Isnt it funny I remember adult men freaking out at the idea of talking about ‘women’s problems’ (for example my psycho father used to throw a fit if he could see my towels in the bathroom bin.)

Now women have done the important work of destigmatised the experience on the internet and men suddenly want to be involved?

Get toxic shock syndrome moids.

“there’s no medical need to even have a period” I mean it shows that you’re capable of getting pregnant, so that’s helpful? Also I skip mine most of the time by taking my BC pills continuously, but eventually it’ll still happen! Like if it’s been a few months since I last had a period, I’ll start spotting and it doesn’t go away until I stop my pills for a week or so and let it take its course… “no medical need” yeah okay LOL that’s just what my female body does

Its actually very medically necessary to have a period if you're not on HBC.

The uterine lining thickens up over the course of the menstrual cycle and if that build up isn't expelled, the build up of cells/tissue could lead to an increased risk of cancer. That and if you aren't having periods you aren't ovulating, which has all sorts of fertility and hormonal imbalance implications.

FWIW, I'm not a pharmacists or a medical professional, but my understanding is part of how some HBC's work is they prevent the uterine lining from thickening up, or as quickly. This prevents a fertilised egg from attaching, but also removes the need for a period as frequently, or ever. I used to stack the pill back to back, but I still needed to have a withdrawal bleed every 3 months or I'd start spotting.

What's the rationale here on there's no medical need to have a period?

"Bleeding women just making it hard for themselves on purpose. If you purchase and take hormones all the time like us you don't even have to worry about a period and you can focus on your true purpose of being sexually available to men at all times"

"there's no medical need to have a period" like there's no medical need to, I don't know, sleep? Or cry if something gets in your eyes?

I have a female body, and part of its general function is menstruation each month. I don't know what they think "medically necessary" means, but I'm not going to stop any normal healthy function in my body, even when it's inconvenient or annoying.

If those scrotes bled every month they’d have free products on every street corner, a guaranteed paid week off work every month, and it would be a fashion statement to free bleed.

Fuck off men. I bleed every month proudly and there isn’t shit you can do about it.🩸

Every time I see MtFs trying to appropriate menstruation (of all things) I am like “thank god they aren’t smart enough not to say this out loud.”

What is "over identifying"? It sounds like they're making up more nonsense to excuse their misogyny. Translates as: How dare you accept your female body!

They assume that since they hate their bodies, every woman is required to as well. Any time a woman is comfortable with her body, it makes them squirm, because their idea of a woman is someone who is always unsure not confident in herself. It's obvious they hate women when they tell women to shut up about their lived experience and dismiss normal female bodily functions as "unnecessary". Ironic, considering how much they shriek about "body positivity".

Edit: Let me take some time to "over identify" with my period. I hate my period, but it's a part of my life I have to live with, and I accept that. You can accept something without liking it, moreover without mutiliating your body. It's this shaming of the female body that is the reason why periods are deplorably under-researched. It's why it's 2024 and still no medical source can tell me why, for example, my menstrual cycle causes insane cramps in my knees instead of the place most people have it around their abdomen.