Hey I just realized something
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Thread Topic: Hey I just realized something
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I mean there are so many people that don’t get the struggles of woman’s periods, and the excuse that it’s an awkward topic is bogus, because sex is taught in High School Biology, as well as diseases in the digestive system that are awkward to learn about. So why aren’t we learning about periods in biology?
I mean some people even think that the period is something Girl’s made up, or just something that turns them evil once a month. As if it wasn’t bad enough to deal with cramps, hormones, blood loss, cravings, clean up, wrecked clothes, and other things, we also have to go through ridicule about it. Maybe if it was actually taught about in Biology, since it’s an actual biological thing that we can not control, and happens more often than diseases in bowel movements since you know every girl has to have it every month from their teens to somewhere past middle aged.
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Because teaching about periods is generally taught in a sex-ed/health class and most parents would teach it to their kids
Plus it is generally an awkward topic that only applies to one gender, because yes guys learning about it is awkward. And there are generally more topics that apply to both genders, which should make them a much bigger priority. -
^ yes, it is taught in health class, which usually features a sex ed unit (if not, then sex ed is a course itself)
and depending on the school, it’s brought up in a science anatomy class. I know that my middle school taught us about them when we reached the anatomy unit and welp
So basically what I’m trying to say is that it isn’t exactly a science related thing and more so health, which is why it’s usually not in science. It makes some guys uncomfortable learning about broken eggs sending blood out a girls p---- -
flashback to Carrie by Stephen King
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Oh... I’ve never been givin sex Ed class because it wasn’t taught in the Autism Program. If it is taught why are people so ignorant to it?
Again, it makes me uncomfortable having to dissect a pig, frog, fish, etc. It also makes people uncomfortable when a girl has a male teacher and they seem to think girls can control their period. Or when a girl spends her entire week, already with cramps and hormones bearing weight on her, worrying about ruined clothes, left behind stains or drips she may haven’t noticed when she sat down, the uncomfortable feeling of a full pad/tampon, etc.
We also learn how poop comes out the anus in a very clear way, and about Healthy eating habits, in our biology class. We even had a guest speaker who talked in full detail about how his small intestine dried up and cracked which caused him to poop blood and that happens far less than a period, which goes on for more than the nineteen or twenty years he spent with his condition.
So I have to be uncomfortable with my period the majority of my life. Why can’t we risk having boys uncomfortable with it for one week of biology class? If nothing else, because it’s part of how the human body works and is important to know that it happens.
As for parents, I wish this stuff was explained to boys, but because we don’t want them uncomfortable we don’t tell them. So instead they get uncomfortable upon hearing a girl needing to vent, or a girl yells at them for saying cramps aren’t that bad, or a girl misses some blood in cleanup, or a girl’s pad is really uncomfortable so they have to reposition, and then they take out that discomfort on the girl, who is just as uncomfortable, if not more, about this life long condition as the male is. -
So basically youre complaining that its not taught to boys. The thing is it doesnt need to, unlike all your examples it only applies to girls, meaning that there is no reason it should be taught to everybody.
Most people know what a woman's period is and the problems that come with it. You're picking out a minority of people and generalizing it to the majority of the population. -
you sound like a feminist.
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i think people are uncomfortable explaining it.
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I’m not an extreme feminist I can argue both sides of woman being equal to men. I was just getting lectured by my Dad about how uncomfortable it is for him to see that one smudge of blood I missed when cleaning the toilet seat in the middle of the night and got to thinking that if woman have to be uncomfortable with it Why is it a crime for men to be?
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Ok I’m going to go over a few things.
1) extreme feminist, would be a suffragette type not a women who thinks men are scum who should die, that is a misandrist. Feminism is basically just wanting equal rights, and not to be treated like lesser, if that makes sense?
Feminism hasn’t changed its definition, regardless of what people claim about ‘modern feminists.’ It’s still about women’s rights, and making them equal to men.
2) There is no reason for something, that isn’t going to be on an exam, to be in a lesson. Learning the things you’re suggesting, isn’t useful formation. I’m also pretty sure that periods are rarely harmful enough that the blood loss is even that noticeable? Cravings happen to everyone actually, I believe it’s when your body lacks something so your brain send some signals to you, and you associate a food with that thing?
Like when I’m lacking in salt I crave chow mien?
3) my brother pissed on the toilet seat. My dad lectured him, because that is unhygienic and just gross. Your dad has a valid point, considering bloody tissues need to be thrown away, immediately to avoid actual illness.
I’m a girl and if I went to use the bathroom to find someone’s period blood on the toilet seat id be disgusted.
4.) most male staff are understanding, if you tell them, or even signal *why* you have to urgently go to the bathroom.
5.) it’s embarrassing for different reason for different people.
Some people don’t like talking about it for personal reasons, others because it’s personal information, etc etc.
6.) it’s not a crime to have a period. Girls shouldn’t yell at boys for saying cramps aren’t that bad, because not only can boys experience cramps too, as It’s not exclusive to periods, There’s also the fact that not all girls experience cramps, and I doubt many feel the need to explain to boys they have cramps just to yell at the .
7.) you really shouldn’t adjust your pad in public, because not only is it kind of strange, it’s also just not practical.
8.) I’ve never really gotten blood on the toilet seat, there has been an incident where my blood got on the floor due to it running down my leg as it had started in the middle of my walk home, but mostly that’s never happened to me, and I really don’t think it’s actually that common to get blood on the toilet seat, but maybe that’s just me? And boys don’t use girls bathrooms in most schools.
9.) by your logic while boys learn about periods. The girls , who obviously already know and would just be sitting around doing nothing, should have to learn about boners and s---. -
That makes sense.
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