bodies. Mig’s meltdown only reinforces to me how important conversations like this are.
Is Orphic Lizards a band name, yet? If not, it should be.
(This dude is like a Band Name Generator, seriously, it’s kinda awesome in an awful, meltdown-y way.)
Does anyone else think that Miggy might be really fun in a rap battle? He’s got some good lines. I’m stealing that last insult because it’s hilarious.
On a prior topic, I’ve been kicked in the pink sporran before. It was unpleasant but it wasn’t as bad as I expected: a really bad migraine hurts worse and for longer. I wouldn’t recommend it as a daily occurrence but it’s nothing to dread.
Well, I have to say that WHTM has the best trolls. They are both dedicated and dadaist, which is a baffling yet entertaining combination. They provide a lot of amusement, even if it’s usually for a relatively brief time before they dissolve into incoherence.
Re: using “tomato soup” as a euphemism, I have to say that I don’t think I’ll ever look at a plate of gazpacho the same again. 😀
My personal favorite euphemism for periods has to be “communists have stormed the Winter Palace”. It’s descriptive and has a historical reference built right into it.
This site is just so much fun, especially during times of heightened stress when I really need to laugh. You keep doing what you do best, Mammotheers. 🙂
That was authentic frontier gibberish!
“Rhinestone buzzards” would be a good name for a country and western band.
I believe the xkcd version of period euphemism was “that ‘time of the month’ when I’m ‘not at my best’ because I’m ‘bleeding from my vagina'”.
Miggs is pretending to have Crohn’s now? Wouldn’t that particular disorder make it impossible to survive on seagulls alone?
Sorry, Miggs. Maybe next sock will be less obvious and you won’t be discovered immediately.
Seriously. I could tell it was him before I scrolled down and saw so.
I should thank him for proving my point though. Menstruation does need to be demystified. Period blood looks nothing like tomato soup or ketchup.
@ Monzach
Seconding, thirding, and fourthing that.
Also, I read ZinkieJink’s comment in a Deep-South-white-suit-and-hat-fire-and-brimstone voice. It was so fun I did it again 😀
These Jinkies are Zoinked:
…?
That’s neither accurate nor even an insult. But it does take me back to the time he called us Usurers. That was pretty funny.
My periods were never too bad. I had cramps but they were never debilitating.
I did find out, however, that sleeping with the light on can make the time between your periods shorter. I had gotten down to 23 days between my periods (it should be 28 to 35, as I recall), when a friend told me about the connection.
I stopped sleeping with the light on, and the time between periods did get longer again.
Why was I sleeping with the light on?
I visited my parents and my father scared me so much that I thought it would be good to know just where I was whenever I woke up. I did this for seven months. But then I gave up that nighttime light (a reading lamp just above my head) and I was emotionally fine.
Have you ever thought to question why you find open discussion of periods to be so nauseating? Haha of course you haven’t.
My natural period is not only quite painful, but also extremely high flow. We’re talking rivers over here. Lakes. Oceans of uterine lining. 5 days of “can I even afford to lose this much blood in a week” and another 3 days of more typical volumes.
When I started taking oral BC it brought both the pain levels and the flow down to manageable levels. Much better.
Then I switched to my IUD, and it brought the flow down to almost nil. I just wear little panty liners. Really light days I don’t even bother. It’s glorious. But the pain, friends. The pain is back to its natural levels. And I’m just like… why, body, why? Why are you working this hard in order to pass like a 1/4 cup of fluid in a 5 day span? Take it easy.
Edited because I realized 1/2 a cup is actually a lot. I’m terrible at guessing volume.
I never talk about my period, but i am always happy when other people mention theirs casually like it’s nbd. Because it *isn’t* a big deal, and i want to be more open about stuff like that?
I don’t typically get bad cramps or anything, but my period lasts for about a week and comes between 23 and maaaybe 27 or so days? Like, it’s a bit frustrating that it just isn’t regular. i don’t have any reason to go in bc, but if it could be either regular or non-existant, i would be super happy!
On the subject of reusable panty liners… i’m really interested, but concerned about cleaning. how does this work?? I have a washer in my house, but i share with room mates and i don’t want to be doing something that thry wouldn’t like. (yes i know i need to talk to them, but i was hoping to have a better understanding of the process first.)
any help is appreciated!
also @ the troll on page two… why did you put david’s LAST name in scare quotes before equating him with a bulldyke? Do you understand how scare quotes work? I believe you do not and need to edumacate yourself.
I went into the student disability centre yesterday (which is turning out to be a giant fucking time sink for very little gain, but I digress) and at one point the woman doing my intake said, “ugh, I am just absolutely having a menopausal meltdown today. It feels like it’s 50 degrees in here, I’m telling you.” I was briefly surprised, and then really really happy, that she was so open and casual about that. We talked a bit more, I offered my condolences, and it was just awesome.
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@Rhuu
It took me a while to get used to the reuseable liners. I felt like it was gross at first and embarrassed about even telling my husband. But once I got used to them they became normal. You throw them in the wash (cold only for anything with blood), and if you’re worried about stains on the pads you can soak them in cold water and/or pre-treat them with Shout. Think of it like when you get some on your clothing–it’s not too different from that. They don’t absorb as quickly or as much liquid as the disposable ones, so if you have a heavy flow they might not work well. Mine has not been heavy enough while using them for it to be a concern, but I have to be a little more careful when standing up during the heavier part or I can get some leakage. The brand I use has a nylon layer to protect your clothes, so that helps.
http://partypantspads.com
If you’re concerned about your roommates you could look into cups instead. I don’t know a lot about them.
Let me know if you have any specific questions. I’ve been using them a couple of years now and still have the original set I bought and they’re still in pretty good shape.
Jinkies is quite entertaining, but I bet he didn’t come up with all those insults himself.
I’m currently in the midst of perimenopause, and even with the hot flushes, it is so much preferable to reenacting The Shining every 4-7 weeks.