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The life of a woman in today's world is hard to describe. Our society, at least for the most part, no longer promotes a single image of how one should look or behave.

The classic cocktail of femininity, modesty, discretion, virtue, and graciousness has become a relic of a bygone era, an out-of-place artifact in contemporary culture.

But there's an Instagram account that manages to sum it up quite well. At least 1.7 million people who follow it think so. It's called "Female's Problems" and just like the name suggests, it shares memes about the everyday struggles of a modern woman.

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Looking at these memes, it's clear that our society hasn't achieved gender equality quite yet. But that doesn't mean the situation is hopeless.

Chilean writer Isabel Allende, whose novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, thinks that we're certainly progressing.

"I have lived enough to see great changes in the situation of women," Allende told The New York Times in an interview. "Little by little, women are chipping away the patriarchy. The fact we have not been able to replace it yet doesn't mean we have failed; it means that the job is monumental. But it's not impossible."

"I believe it will happen, but not in my lifetime, and it will happen only if women are educated, informed, connected and active. It takes very little for us to lose the rights we have obtained. Best recent example: the Taliban. In a few days, women and girls lost all their rights in Afghanistan, and the most awful form of patriarchy took over the country. We have to be vigilant: Given the wrong circumstances, it can happen anywhere."

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Munchkin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

he is a keeper i will go to your house and pester you every waking moment unless you are already married to him

iLoVeGrOoT....
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The way she literally said 'period havers' and not ladies or anything is adorable!♡

JJ
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brother once complained via text to me (his sister suffering from endometriosis) that his girlfriend has periods and is "annoying and exhausting" then; he refuses to be with her in that time but she's welcome to come back when it's over. I turned to my husband and thanked him for not being an a**hole. My husband gets me painkillers, a hot-water bottle, makes me food, buys chocolate, cuddles me and even puts his hand on my stomach. THAT'S how it's done properly.

Labellesouris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What did you do to school your worm of a brother?? Did he sleep during your awful bouts with endometriosis? My mom did a great job of teaching my little brothers how to treat their sister who had nightmare periods. A good flogging might remind him....

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Kay blue
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter's boyfriend always keeps a tampon in his jeans pocket when it's her time of the month because she has been known to forget.

Fraxinus excelsior
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whether you bleed every month or not, surely the point is that the boyfriend was obviously brought up knowing what happens, and that he was as good as gold with the situation and it was no skin off his nose, maybe if we spoke about these things, then there would be less of a taboo about it?

Eucritta
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband used to hand me a cat and make me some tea. There's more than one reason we're getting close to 40 years.

Meghna Mohan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Iv had crazy episodes that got out of hand when on periods, including new car seat colour😭 my then boyfriend, now husband, got me a sub which is my comfort food, took me home, drew a hot bath for me, got mom to keep ready a pad, fresh clothes and hot tea. After dropping me off he cleaned up the car and didn't hesitate once. Nor did he make a face, we have been together 16 years now and he makes the miserable time of the month bearable.

Liv-Kat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know how wonderful my husband is going to be next month when I give birth for reasons just like this.

Louloubelle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband did that for me too. And he used to massage my belly because he though it made my cramps feel better. It didn't really, but he likes to feel useful.

Cherries and Lace
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband has never had an issue with my period. Me NOT having it has been a scare a few times, but not me having it. And my sons have grown up with being taught and my husband setting the example, they have no fear of periods or the products used to handle them (haven't had any girlfriends yet)

Gay_Forg
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how you said period havers instead of women bc not all women and not only women have periods

BasedWang
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, yeah, this should just be normal..... Plus the guy can feel like he slayed a dragon when he pulls out

Karin Jansen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard "sailed the red sea" but I'm going to start using slayed a dragon now 😂

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Alex The Fanperson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm... if only I was eighteen and liked men. If only I weren't asexual... JK JK, I'm fine with being ace. BF sounds awesome though!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, i havw good news, you could (since u dont like men, as it seems, all good tho) could still have a romantic relationship! unless you are also aro, then oof.

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Katherine Boag
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every time I find supportive men I am grateful they exist. Do not settle for anything less, indeed.

L.a. Williams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes he is caring mature enough to go to the store if you don't want him just call me LOL

Brandi VanSteenwyk
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just a goofy thought... BF's heart stopped when in mid-movement, he saw blood and thought HE was the bleeder. Immediately praying to a higher power and desperately bargaining for his health.... Then BF realizes that it wasn't himself losing precious bodily fluids. The Higher Power kept their part of the bargain.... Now the GF has a slave for life. SWEET!! Any way you look at it.

