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Crusty Curmudgie McCrankypants sez:

It really irritates me when PMS is portrayed as a likely reason that a woman is cranky; it also really irritates me when, as a joke, women on PMS are portrayed on a murderous rampage.

For one thing, there are PLENTY of things to get legitimately angry about. I don't have to have PMS to be pissed off.

For another thing, whenever I do have PMS (which was ages ago, thank you birth control) I get melty and weepy and so do many of the women I know. PMS may also translate into being snappish; but really, is a woman getting angry such a rare and surprising thing that being snappish is seen as a short step away from a violent maniac?

And this joke often comes from female comics, or other people that in all other ways are extremely progressive.

Anyways. I think there are probably a lot of my friends who could care less, or who think these jokes are very funny, but they always leave Crusty Curmudgie McCrankypants feeling a little sour.

I am leaving comments on, but I am about to embark, starting tomorrow, on a week and a half of winter concert craziness, so keep in mind I may not respond to comments until the weekend after next.

Date: 2010-12-03 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottahill.livejournal.com
Preach it! Men have hormonal cycles too; we just don't have an easy way of measuring them, and so we pretend they don't exist.

Maybe it's a good thing for people to joke about how their thoughts and feelings are governed by their physical body, but not when the underlying message is this "men are rational and women are irrational" BS.

Date: 2010-12-26 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wavyarms.livejournal.com
I don't know anything about men's hormonal cycles; are they reflective of anything in the outside world? (Seasonal; monthly; yearly?)

Date: 2010-12-26 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottahill.livejournal.com
My resident endocrinologist is not aware of any long-term male-specific hormonal cycles (thanks for spoiling my theory, dear!), but there are daily cycles in testosterone, cortisol, and other hormones (in men and women) which certainly affect mood. At least with PMS you know it's coming, know what it is, and can compensate for it.

Date: 2010-12-26 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wavyarms.livejournal.com
Hm, knowing more about daily cortisol cycles might be very useful. I should do some research!

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