"Can't you take a joke?"....

Wouldnt it be great if all men in the world had a day were they were on a period and could see how it feels?

I know when our daughter and my fiancée are due. I have a ready supply of chocolate, Ibuprofen and sanitary products on standby at all times. A few days in advance I set up the sofa with fluffy pillows and fluffy blankets/throws and make sure the TV remotes are on a table within arms reach

I suffered with endometriosis for 35 years, and only experienced a complete lack of empathy. But boy, the pharmaceutical industry sure worked awfully hard (no pun intended) to come up with that little blue pill!

I am so lucky, my hubby gets it and doesn't trivialize my pain. Instead he is understanding and allows me space to deal with it. I wish more men could be like him and get it that this s**t hurts!!!!

As a endometriosis patient I have experienced incredible pain from my uterus and ovaries. I had an accident filled oife because I am clumsy: Broke my toe and arm, opened my head twice, broke my nose, fell out of a moving gold cart and got a lot of wounds, recovered from operations etc . I never had pain as intense as with some of my periods. The kind of pain that doesnt let you move and barely talk. That lasts 4 or 5 hours and its so intense that you would do anything to stop it.

Am I the only one who has no period issues? I have no cramps and a very small flow

Passing out from the pain. Never being “regular”. Never having pads when I needed them. And in the days before the convenience of being able to shove all purchases on a credit card, no money to buy protection. The School Nurse sending me a joke invoice for all the pads I’d blagged from her supplies - she was the one who drilled it into me to have pads with you at all times. Even though I no longer have periods, every single bag/handbag has at least one tampon in it!

I remember one time I was on my period, and just bad cramps, and I was just in lousy mood. I kind of snapped at my son, he was probably 17 at the time so he knew what a period was. I later went back and apologized to him, and he was like mom it's Okay, I would be in a bitchy mood too if I bled out of my d**k every month. Really made me laugh!

I read this somewhere and have now used it to describe period pain to men...Some women experience accute appendicitis during their periods but don't go to the doctor until their appendix bursts because they just assume it was bad cramps. Our period cramps are so bad sometimes we can confuse them with a literal bursting organ.

I know a girl who doesnt get her period very regularly, but when she does get it its bad to the point where she is consistently showing up because of how bad the cramps are.

yes the same men who think they are dying when they have a cold.

I got migraines and barfing loud enough to wake the entire neighborhood, nobody questioned how bad mine were. They were too terrified.

Thing is, there are plenty of women who down play it, too. They have no real idea how bad a period can get with the pain, near hemorrhage, nausea and ruined clothes (no matter how careful you are).

Any man who does that to a woman he knows does not love her, does not respect her, does not actually trust her to be an honest person. That is grounds for divorce. To tell someone in pain that they are not in pain is abusive.

But if they have the sniffles it’s the end of the world

It's not only men who needs to be educated. Woman are so cruel sometimes! because your period is not that painful doesn't mean I cannot complain about Mine!! I've walked around for 23 years without a diagnosis, during my periods I couldn't walk, sleep, eat, nothing but screaming in misery of the abnormal amount of pain. Doctors told me my painlevel is very low and just suck it up because I'm not the only girl with periods! After 23 years I finally found a doctor who took me serious! I have grade 4 endometriosis with tissue growing in my bowels and bladder,cyst everywhere and adenomyosis in my uterus! Now I get to hear from my gynecologist that my painlevel must be So high to ensure this!

There was one time when I played basketball on my period. It was hot, and it was my second day, which is when it's the worst. The blood came out on the BUTT part of my pants. Looked like a murder scene. But I made 50 baskets. :)

let us see how these men would cope with that pain.. They would think they are dying...

I think my dad understands this situation because he has spent most of his life around women. But I have been around some guys who don't understand this at all.

Not just one day, but an entire year of the misery!

I’ve seen women do this too.

Unfortunately, I am sensing something of a double standard here. As far back as I can remember (and much further back than that according to those older than me), some have made a point that this is the kind of thing that only women have to deal with that makes them unsuitable for certain positions... and every time this is brought up, women have said this is no big deal and no woman should be disqualified from anything because of it. Well, which is it? No big deal... or a big deal like it's made out to be here.

It's hard to be sympathetic when it is something that seems so routine... like sure it sucks, but it's every month.. how bad could it be. They can't fix it, they can't related, frankly they aren't taught much about it.. so it takes work to be sympathetic.

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Period should not hurt so badly that it ruin your day. If it does, go and see your doctor.

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I have never met a woman that said it's horrible. Inconvient bummer gross, but not horrible.

Agreed.

This! It sets their expectations for their whole life, until they're trying to walk in a tight pencil skirt and high heels, and have no pockets.

Yeah, from such a young age, kids, especially girls, are expected to play at being parents and stuff. It just makes it seem as though their whole life revolves around having kids.

Woman: has incredibly large rash all over her body Woman: *happens to be on period* Doctor: coincidence? I think not!

THIS! it affects relationships a long way down the road

Women DO the housework and childcare while men HELP. This approach needs to change :/

Good thing i'm a lesbian!