A sampling of the women who responded, included!

I just recently finished a mystery novel which was published in like, the 80's by a male author. And I literally cannot get it out of my head for the past few days lol

I won't name the book, but still, super super massive spoilers:

A male character theorizes that a woman was in under extreme stress and shock over what she had done, and it actually made her suddenly start her period. Like, instantaneously. And it was heavy enough that it stained the floor/carpet when she fell.

Like, I myself was forming my own theories as I was reading and was proud of myself that I got nearly the same conclusion, but my mind went to her bleeding out due to a sudden miscarriage, not menstruation lol. And if the author/detective wanted to do the period blood route, then wouldn't it have made more sense to theorize that she was perioding much earlier and only somehow stained her clothes and the floor when she fell that night?

But nope. The author/detective literally thinks that she suddenly perioded all over the floor 😭

We are 35 now, this conversation happened when we were 21/22. We still mention it bc of how ridiculous it was.

*me putting on a pad*

Him: why are you sticking it to your panties?

Me: ????

Him: I thought the sticky side attached to YOU and like...held everything closed

For context, the post was about Bonnie Blue having a baby (which was so obviously fake). When will these people learn that vaginas don't change shape from sex? And really? A yawning hippo? That's just so disrespectful to both women and hippos.

Also to nobody's surprise, this dude flirts with porn bots on threads. Some people are truly pathetic.

Source

Found this gem of a lyric

Did they take away the button to imagepost?

(I presume the commenter meant vulva rather than vagina, but the mental image makes me shudder…)

it was followed by an identical slide saying "my dih is pulsing your name in morse code" which at least sort of makes sense?

This pretty much sums up how women's health is discussed and addressed. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DceU2BwjaFH/?igsi=MTUwa200anh1ZTdybA==

A lot of people misinterpret the bulge on a woman's stomach as their uterus , but that's actually a very common misconception especially within body positive creators .

That bulge has multiple reasons and it is NOT your uterus . Unless someone is actively pregnant, a normal uterus is as big as a pear or a fist. It sits deep inside the pelvic bowl. You cannot see it from the outside.

Reasons for that bulge to appear there , is because it is Estrogen-driven fat , Women bodies store soft, subcutaneous fat right there as an energy reserve, pelvic structure also plays a part in this.

A wider pelvis naturally tilts forward, pushing the lower stomach out. And elastic muscles & bloating play a role too , Our abdominal walls stretch easily, so normal food, gas, and hormonal water retention show up visible.

This common misconception also just implies we need a medical excuse to accept our bodies. In reality, it is just normal anatomical body fat , and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Well grown adult women eating less than 1yo clearly isn't "biological necessity"

Hello everyone, long-time lurker here and this is my first post.

I read on a leaflet for vaginal suppositories that they "must not be used on virgins". I do not live in the West so I cannot say my country is a very progressive one, but the medicine was produced in Italy.

This has to be medical misogyny, prejudice and virginity cult, right?

Cos I see absolutely no reason for that disclaimer. I could maaaaybe think that the company wants to protect itself from a potential lawsuit if someone with a, say, cribriform hymen tries to use these suppositories, causes bleeding and decides to sue the company. But virgins use tampons whose circumference is the same or even bigger than that of the suppositories, and tampons do not have that kind of disclaimer.

And, if they're that worried they could've written something like "can be used on virgins if anatomy allows" (because there are types of hymens where insertion wouldn't be possible).

Also, here where I live gynos do seem to follow this mentality and will not prescribe suppositories even if you have a serious infection.

I'm honestly tired and sad and I'd just like to hear your opinions.

EDIT: also, let me know whether suppositories have that disclaimer where you live, if you have that information.

EDIT 2:

The leaflet in my language mentions both "virgins and girls who haven't reached sexual maturity".

But I just found the original Italian leaflet online and it says NOTHING about virgins, only girls (girl children, "bambine" in Italian).

Here's what it says:

Italian:

Bambini Questo medicinale non è raccomandato nelle bambine perché la sicurezza e l’efficacia non sono state dimostrate.

English:

Children This medicine is not recommended for use in girls because its safety and efficacy  have not been established.

Personally I just like that my uterus grew in just from hrt. Glad I paid extra for the pouch.