Teach boys about periods
My mother also talked about periods to my brothers.
When I first got mine I had terrible cramps. Crippling cramps. I once was camping with my family and a few of my big brother’s friends when my period came. My cramps were so bad that my mom gave me a full pain killer ( I was 13 and before that she only gave me pills cut in half).
I literally laid down on my parents’ air mattress and cried in pain for an hour before the pill kicked in.
My brothers friend came in to the big tent and I was just curled up and sobbing. Now, I was quite the tomboy and was known to rough house with my brothers and their friends and made sure I wasnt seen as just “a little girl.” So my brother’s friend was confused to see me openly weeping in the fetal position (seriously, these were the worst cramps I have had in my life. My vision went white). He asked what was wrong with me.
My big brother stood up immediately and suggested a nice long hike. During this hike I am sure he had a pretty awkward conversation with his friend explaining menstrual cramps, because when they got back the pain pill had (mostly) kicked in and I was sitting up at a table when my brother’s friend sheepishly asked me if I was feeling better. I said I was better, and he said good.
When we made s'mores that night my brother and his friend kept me well supplied with chocolate.
Making sure sons know as much about periods and menstruation as daughters makes them better brothers, better sons better fathers, and better men. A man that understands a period will not lightly accuse a woman of “being on her period” if the woman is in an argument.
Raise better sons Teach them about normal bodily functions.
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this reminds me of that post about that dude who carries tampons with him at the gym because “half the world menstruates” and “you will build a whole guest room in case your friends want to stay the night but you won’t carry tampons in case they start their periods unexpectedly” or something and honestly they both give me life. <3
Ugh the number of times I’ve started discussing periods with my mom and my brothers flee the room. Like c’mon yOU ARE NOT THE ONES WHOSE INTERNAL ORGANS ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE!!!
This reminds of when the associate pastor at the time at our church asked me how I was and I was on my period and I was tired and not feeling well because of it so I like straight up told him I was on my period and my mom got mad at me for it like ???
Dude asked what was wrong I was honest I wasn’t gonna sugar coat crap don’t care if he was an assistant pastor he asked so he got an answer
Had a teacher in High school say girls could control when they got their periods and how much pain they were in when they had it. To the WHOLE class. The boys in the class believed him for like half a minute before a super quiet girl in class stood up and asked our teacher if it would hurt if he got kicked in the nuts. Asked if he would be able to control the pain. He said no because that's not how it works. Then she said "So how is it you can't control the pain when your kicked in the nuts, but apparently we can when our organ is LITERALLY SHREDDING ITSELF?!" A lot of kids were shocked but then another girl jumped in saying "My period cramps get so bad they make me physically throw up" and a lot of girls kept chiming in with period experiences. The teacher was trying to get everyone to stop but no one would. The boys started asking questions and stopped believing the teacher about it. No one questioned when a girl had to leave to go change her pad or tampon during their periods after that.
