Comments on: Don’t Mind Her; It’s Just Hormones

By: Dorimander

Dorimander — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:22:00 +0000

Hans, not every woman get PMS. Some of us do not have period-related emotional swings.

Women on the pill tend not to have these sorts of problems, for instance. I'd so go for menstrual suppression if I was in that kind of position. Flying to China or Japan or Africa while menstruating? Bleah. Even of Air Force One or Two, bleah.

Besides by the time most women get to the point where they are a legitimate and viable choice, they're post-menstrual anyway. (Not that women of menstruating age can't be viable and legitimate choices. How old was Shirley Chisolm? And my granny didn't go through menopause until she was over sixty. [Oh, my god.])

By: hans

hans — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:03:00 +0000

So having one of you as VP or (god beware) President is sane, how?
:P

By: Invisible G.

Invisible G. — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:01:00 +0000

There has to be some noxious gas seeping into the Vancouver air. A good friend of mine is having a raging eczema breakout. He hasn’t had one this bad since he was six years old. Could it be our air quality is altering for the worse? [shudder]

By: Wrye

Wrye — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:23:00 +0000

I for one appreciate the clarity of this explanation. Bravo.

By: NerdGirl

NerdGirl — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:15:00 +0000

And guys is it really necessary to say “What’s your problem – you on the rag?” I mean why are you surprised there is a fork stuck in your neck after that comment?? hehe

By: Tachaé

Tachaé — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:49:00 +0000

no one could have explained it better.

By: a

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:47:00 +0000

i have heard a few opinions about WHY women tend to get seriously bitchy and/or weepy.

one woman that i know who is a bit of a “mouse” and represses all her anger and frustration becomes the most evil woman possible when PMSing. whereas a woman i know (as well as myself) who is pretty well in tune with her anger and lets it out in regular doses gets weepy rather than violent. i wonder if some of it reflects some of our societal “norms” and “gender roles”.

….but then again, hormones do tend to seriously fuck with us sometimes.

By: Mary Jane

Mary Jane — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:57:00 +0000

It must be something going around the globe. Today I was greeted with the biggest cold sore I’ve ever had in my life and incapacitating period pains on top of that, and I left a big red stain in a chair in a restaurant of the fanciest hotel in London :(

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:36:00 +0000

Its funny that. I thin the only thing about my period that I dont like is this disassociation with my emotions. Instead of being this ball of emotion or angst....I just have no sex drive. No interest in much kissing and no interest in anything sexual. Its not even a case of the blood being the problem. Its simply "I cant be bothered with it".

In my entire time of having periods, this is really no problem. The disconnected feeling does bother me since Im usually so open about desire and sexuality. Only 2 times has this been a *real problem* and it was becaus the guy didnt understand how a woman could get so completely disconnected with emotion. One thought I was just lying. That did evoke anger in me so I guess I am not completely emotionless.

Kat