35 “That’s Not How Women Work” Moments Shared In This Viral Thread

It's always a joy when a dude tries to 'splain periods and period pain. My brother was one of these, and for years, claimed that I was just faking it when I was in bed for two or three days with gruelling cramps. I finally told him, "Here, let me show you why my uterus is currently doing," and I took his hand and started squeezing. "Okay, fine, I get-" "Oh, no, I'm not done yet," I said, using both of my hands to squeeze his hand harder. "FINE, I-" "Oh, no, not yet," I said again, and then used both of my hands to twist his in opposite directions. He never minimized my pain again, and I finally got an OB/GYN who listened to me, followed up with real examinations, and eventually removed a massive polyp from my uterus that was causing so much agony for decades.

At this moment, my best friend's 12 year old granddaughter is in the hospital receiving her 3rd pint of blood from a bad period. Yes, they have brought in a GYN., but here is the really disgusting part. the school called her mother asking why she wasn't in school. They were told that she had been rushed to the ER and had been admitted on Sunday. The school officer said they were going to call the police since she had missed so many days. And this idiot said that being in the hospital was no excuse. She once again said she was calling the police. Mom said, do what you want to do, a*****e. I haven't heard back yet what happened.

His heart was in the right place.

I wish it could all be pushed out at once. lol

So he did manage to cheer her up.

And now imagine them realising why all those cows give milk...

Wait'll he finds out about cows and heifers...

I once heard that it's possible to trigger it with stimulation. But it takes a long time and you have to continuously harass your nipples for a few weeks. And apparently it works with men too although no idea if any of this is true.

I can kind of get where they may have gotten this one, at least. If it’s not explained (and it almost never is), and they don’t think to ask, it would seem to be the “obvious” answer to how people could have used wet nurses in the past. A lot of people, women included, still don’t understand that a cow has to give birth before she starts giving milk, too.

Wouldn't that be an inconvenient pain in the...breast?

Bodies go through extreme trauma with pregnancy and childbirth. I wish more of the men insisting that we "just have the baby!" instead of abortion understood this, but let's be fair, they wouldn't care anyway.

Amazing how many people think the uterus stretches to accommodate the baby - it doesn't stretch, it grows, so after giving birth the mother still has this great big empty uterus in her abdomen. Takes a few weeks to go back to normal size; of course, that's only part of the reason! Love those mum-tums x

*viciously jiggles belly fat from four kids* yup....not how that works at all.

My son was born premature and I had not gained a lot of weight during my first pregnancy so I did get a lot of "omg you do not look like you had a baby" comments but my stomach still felt incredibly weird and squishy after giving birth. Almost like putty lol

Every woman is different. I had my son when I was 26 and I was back in my skinny jeans ten days after he was born. But I was thin to begin with.

And HUGE cudos for helping. No downvotes here.

to be fair, that is the most common meaning for l and r.

Personally, my left vagina bleeds more than the right vagina, but it's different for all women. Good for him for checking.

Oh this is cute.

This reminds me of the joke about a man standing outside a department store bathroom marked L for ladies and M for men. He asked his wife if he took a medium or a large. She said go for the large to be comfortable.

Neither are speculums. I had to explain this to more than one man who thinks medical scenes are hot. An examination with a speculum is not hot. It is actually extremely traumatic for some of us.

Wonder why men are so obsessed with being "as big as possible" if they think a tampon gives pleasure. 😝

I guess some people would also be surprised to know that some women find them painful, and can't use them at all.