Angie E
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow what a King 🤴🏽😍 keep him, he knows how to treat his Queen like she deserves ❤️ I have a man like this and we're still together 22 years later.

Celtic Pirate Queen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NICE! What kind of insecure panty-waste can't buy a women hygiene products? You're basically telling everybody at the store you have a woman. What more do you want?

Roxy Eastland
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just blood. I do not get the ridiculous amount of nonsense about sex and periods. As long as both are in the mood, just get on with it. An orgasm releases endorphins that help dull the pain anyway. The chap above not only has a great attitude about this subject, but obviously isn't prone to being swayed by social messages around things either.

Jace
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be every man. I have never understood how so many men are conditioned into this psychotic fear/revulsion of menstruation. I mean, I assume it's fücking religion, as per usual with this kind of shït.

InfectedVoice
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lost count the amount of times I've had rag sex with my wife, ain't nothing to me.

Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The saddest part of this post is the women being embarrassed and upset about it.

KnowsWhatsUp
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I downvoted this post and than upvoted it so it would look like I gave it two upvotes

abby smink
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then did you wake up because men like this are the stuff of dreams?

Talon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me super happy and it also makes me happy that they said “period havers” because not everyone that has a period is a woman

kelly
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I get paid over $190 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Here's what I've been doing.. Copy HERE ===))> https://www.salarybaar.com/

Monilip
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"period havers"? Seriously? What happen to "women"?

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I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) HERE====)> https://www.worksful.com

Himiko
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OMG LADIES, GAYDIES, AND THEYDIES WE FOUND A KEEPER! STAY CALM! NOBODY PANIC!

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What did she expect? That he had run away screaming or fainted? Or call the Inquisition? Seriously, if your partner behaves differently than this, you shouldn't be together. When I read "women struggles" I expected something like how nowadays we can't afford a house, or get a decent salary, not a fcking whole post about periods. We are in 2022 for fck sake

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Im done. Call me when youre not bleeding or looking for someone to take care of you

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We can even verify this quantitatively. Since 2006, the Global Gender Gap Index has been measuring the extent of gender-based gaps among four key dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. Tracking the progress towards closing these gaps over time, it reports benchmarks and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across and within regional peers. According to its 2020 findings, there is still a 31.4% average gender gap that remains to be closed globally.

Across the four characteristics, on average, the largest gender disparity lies within political empowerment. Despite being the most improved dimension that year, the gap on this subindex has only been closed by 25%, meaning there are still not enough women occupying seats in government across the world.

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However, it's important to note that the political empowerment subindex fails to measure the legal rights of women and girls in comparison to those of men, which plays a significant role in determining the extent to which a society is equal.

"Although progress [has been] made in advancing women’s rights, it has been slow and inconsistent, and many sex-discriminatory laws remain entrenched,” Romina Canessa, a human rights lawyer at Equality Now, told Global Citizen. “When governments deny women and girls the same rights as men and boys, this legitimizes discrimination and abuse, and means they have no formal recourse if their rights are violated.”

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The economic and labor market gender gap has been closed by 58%. This is due to the fact that, on average, only 55% of women are participating in the global workforce, and their presence in higher-yielding positions is even lower.

Plus, this disparity is exacerbated by the global wage gap, which affects women across all industries and backgrounds, and has remained relatively stagnant throughout the last five years or so. These components highlight the challenges women face to escape poverty and become financially and economically independent. 

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At least 35 of the 153 surveyed countries have closed the education gender gap by 96.1%. However, this number varies across education levels.

Globally, girls are less likely to receive an education due to gender-based discrimination, child marriage, and the burden of fulfilling domestic chores, all of which prevent young girls and teens from attending school. 

While more young girls and women are attending primary and secondary school, less than half are going on to attend college.

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Although the global gender gap for health care and survival has been closed by 95.7%, millions of women worldwide still do not have equal access to health care, especially reproductive health care.

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, vice-president for development at the Brennan Center for Justice, thinks that period poverty and menstrual stigma play significant roles in holding society back from achieving gender equality, noting that these barriers can also hold them back from participating in politics, the workforce, and education.

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“If menstruation inhibits anybody from any one of those things, it inhibits them from all four, which places it squarely in the heart of what it means to achieve full gender equality,” she explained. “If we don’t have policies in place to ensure a safe and open, and accurate discussion around menstruation, treatment of menstruation, in all of these ways, we are leaving off the table a considerable component.” 

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In order to achieve gender equality and make all of these pictures a thing of the past, countries across the globe must increase the number of women in government, ensure education is accessible to all women and girls, create free or affordable child care so that more women can participate in the labor market, and provide access to safe reproductive health care.

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