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Post by max23 on Aug 21, 2015 0:03:32 GMT -5
Or at least that's how the guy is depicted in the article. The article, written by a woman, is about period fetishists and includes a transcript of an interview with a guy who is turned on by his wife's periods. I'm always a bit suspicious that such interviews are made up, but the guy's answers seem reasonable enough. Anyway, here's the link: www.vice.com/read/we-talked-to-a-guy-with-a-fetish-for-periods-876Going off topic for a moment, one thing I've noticed is that when female journalists write about menstruation, they seem to feel the need to portray periods as always debilitating and men as treating period pain as insignificant. The author of this article is no exception. I'm puzzled by this - I don't think either stereotype is true.
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Post by kayo on Aug 21, 2015 16:12:23 GMT -5
Cool. You do raise an interesting question. I think the gender of the person writing does indeed give them a perspective that the opposite gender can't really appreciate fully. Nothing we can do about it except keep talking.
That's only part of it. I'm not sure I feel the same reaction reading posts from women about periods.
But, and this is true for everyone I think... no one bothers to put their feelings into words when they are perfectly happy with everything in the world. So yes, anytime a female journalist is writing about periods, they are probably going to mention the things that they dislike about menstruation. Or if they have a fetish (anything is possible) then they will write about that aspect of it. Pain is also such a subjective thing... we can compare toothaches, or a broken rib. But there isn't any useful analogy for the constellation of discomfort periods can bring. Cramps, headaches, backaches, insomnia, indigestion, diarrhea... each on their own might be tolerable. But if you're one of those that gets the full treatment every month, it can really make you dread the next month, and it sure can make you irritable, and THAT'S something we can all relate to.
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