50 Struggles Women Have That Men Will Probably Never Understand

"Life is precious"...until they're out of the incubator's body (and that body's life isn't precious, just an incubator). After birth, all that preciousness vanishes: if the unwanted pregnancy was forcibly born into poverty, those politicians have made it clear there will be little to zero social help; lack of food and housing, lack of basic hygienic materials , schooling being constructed to purposely keep the little ones stupid (which will later lead to a cheap labor force)...fùck all those US states and all the people that help to create such an absolutely disgusting situation for both the mothers and the poor children being forced into this.

Why wouldn't a man with a decent education and a sense of empathy understand this? It's not that difficult unless they've been radicalized by the far-right, which isn't gender-specific either.

Where politicians force 12 year old rape victims to carry through the resulting pregnancy and bear a child at thirteen years old. Mississipi case. Brought to you by the GOP.

"Don't get an abortion, just put them up for adoption! How dare you put them up for adoption, your kids should always stay with you no matter what! How dare you try and raise children in a dangerous area, you're a terrible person! How dare you start working longer hours to make more money so you and the children you didn't want in the fist place can move some place safer!" IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY GOD DAMN SENSE.

Also you get the hospital bill for being forced to give birth

Don't even get me started on women" can naturally bear more pain than men". Degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis in every joint, nerve pain so bad I have lost feeling in my limbs, not to mention ovarian and breast cysts, and period pain so bad I used to pass out. But knaw, HE has a splinter so let's give him some pain meds because I'm clearly "hysterical".

...And whenever it is brought up, we are told we just have to deal with it.

medication doses are calculated per ... surprize ... body weight .... and average methabolism at 30-35 yo person ... so ...

Some of these can easily be avoided by choosing to be around good people.

And beds without bedsheets too !

Or even a woman's educated knowledge. Drives me nuts.

"You must do what I say, not what I do" 😕

Unfortunately, back in the '70s, I had a friend who was ten years older than I was. If I voiced an opinion about directions, she would never believe me, but would ask the first man we came across and believed him, even if we gave the same opinion. She always thought men were right and women didn't know much.

What is that the evidence for that please? Or is that just how you *feel*? Are you letting your emotions run away with you?

Not always, surround yourself with better men when given the chance.

You get to an age where you either start caring too much, or stop caring altogether. Once you let others pout and grumble when you leave things up to them to figure out, you can start to pick and choose when to help. If someone is late for something because you didn't remind them, that is their lesson to learn. If you stop doing tasks for someone who's always wanting you to do it because "you do it better", tell them tough. You've done it enough times for them to pay attention how to do it.They can figure it out themselves. Ask people "What are you going to do if/when I'm no longer here?"

At 64, on his own because I was so busy, my husband made his very first medical appointment last week.

I agree with you 100% (and I'm a man). It's incredible what women have to put up with just because they are women. I've never have to worry about being drugged at a bar, or raped or killed on a date. I've never considered whether it was safe to walk to my car at night. Men need to HEAR what women experience, because a lot of us would become feminists if we fully appreciated what the female experience is. I suggest that the best way to get ANYONE to hear you is to listen to THEM so that they will listen to you in return. Yet all too often when men bring up the various female privileges, women refuse to hear it because male privilege is (obviously) so much bigger (except when it comes to suicide, of course). I suggest that when some MRA brings something that is unfair to boys and men, START by agreeing and empathizing and then ask for the same empathy. “Yes, that's so unfair, I can relate because…” rather than, “That’s nothing because…” You might turn him into a feminist if you could get him to really hear you. Because truth and justice are on your side!

I hear you. Unfortunately, only women will understand this this and having mental health issues makes it so much worse.

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I don’t doubt she feels that way for a legitimate reason, but I do doubt it’s a universal experience for all women. I don’t feel any of those things.

What's even worse is that sometimes women are the ones discriminating against other women. Awful

How about when you give them the solution and they just ignore you until they get to the solution which they proudly proclaim and it is exactly what you said.

Or the only way they will accept answers from a woman is if he half-listens and then repeats it all back to you as if it was his idea in the first place. I don't let them get away with this unmentioned any more. I always say "I'm glad you heard and understood my point".

I don't think I've been that guy, but I've seen it happen a lot over the years.

My wife is a master electrician. I am a master mechanic. We actually have some pretty cool conversations on the differences and similarities of our professions.

Bras in general. The cost of needing one that is 2" more than the standard size is insane!!! We're talking like a £20 to £30 price increase for 2 bloody inches! And if you want something that looks cute (not the bog standard white, black or skin tone) you're paying more than that!

Yep, that! It's like carrying two dancing pudding melons at all times, it hurts if you move too fast, and any bra that either has straps too thin or binds too much is painful.