TiM Young Adult author,"i wish i lived in a world where i didn't have to have sensitive zoom meetings during my period because i'm crying at the drop of a hat *and* incredibly irritable.the next time someone tells me trans women don't have periods im gonna dump a whole tub of period diarrhea on them

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[–]BEB[S] 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

But he doesn't have a uterus. Someone needs to break it to him. Probably from behind a bullet proof shield as he doesn't seem that hinged.

[–]MarkTwainiac 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If they have ovaries or an ovary, women without a uterus still can have various symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle such as PMDD, bloating, breast tenderness, stool changes, etc. This can happen in women who had their uterus removed but kept one or both ovaries, or women who were born without a uterus but with functioning ovaries as in MRKH.

Absent the uterus, the ovaries or ovary will still function normally, producing the ebb & flow of estrogen & progesterone and maturing & releasing an egg as in a normal ovulatory cycle. No uterus means there's no uterine lining to shed. But the fluctuating hormones made by the ovaries/y still have, or can have, the same or similar impact on various other body systems such as the GI tract.

[–]ralph 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Fair enough, but he doesn't have ovaries either.

[–]MarkTwainiac 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, but there's a lot of confusion about biology about these days & women's bodies specifically. So for clarity's sake, I pedantically throw my two cents in. Censorshipment was talking about the hormonal changes that occur girls & women over the course of the menstrual cycle. I was just pointing out that even without a uterus, women can still experience these changes.

Just like many people nowadays use the word vagina to refer to the vulva, lots of people assume hysterectomy involves removal of the uterus and the ovaries. When, in fact, lots of women who have hystos keep one or both ovaries.