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The life of a woman in today's world is hard to describe. Our society, at least for the most part, no longer promotes a single image of how one should look or behave.

The classic cocktail of femininity, modesty, discretion, virtue, and graciousness has become a relic of a bygone era, an out-of-place artifact in contemporary culture.

But there's an Instagram account that manages to sum it up quite well. At least 1.7 million people who follow it think so. It's called "Female's Problems" and just like the name suggests, it shares memes about the everyday struggles of a modern woman.

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Looking at these memes, it's clear that our society hasn't achieved gender equality quite yet. But that doesn't mean the situation is hopeless.

Chilean writer Isabel Allende, whose novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, thinks that we're certainly progressing.

"I have lived enough to see great changes in the situation of women," Allende told The New York Times in an interview. "Little by little, women are chipping away the patriarchy. The fact we have not been able to replace it yet doesn't mean we have failed; it means that the job is monumental. But it's not impossible."

"I believe it will happen, but not in my lifetime, and it will happen only if women are educated, informed, connected and active. It takes very little for us to lose the rights we have obtained. Best recent example: the Taliban. In a few days, women and girls lost all their rights in Afghanistan, and the most awful form of patriarchy took over the country. We have to be vigilant: Given the wrong circumstances, it can happen anywhere."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

he is a keeper i will go to your house and pester you every waking moment unless you are already married to him

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi guys in the replies. Yes, you might be more disgusted with rape, but from what we ladies get to HEAR, i.e., what men say PUBLICLY, it's a lot of disgust about periods, and rarely men at the office water bottle saying "have you heard about Sarah Everard, rape is such a s**t thing, acutally, all sexism is".

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J D
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get it. just remember that guys who speak like that about periods, a perfectly natural process. Have no brain, and are more than likely a**holes. Rape is a sad thing and only the victim should choose whether or not it should be a public subject. It strikes close to home for me so when I hear anyone discussing rape or abuse I shut it dow,, because some people don't respect boundaries.

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Agnes Jekyll
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Republicans have just passed a law (trying to find the state) that allows family members of the rapist to sue if the woman who has been raped for getting an abortion.

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Brendan Roberts
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a generalisation. Almost all men are disgusted with rape, and only a minority are disgusted with periods.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is the ones that are disgusted by periods are much louder than the other men. I'm not saying the other men don't speak up about how horrible rape is, it's just that the ones grossed out by periods make it way too obvious.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk any mature guy that is actually disgusted with periods, and the only guys who are okay with rape are rapists. So, if you know anyone like that, get away from them.

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Kimi Tomminello
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk, my hubby's less disgusted by my periods than I am lol. He thinks rapists should be castrated as well and he's not a "young progressive" he's a center right boomer.

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Kantami Blossom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a man periods don't bother me and Disgust isn't strong enough of a word to describe what I think of rape.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Men are disgusted with rape. It's some twisted psychopaths, and a lot of them unfortunately happen to be men!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never actually had a partner who was disgusted by periods.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, a good natured post which immediately turns into a violent debate. How I love boredpanda.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Made me laugh! I agree. I am guilty of violent debate on a seemingly innocent post too.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Must mean vocally, otherwise this is a pretty dense person. Which kind of goes to every single girl a guy knows is going to have their period. So you know, it's a conversation that is going to come up. Not going to just bring up rape conversations with anyone and everyone, because I'd imagine it's uncomfortable and you don't know if that might be sensitive for that person? Jesus, the more I look at this the dumber this gets. Literally the only guys like this would be the ones commiting rape.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just tried about 7 times to put my thoughts into words that don't sound like "but not all guys" so I'll just keep it short. I think rape is worse than murder, but I also believe everyone should be treated innocent until proven guilty. With as powerful as a rape accusation is, news outlets should be required to report when someone is acquitted of such charges instead of dropping the story. And when someone is convicted the victim should have say in the sentencing, maybe not in a public fashion, but let the judge lay out options to the victim in private and they can weigh in on it

