you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]WildApples 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This one really floored me. Wow, there is nothing they won't colonize.

They are not trying to get or avoid pregnancy nor looking for a reminder to avoid an uncomfortable situation in which they begin menstruating without access to menstrual products. I am sure they do experience some weird medically induced hormonal fluctuations as their bodies struggle to return them to normal, but what would be the point of tracking that on a personal level? What behavior would they need to change? There is no point except to try to add verisimilitude to the pretence of being female. It is so delusional.

And I am continually offended by their caricature of of the menstrual cycle. It is clear they have no idea what a cycle is, what body parts are involved, or what is happening within the body to cause the changes we experience because if they did they would understand it sure as hell is not happening to them. They seem to think the essence of a period is mood swings and cramps (the uterine shedding is too female and can be dispensed with, obvs). They are clinging to and promoting the negative stereotype of women acting crazy and irrational due to their periods. It pisses me off because most of my life I felt like I had to minimize and be silent about what I experienced due to my cycle precisely because I wanted to avoid that stereotype.

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

Another reason why I got a period tracker app is because there was a period in time where I would lose track of my periods and am not sure if I had my periods the previous month. Missing a period or two could be a symptom of a health issue (aside from pregnancy).