Poll: THE CURSE!!!

[sqbr]

So, sonnlich posted a link to this interesting article about the way menstruation is still a pretty taboo subject, even though a lot of guys probably wouldn't actually freak out if women brings it up. So, a poll.

Nb: when I say "mention" I just mean in vague, non-gross terms like "Crap! Out of tampons" or "Ow. Cramps", not going into icky detail. The same way one might talk about having gastro or a runny nose.

[Poll #1167026]

Comments

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Eh. I don't get it.

Yes, ok, some men don't like hearing about it at all, even in vague terms, but shrug.

I'm surprised the woman in that article was so self hating. Seriously. I mean she didn't even mention the sisterhood of "hey do you have any pads?" No woman I have ever asked that has flinched.

And in fact as the girls in my school reach menarche in the 5th grade or so, they usually feel comfortable asking us teachers for a pad. It helps that they get told they can talk to any female teacher they feel close to about it in their girls' health lecture thingy.

The first time a student of mine asked me to help her out, I felt honored at her trust. I took her to the nurse, also female, who had some supplies.

I don't think men have something analogous.

[col-ki.livejournal.com]

Wet dreams would be the closest analouge, and they most certainly aren't something you talk about. When they are talked about, it's generally father and son, in a slightly panicked "get the info I need and change topic ASAP" way.

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I didn't think men talked about that at work. I walk about my period at work when I need a pad or just you know when I feel crappy and explain I have cramps and then a conversation ensues on occasion about how our periods are.

But yeah.

[alias_sqbr]

Well, I've always been a bit wierd about it, but I'm wierd about everything (hugging, for example) so I'm not sure it counts :)

And yes, there is a bit of a solidarity of femaleness about it, although in my experience at least such conversations are often (but not always) still a bit awkward and self conscious. I guess different people have experienced very different things.