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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:36 AM Original message |
Subtle misogyny or liberation? |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think it just depends on the woman. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Depo screwed me up royally |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. On seasonale now |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Personally.... I wouldn't mess with Mother Nature |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Keep in mind though |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. you're saying our foremothers only had about 50 periods? |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. our foremothers spent a lot more time pregnant than we do |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. They were either pregnant or breastfeeding |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ohhh. that's right |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Some of the women in my family had upwards of |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I know many of those large families from my Catholic school days. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I'm from an Irish Catholic family |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I remember reading an article about menstruation customs around the |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I think that the very reason behind the pill messes with Mother Nature. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I also think the pill is risky to some women |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. incessant ovulation increases your risk of ovarian cancer |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. I could never tolerate the pill |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Even though I like the idea, I'm afraid of that as well |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I've actually never dated a guy who really minded |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. To me, liberation is about choice |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think it's up to each individual woman |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. "even the queen": by connie willis addresses this |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. There's a lot of interesting stuff to think about here. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Personally, I am against anything that demonizes menstruation any further. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have an unnatural aversion to studies about "women" |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. May a man offer an opinion? |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What you said! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "Tyfani" |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I've actually seen it spelled 'Tiphani' |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. yeah i can tell you're a man |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I am a woman, and I agree with "There is nothing wrong, dirty, unsavory, etc. about menstruation," |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I am a woman, and there is nothing wrong, dirty, unsavory, etc. about menstruation. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Our culture "encourages the removal of all pubic hair"? I missed that one. |
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