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

USA - I'm not sure if its legal for the victim to "help" decide the sentencing beyond their testimony or impact statement. If they helped in the decision, this would lead to potentually very different outcomes for the crime and allow for unfair influence of family members if this was a rape within the family. Not for this concept.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your dad sounds like a real winner Leo - I hope you took after your mom personality wise on these things.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wish those who are would speak out more often and loudly

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you tell the rapist you're on your period, maybe he'll walk away

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most men may be more disgusted by rape than of sanity pads, but many of those men are not more disgusted with rape than they actually defend their rapist friends/brothers/aqcuaintancies.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

MEN are not disgusted by periods and MEN are completely disgusted by rape MEN are also disgusted by the ones that can't realize that REAL MEN are victims of being thrown in with scum who are disgusted with our lineages natural prosses and not bothered by the attack's of the innocent so woulden be nice if Women would not throw real men under the bus as much as women say MEN insted of a mor accurate classification such as criminal's, indesent humans, or attacker thanks lady's if that's not to much of an impossions

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is profound ignorance that any man would be disgusted about menstruation. If their mothers did not menstruate, they wouldn't even be here. What is their problem?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most men don’t give a s**t about periods but will kill a mf who rapes....js

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rape isn't about sex its about power. Most men would never mostly due to ego but most men don't want to force sex they like willing partners. I had a couple of guys tell me their exs were "cold fish". Rape can happen to men and women men are less likely to report.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I must admit, I have yet to meet a man who is really "disgusted" by periods; I assume it is a cultural thing? At most I have heard jokes of the kind "A brave sailor does also sail the Red Sea" and the like...

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagining women less disgusted by periods here. Waiting for all the downvotes because, women really liking or enjoying their periods is the most unimaginable... as if mestruation was really a curse

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusted? I'm going with inconvenient, painful, messy...but not quite "disgusting." There is quite a bit of room between disgusted and enjoying a period.

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And the men who aren't disgusted with rape, aren't disgusted with periods either.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Men who rape women are misogynists. They see women as objects and periods of signs that women are inhuman.

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Well if your vagina wasnt wet, you would bleed and hed get grosssed out. Maybe try not getting wet over it

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you really insinuating that a woman gets turned on by being raped? Is that what you're saying, you disgusting piece of s**t? How about you see a doctor about that pathetic vestigial sac where you should have grown a pair of balls, and see a shrink while you're at it. Vile cockroach.

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Choose the men around you more wisely next time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rapists don't wear an 'I'm a rapist' t-shirt. You might not know the true nature of these disgusting men until it's too late.

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We can even verify this quantitatively. Since 2006, the Global Gender Gap Index has been measuring the extent of gender-based gaps among four key dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. Tracking the progress towards closing these gaps over time, it reports benchmarks and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across and within regional peers. According to its 2020 findings, there is still a 31.4% average gender gap that remains to be closed globally.

Across the four characteristics, on average, the largest gender disparity lies within political empowerment. Despite being the most improved dimension that year, the gap on this subindex has only been closed by 25%, meaning there are still not enough women occupying seats in government across the world.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sometimes wonder why we are so attracted to boobs. I mean, they look no better than any other part of a woman's body. Why aren't I turned on by elbows?

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However, it's important to note that the political empowerment subindex fails to measure the legal rights of women and girls in comparison to those of men, which plays a significant role in determining the extent to which a society is equal.

"Although progress [has been] made in advancing women’s rights, it has been slow and inconsistent, and many sex-discriminatory laws remain entrenched,” Romina Canessa, a human rights lawyer at Equality Now, told Global Citizen. “When governments deny women and girls the same rights as men and boys, this legitimizes discrimination and abuse, and means they have no formal recourse if their rights are violated.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true! I apply this to my fur-children too. It was my choice to have them.

