Strange things women do/have/endure - That guys wouldn’t know about

[Chromeo]

that along with the period thing just shows how people use doublethink when it comes to girls and women. everyone can understand the basic concept but they're conditioned to dismiss or downplay it anyways. adolescence sucks, except when my daughter's bad mood brings me down, then she's just being difficult. periods can be miserable, except when they're inconvenient to me somehow, then it's just an excuse to whine.

I was just experiencing some weird period discussion in the Cartoon Industry thread (because we were discussing how cringe the episodes about periods have gotten in cartoons lately.) This dude comes into the thread like:

[X]
Periods are the worst topic to discuss with the general public. When you're not surrounded by women it immediately devolves into "well actually you're dramatic and wrong." Then even with other women it becomes this fuckin' one-upsmanship competition about who deals with their period better and whose period is worse so they're a better martyr OR whose period is lighter because they're better at being healthy. It's like nobody can ever have a normal discussion about it.

 

[Chub Rub]

Also, fuck bras. Since pandemic started i stopped wearing them at home and now i only do it if i need to leave my house. I wish it was acceptable to not wear them all. If my boobs are going to be saggy by age 50 that's fine. I can accept this.

Bralettes are my go-to now, just enough support without the stranglehold. I got rid of every underwire I owned during the pandemic, and I'll be a cold corpse before I put another on. Boobs are going to sag regardless.

 

[lego racers]

Also, fuck bras. Since pandemic started i stopped wearing them at home and now i only do it if i need to leave my house. I wish it was acceptable to not wear them all. If my boobs are going to be saggy by age 50 that's fine. I can accept this.

based, same here. also, bras causing (or preventing) sagging is just an old wive's tale. breast tissue sagging is purely genetic, at least from what i know.

 

[Meiwaku]

Why do we all have stomach issues....

 

[NoReturn]

Also, fuck bras. Since pandemic started i stopped wearing them at home and now i only do it if i need to leave my house. I wish it was acceptable to not wear them all. If my boobs are going to be saggy by age 50 that's fine. I can accept this.

They might not, actually. Without a bra you're building up your back and pec muscles to support them, and that will prevent the atrophy that comes from wearing bras, so yeah, skin stretches, but they might still look good-for-your-age when you get there.

 

[Emo Supremo]

speaking of bras, does anyone know the real reason why sports bras have removeable pads, besides making life incrementally more annoying than it needs to be? i tried searching for an answer recently but only came up with shit like being able to remove/insert them depending on the weather or how optional padding makes women feel more safe while they're out jogging. allegedly. somehow.

 

[Thé au lait]

speaking of bras, does anyone know the real reason why sports bras have removeable pads, besides making life incrementally more annoying than it needs to be? i tried searching for an answer recently but only came up with shit like being able to remove/insert them depending on the weather or how optional padding makes women feel more safe while they're out jogging. allegedly. somehow.

I always thought it was to dry them separately to prevent mold

 

[Oilspill Battery]

or "LONDON"

What is this in reference to?

 

[Brenda Holiday]

What is this in reference to?

Some tripfag IIRC who would spam "please be in london" any time an assumed woman would post on /fit/
Became a meme

Spoiler: Comic

 

[NoReturn]

speaking of bras, does anyone know the real reason why sports bras have removeable pads, besides making life incrementally more annoying than it needs to be? i tried searching for an answer recently but only came up with shit like being able to remove/insert them depending on the weather or how optional padding makes women feel more safe while they're out jogging. allegedly. somehow.

Sewing them in also costs more money so it keeps costs down a fraction and that adds up for the manufacturer.

Some tripfag IIRC who would spam "please be in london" any time an assumed woman would post on /fit/

This is correct.

Became a meme

Spoiler: Comic

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This is also correct.

 

[Imp]

speaking of bras, does anyone know the real reason why sports bras have removeable pads, besides making life incrementally more annoying than it needs to be? i tried searching for an answer recently but only came up with shit like being able to remove/insert them depending on the weather or how optional padding makes women feel more safe while they're out jogging. allegedly. somehow.

Nipple shield so no bright lights? A little extra padding for vanity?

I rip those things out and throw them away. I don't care about shielding my matronly nipples and I have enough of my own padding to not need or want extra in my bra.

 

[Oilspill Battery]

Edit: I'm even going as far to say that this is mainly a Western men problem. I see Arabs with obese wives who don't wear make up and they are caring and loving, treating their wives with utmost respect. Same for Indians, their wives are hideous compared to Western men standards and still, these men are the happiest. They don't look after hotter ones while holding hands with their "boring" wives.

After noticing this comment has 15 positive reactions I'm starting to reconsider whether literally anything said in this thread is of any value whatsoever.

