I've had this discussion before, and I will have it again. And I realize that the accusations of me being oversensitive will pour in as they did last time
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When I'd ask him politely to stop, he'd tell me to "grow a thicker skin".
Oh, I hate that so, so much. It's just obnoxious and rude, for one. And for another, it really frustrates me when someone thinks that somehow, I should be forced to deal with something that hurts me rather than them stopping doing that thing because they're a decent human being. Which goes to prove that they're usually NOT very decent human beings whatsoever.
Unfortunately, sometimes, you don't always have the choice of disengaging with such people, especially if they're family or close friends of family.
I don't think it's "cute" or "funny" when some idiot wants to belittle what I've gone through, either with "seizure jokes" or "on the rag jokes".
Agreed completely. It's not clever, cute, funny, or anything else like that. It's wrong and hurtful and shows a lot of ignorance and pantlessness. My lady bits don't work the way they're supposed to, either, leading to problems of a different sort. But I also really hate the "on the rag" jokes. I'd like to ask someone if they think it's funny after having a (TMI warning) period that lasts for three whole weeks, cramps, headaches and all. Oh, PCOS, the ways in which I don't love you at all.
Plus, I hate that it's used to shut down women in general, even if they don't have a medically diagnosed problem. I hate that a part of our bodies and a process it goes through is used to invalidate our anger when, usually, we're quite right to be very, very pissed off.
I have to really restrain myself from punching people in the face when they pull out the 'on the rag' jokes and comments.
I also hate how it gets turned around and somehow, if you suffer from severe symptoms because of menstruation (there are so, so many disorders, diseases, and conditions that cause this), you're being whiny or just looking for an excuse or being weak. I hate the "just take a Midol and get over it" crap that I've heard, too.
Oh, I hate that so, so much. It's just obnoxious and rude, for one. And for another, it really frustrates me when someone thinks that somehow, I should be forced to deal with something that hurts me rather than them stopping doing that thing because they're a decent human being. Which goes to prove that they're usually NOT very decent human beings whatsoever.
Unfortunately, sometimes, you don't always have the choice of disengaging with such people, especially if they're family or close friends of family.
I don't think it's "cute" or "funny" when some idiot wants to belittle what I've gone through, either with "seizure jokes" or "on the rag jokes".
Agreed completely. It's not clever, cute, funny, or anything else like that. It's wrong and hurtful and shows a lot of ignorance and pantlessness. My lady bits don't work the way they're supposed to, either, leading to problems of a different sort. But I also really hate the "on the rag" jokes. I'd like to ask someone if they think it's funny after having a (TMI warning) period that lasts for three whole weeks, cramps, headaches and all. Oh, PCOS, the ways in which I don't love you at all.
Plus, I hate that it's used to shut down women in general, even if they don't have a medically diagnosed problem. I hate that a part of our bodies and a process it goes through is used to invalidate our anger when, usually, we're quite right to be very, very pissed off.
I have to really restrain myself from punching people in the face when they pull out the 'on the rag' jokes and comments.
I also hate how it gets turned around and somehow, if you suffer from severe symptoms because of menstruation (there are so, so many disorders, diseases, and conditions that cause this), you're being whiny or just looking for an excuse or being weak. I hate the "just take a Midol and get over it" crap that I've heard, too.
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