proteanmix
Plumage and Moult
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And I sigh in relief.
I hadn't had my period in nearly six weeks which I was rejoicing over for about four until I seriously wondered if anything was wrong with my body because I'm painfully regular.
Which then makes me think about women's relationship to their periods. I was watching this birth control commercial while I was sitting in the vagina doctor's office and it was basically about freeing yourself from the oppressive tyranny of your period. It really struck me as odd. Why do I, and probably a lot of other women view there period as a nuisance and frustration? It signals our womanhood. I was so happy when I got my period when I was 12 then by the jaded age of 16 I was already wishing for menopause. After seeing how horrible my mother took menopause I began to wish that my period never ended.
Now I get a little angry and these birth control ads that tout the convenience of not having your period. It's so fundamentally womanly that it almost seems like a rejection of self to me. Why do we think about it as convenience vs. inconvenience?
Missing my period and the panic thereafter really made me start thinking about something that seems so duh. I really want my period, every month, maybe a little lighter and sans the cramps and moodiness. One of my coworkers has endometriosis and she's always waiting in anticipation for her period. It's very painful for her, but she wants to have it regardless. I hadn't said anything to her about not having my period, but my brief stint helped me to understand where she's coming from. It's very comforting and reaffirming to have your period I think, when you no longer view it as a wholesale inconvenience.
I hadn't had my period in nearly six weeks which I was rejoicing over for about four until I seriously wondered if anything was wrong with my body because I'm painfully regular.
Which then makes me think about women's relationship to their periods. I was watching this birth control commercial while I was sitting in the vagina doctor's office and it was basically about freeing yourself from the oppressive tyranny of your period. It really struck me as odd. Why do I, and probably a lot of other women view there period as a nuisance and frustration? It signals our womanhood. I was so happy when I got my period when I was 12 then by the jaded age of 16 I was already wishing for menopause. After seeing how horrible my mother took menopause I began to wish that my period never ended.
Now I get a little angry and these birth control ads that tout the convenience of not having your period. It's so fundamentally womanly that it almost seems like a rejection of self to me. Why do we think about it as convenience vs. inconvenience?
Missing my period and the panic thereafter really made me start thinking about something that seems so duh. I really want my period, every month, maybe a little lighter and sans the cramps and moodiness. One of my coworkers has endometriosis and she's always waiting in anticipation for her period. It's very painful for her, but she wants to have it regardless. I hadn't said anything to her about not having my period, but my brief stint helped me to understand where she's coming from. It's very comforting and reaffirming to have your period I think, when you no longer view it as a wholesale inconvenience.