 

[Gay Mouth]

had a baby, the post-partum hair-loss has completely destroyed my curls. I desperately want them back

This was by far the most depressing part of postpartum for me. My hair was long, thick and healthy due to my pregnancy and around 4 months postpartum it just started falling out like crazy. I would brush my hair through in the shower and end up with a fist sized ball of hair every time. My hair would collect in drifts around corners all over my floor like a shedding husky. It didn’t really stop til 6 months PP. so for 2 months I was constantly losing my hair, very self conscious about it, mentioning it to everyone because I felt it was extremely noticeable, and my internal vision of myself was rocking Gollum strands. Taking hair vitamins helped a lot, but then you have to deal with a new head of hair growing in among the wreckage you have left. My hair is finally at its normal thickness but i lost like 3 years of length. Still worth it for my wonderful baby but that unexpectedly rocked my self confidence.

based, same here. also, bras causing (or preventing) sagging is just an old wive's tale. breast tissue sagging is purely genetic, at least from what i know.

They might not, actually. Without a bra you're building up your back and pec muscles to support them, and that will prevent the atrophy that comes from wearing bras, so yeah, skin stretches, but they might still look good-for-your-age when you get there.

I got so used to the comfort of a basic unlined nursing bra, it’s been horrible trying to switch back. I’m just not wearing one when I can get away with it. I think building up your muscles and correcting your posture is the only way to affect perkiness, aside from surgery, but I don’t generally consider getting balloons with an expiration date shoved under your pec for aesthetics a real option.

 

[Trump's Chosen]

speaking of bras, does anyone know the real reason why sports bras have removeable pads, besides making life incrementally more annoying than it needs to be? i tried searching for an answer recently but only came up with shit like being able to remove/insert them depending on the weather or how optional padding makes women feel more safe while they're out jogging. allegedly. somehow.

Is this a genuine gripe or more of an annoyance akin to the toilet seat? Like isn't it a one time activity per new bra at most?

Grant me insight so I know better how to annoy my girlfriend with knowing sexism instead of unkowingly.

 

[Hubelublub]

After noticing this comment has 15 positive reactions I'm starting to reconsider whether literally anything said in this thread is of any value whatsoever.

It's almost like those sentences were an edited in addendum and there was a bunch of other stuff people agreed with:

Genuinely, no. Sentences likes these are coming from men:

• Why don't you wear make up?
• Why don't you make yourself prettier?
• Why don't you wear sexier clothes?
• Why don't you put any effort in your looks?
• Why don't you wear any dresses?
• Why don't you wear high heels?
• Why don't you shave (insert body part)?

Men do genuinely care about beauty. Men do not accept natural looking women because there are women out there who look stunning with makeup. And men always chase the ones who look most beautiful with makeup. Let's imagine this scenario: you're in a club, you see a bunch of single women dancing and having fun. Some of them wear outfits that are not highlighting their figure (simple jeans, simple shirt, nothing exciting) and no makeup. Then you look further and see that a few look stunning, you see attractive curves, they wear make up and look spotless, you look down on their legs and boom, high heels, the legs look so long, you suddenly don't see the other women anymore. You only see her. You turn to your friends and talk about how hot that one woman is and think about how you can hit her up. Now you can of course blame it on women, how dare some women not care about makeup and looking super feminine. Or you could be honest and admit that men will never chase the natural and average ones. Men always chase the one that looks the best. And even if a man would give a natural and normal looking woman a chance, he'd always compare her to the attractive women and ask the questions I wrote above. And now we're back to men putting the blame on women, being too cowardly to admit they nurtured and built this. Because it's always easier to blame women

@Miriam Margoyles said it best:

Every time you open your mouth to contribute to a discussion, something retarded falls out and you end up shitting up the thread for everyone involved. Please do not post any more.

 

[Oilspill Battery]

It's almost like those sentences were an edited in addendum and there was a bunch of other stuff people agreed with:

That other stuff is also extremely questionable, at best.

I can assure you that no straight man in the history of mankind has ever asked a woman why she doesn't wear high heels or makeup. If a man asks you that, you're probably his beard.

Men asking women to shave I do believe though.

 

[Hubelublub]

That other stuff is also extremely questionable, at best.

I can assure you that no straight man in the history of mankind has ever asked a woman why she doesn't wear high heels or makeup. If a man asks you that, you're probably his beard.

Men asking women to shave I do believe though.

Every time you open your mouth to contribute to a discussion, something retarded falls out and you end up shitting up the thread for everyone involved. Please do not post any more.

 

[Oilspill Battery]

Every time you open your mouth to contribute to a discussion, something retarded falls out and you end up shitting up the thread for everyone involved. Please do not post any more.

The retarded shit in question being that straight men don't tell women to wear high heels. You can disagree with me while conceding that maybe the original post is a little exagurated.

 

[Hubelublub]

You can disagree with me while conceding that maybe the original post is a little exagurated.

No.

 

[NoReturn]

Here's one for you guys:
When the doctors/other people say your period can stop due to "stress" but it's not consistent, so it might be late or you might miss a period because of a small amount of stress, but if a life-changing amount of stress happens? Maybe you still get period just fine.
The hell is that about? You'd think it would be a linear relationship.

Is this a genuine gripe or more of an annoyance akin to the toilet seat? Like isn't it a one time activity per new bra at most?

Nope. It's a pain in the ass. For some bras they will just fall out in the wash even if you don't manually remove them, so you put them in, use the bra, wash the bra, pads pop out (and are sometimes stolen by the same gnome that takes only one sock), and you have to shove them back in again. Some of us take to just hand-sewing them in.