lisajane

Back then, towels would probably have been used. The towel would've been foldered up, tucked inside the knickers, then washed out, dried and reused.

Though if you're going to write about mensturation, don't screw it up by making it all stereotypical and making all women seem like bitches during the process, just cause you're male.

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Hodge

Yeah, they get all bitchy right before the menstruation starts.

lisajane

If that remark is supposed to be thrown at me then I happen to be nowhere near mine currently, thank you very much.

Then again, with such a response, I guess that should be shown that perhaps males should put themselves in a female's shoes before they make such stupid pride-like responses. It's like men who tell women that they shouldn't be having abortions.

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valeca

She said 'during the process'. Pre-menstral syndrome is part of the process of menstration (to varying degrees). Before, pfft.

Glad you've settled on an idea, Finn. Let's us know how it goes.

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lisajane

Thank you Valeca, and yes, PMS (the time where apparently all females are 'bitchy') is part of the menstral process.

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Hodge

Well, either "bitchy" or "expensive."

Ilan Bouchard

It may seem that way, but I was simply saying that the bitchiness is the only thing I could accurately write about. I realize women feel bloated but I wouldn't be able to describe it. However, I could describe how a woman would act wacked out on hormones.

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valeca

Could you? Interesting, since there is such a wide range of reactions to the hormone influx--bloating being low on the scale. The stereotypical bitchy female is simply the most cliche and trite. I'd think that in itself would be enough for most writers to stay away from incorporating that aspect.

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lisajane

No, Ilan, you can't. Especially if bitchiness is the only emotion that PMS women have is what you believe.

And I've not heard of a woman becoming bloated. In fact, the majority of women during PMS, including myself, become highly sensitive to the point that they cry for no good reason, other than the reason to cry. Excuse me if crying for no good reason sounds bitchy, but quite frankly, if you're going to write about such things, don't go stereotypical and wipe out 50% of the population reading your story, and actually research - ask women, not men.

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Bika

Lisajane, Ilan didn't say he believed bitchy was the only emotion women have; he said it was the only one he could write accurately about.

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imrhati

it isn't that women are bitchy it is that they are more easy to agravate, if you think women are bitchy on their PMS it is just cuz you are pissing them off. To my knowledge they usually have mood swings and it is even worse when they first start having them.

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Anarkos

Women become bitchy during PMS? Who said they weren't bitchy before?

Ewwww, girls!

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Ilan Bouchard

Bika got it right. My knowledge of bloating came from a commercial for a PMS-related pill. I didn't mean to limit the description of being testy when women are hopped up on hormones, I meant to include it, in whatever extent necessary, because I, as a guy, don't relate to periods at all past knowing they ruin[ed] my dates.

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Mike C

Heh. You can tell which are the single guys here. I've been married 19 years, I'm an expert on menstruation and PMS.

What guys consider bitchiness is generally just women being slightly less tolerant to us being jerks.

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