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Not to kill the mood, because I do recognize that this original post was meant in a joking way, but I really don't like this term. I don't even really like when people use PMS as an insult. To me personally there's nothing insulting about
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Not to kill the mood, because I do recognize that this original post was meant in a joking way, but I really don't like this term. I don't even really like when people use PMS as an insult. To me personally there's nothing insulting about menstruation, and I also just think it's kind of rude to speculate about people's reproductive organs.
With that said, many women never experience any mood changes before their period, and for those that do it's often a pretty awful experience that is nothing to poke fun about. And to kind of piggy-back off of JR, men also go through hormonal fluctuations and have mood changes of their own.
I see both men and women being targeted and criticized for the way they may choose to express their emotions, and it really bothers me. Women are called hysterical if they express their emotions, and if they don't they are called castrating bitches. Men that attempt to express their emotions get smacked with insults or questions about their masculinity. I know I probably seem entirely humorless, but like they say, I wanted to throw my two pennies into the fountain for whatever they are worth or not worth.
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First of all, I meant this post in all seriousness, but the urban dictionary definition had a non-medical way of describing it that I though anyone could understand. And from reading this thread, a few had never heard of this word either. Believe me, had I been aware of a legitimate medical term for it, I would have used that instead, because I can see how some might find it rude, but at the same time it proves a point that it isn't taken as seriously as it should be! I applaud those that choose to recognize it and not brush it off on something else.
I also should have clarified how I learned this word. I heard it from from my bisexual husband whose gay friends use it regularly within their circles. For him, it was being able to put a word with the way he felt, albeit the word isn't the best choice, but it's what they use. I don't feel that he is any less of a man because he is more emotional. That is what makes him so special to me! And, he can relate better to the hormonal roller coaster I am going through right now.
