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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
He Said / She Said MENstration
Posted By Brittney Cason on Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Do men get periods too?
Maybe that can explain why there's a "men" in MENstration, MENstrual cycle, and MENopause ... or why guys can get so bitchy sometimes.
I've witnessed many of the men in my life get sensitive over the smallest comments, get pissy over the smallest things, get cranky, throw temper tantrums like toddlers, have mood swings, and act jealous. Just like they complain about women doing.
"Are you on your period or something?" they ask whenever we're less than happy ... but sometimes I wonder that about men. What's their excuse?
Once a month or so my ex-boyfriend would act like such a dick (or as though he didn't have one, rather) that I would offer him my tampons. And like women do, we even got on the same cycle — which made for mutual interest in ice cream runs at least.
It's actually a scientific fact that men have cycles in addition to women, or a researched one with findings at least, and I found some for you.
Jed Diamond, author of The Irritable Male, states that males experience hormonal shifts and imbalances during the month. A rise of testosterone, which can lead to moodiness, increased sexual arousal, depression, etc., is what they call the Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS). IMS can be defined as a state of hypersensitivity, frustration, anxiety and anger that occurs in males and is associated with biochemical changes, hormonal fluctuations, stress, and loss of male identity.
So there you have it, men have MENstrual cycles too. Period.
What I really don't understand about periods is the name of it. Periods come at the end of the sentence, making it conclusive and final. But you know the flow is going to come again next month, so why don't they call it a comma?
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