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The economic and labor market gender gap has been closed by 58%. This is due to the fact that, on average, only 55% of women are participating in the global workforce, and their presence in higher-yielding positions is even lower.

Plus, this disparity is exacerbated by the global wage gap, which affects women across all industries and backgrounds, and has remained relatively stagnant throughout the last five years or so. These components highlight the challenges women face to escape poverty and become financially and economically independent. 

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Count"?? Are we gathering points to be worthy for the other sex??

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This Is So Sweet 🥺❤️ Has Something Like This Ever Happened To You?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Genuinely curious as to why a Trigger warning is necessary on a period post...

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At least 35 of the 153 surveyed countries have closed the education gender gap by 96.1%. However, this number varies across education levels.

Globally, girls are less likely to receive an education due to gender-based discrimination, child marriage, and the burden of fulfilling domestic chores, all of which prevent young girls and teens from attending school. 

While more young girls and women are attending primary and secondary school, less than half are going on to attend college.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tell my husband I watch them to learn the signs if he's thinking of murdering me bc he thinks I watch to learn how to murder him wo being caught. Lol. When I reality I really like the narrators voices

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Although the global gender gap for health care and survival has been closed by 95.7%, millions of women worldwide still do not have equal access to health care, especially reproductive health care.

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, vice-president for development at the Brennan Center for Justice, thinks that period poverty and menstrual stigma play significant roles in holding society back from achieving gender equality, noting that these barriers can also hold them back from participating in politics, the workforce, and education.

“If menstruation inhibits anybody from any one of those things, it inhibits them from all four, which places it squarely in the heart of what it means to achieve full gender equality,” she explained. “If we don’t have policies in place to ensure a safe and open, and accurate discussion around menstruation, treatment of menstruation, in all of these ways, we are leaving off the table a considerable component.” 

In order to achieve gender equality and make all of these pictures a thing of the past, countries across the globe must increase the number of women in government, ensure education is accessible to all women and girls, create free or affordable child care so that more women can participate in the labor market, and provide access to safe reproductive health care.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's really sad most of them are related to safety. It's a s++tty world we are living in.

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Any Guys Ever Ask You This?
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just answer: No, but have you ever been kicked in the balls several times a day for a whole week every single month since you were 11?

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100% Agree

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

same. my family has a lot of games, and we like to play them late then go to bed. its fun. :)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have this so often! Endometriosis causes both bad cramps and bad bowels pain and somethings the first lrads to the second. I am always like "did I eat something bad?", "is it my period?"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Been there recently. My ex showed me almost no affection like that unless I asked for it, and then she would make fun of me for asking for cuddles. My girlfriend does stuff like that without me asking and I legit have to hold back tears most of the time cos it makes me feel so loved. Good tears, for sure

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have yet, in 33 years of my life, find jeans that fit my height. Even when I lost weight I could not find a pair that fit. Not to mention the lack of pockets...

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😭😭 @femalesproblems @emotionsquote.s

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it makes my blood boil that they put apostrophes in period because I AM SATAN AND I WILL FORCE A PERIOD INTO YOU SEE HOW YOU LIKE THAT

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i HATE this type of person but the annoying bit is that i can't say anything because i am this petty and my future husband will hate me

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How @femalesproblems & @colespruose Doing Makeup 😭

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looool, that is so god damn true and I wanna know why on earth we do that 😂😂

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eh day 2 is okay for me, it's day -1 that the issue. That's when I'm angry all the time for no reason and then when I realize I have no reason to be angry I'm angry about the fact that I'm angry.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not gay or lesbian, but as an artist I have always preferred drawing females and figure-hugging fashions because females. Some say it's a focus on sexualization. Absolute non. It's way more complex than that and difficult to describe.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hahaha. at my school, we aren't as expressive as "NOOO HOMOOO BROO" but i have seen it happen. its sad too bc it shows boys dont want to be gay, even if they are. :(

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