Comments on Criss writes...: Please DON'T thank me for menstruating, thankyouve...

I would not gladly read a post genuinely thanking ...

2011-02-21T01:38:45.644-06:00

I would not gladly read a post genuinely thanking women for menstruating, either. Yeah, it might be slightly less awful than the one he actually wrote, but even that is none of his damn business.

He is a cis man. He is not a doctor. Why is he eve...

2011-02-20T11:27:41.684-06:00

He is a cis man. He is not a doctor. Why is he even writing about this? Reading the comments did not help my faith in humanity. Birth control is a very personal thing, and everyone is different. Just because one person reacts badly to a certain type, doesn't mean that it is evil.

A man thanking me for menstruating is incredbily patronizing. I wish the comments weren't closed. Telling women how their bodies should work sounds a lot like anti-choice rhetoric. I don't think this guy knows how varied the spectrum is for "natural" and "beautiful" bodily functions.

Thank you for this post Criss.

2011-02-12T23:22:41.408-06:00

Thank you for this post Criss.

The thing that got me was the wife running in behi...

2011-02-12T22:19:34.702-06:00

The thing that got me was the wife running in behind him, explaining and picking up for him and trying to make us all see that his essentialism and patronizing nonsense were okay because he'd consulted her about them.

As I commented to her, the two of them, as a married couple, can talk about what she does with her reproductive system as much they want to. When he takes to the blog to write unsupported opining like that, he's crossed a line.

Am I correct in my memory that this part of a larger scheme of "crunchy" conservatism including anti-choice beliefs? Because it would fit right into that, and if that's not their belief structure, then they both really, really need a reality check.

I think this guy should take a stance against all ...

2011-02-11T21:16:03.490-06:00

I think this guy should take a stance against all medicine. You know, just to be consistent. "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL I'M TALKING ABOUT BUT IT'S SOUNDS BADDDDD AND IT'S UNNATURAL SO BOOOOO MEDICINE" :/

It's also screwed up how he equates womanhood with menstruation. That excludes a lot of women.

I read the post, but not the comments. I have a fe...

2011-02-11T19:39:07.328-06:00

I read the post, but not the comments. I have a feeling that the comments would cause rampant rage.

"For those people, who have to call in sick to work because of what menstruating does to their body, the idea of fewer periods probably makes a heck of a whole lotta sense."

That was me for two years. Every month on a Sunday, like clockwork, I'd have to call out because of debilitating stomach pains and vomiting. It got to the point I'd start requesting that day off. At my recent checkup, my doctor figured out my stomach problems were the result of hormone withdraw. My migraines stopped at 15 because of birth control (unfortunately, family history made them come back)

Plus, I'm childfree. And genderqueer. I'd like to stop menstruating all together; at least one cause of my dissonance would disappear. I'm taking those hormones as much as I darn well please.

This guy is just an idiot. There is a medical rea...

2011-02-11T19:04:58.415-06:00

This guy is just an idiot. There is a medical reason to take a crap everyday. Otherwise, your body retains and fills with toxins.

I stopped reading there, because I don't have time for village idiots spouting off about things they think they know about.

On the other hand, I'm not going to tell him what he should do with his bowel movements, and likewise, he shouldn't feel the right to tell me what to do with anything at all related to my body. Again ... idiot.

(This is Karen, btw. Something has changed here and I'm having to give my LJ name, which I don't think you know...)

Brava! I followed the link, and for reasons I can...

2011-02-11T18:17:57.391-06:00

Brava!

I followed the link, and for reasons I can't explain, grew seriously angry.
Maybe I just have a problem with other people who aren't my doctor telling me what is best for my body, I don't know.

Thanks for the brilliant response!

Great point. One of my big take-aways from the pos...

2011-02-11T18:12:51.722-06:00

Great point. One of my big take-aways from the post is that it didn't seem to really be about whether or not you have a period, but about "pumping our bodies full of artificial hormones" which seems more of an argument for avoiding ALL methods of hormonal birth control... without any mention of what to use instead. Sometimes it feels like those of us who are able to reproduce are damned if we do, damned if we don't... and, once again, I really wish there were more talk about the few non-homrone-based birth control options available.