Men still not supposed to know about 'women's problems'?

[Gromit]

So thanks to a debate going off tangent on another thread I thought it was worth examining attitudes on its own thread.

Once upon a time women could just say women's problems and that was end of conversation. Men were not supposed to know, didn't want to know and generally expected not to know anything about what that entailed.

Now we live in a world where men's problems are far from sacrosanct. Cosmo has no doubt discussed erectile disfunction at length. Along with prostate cancer n such other men's health issues. Check your prostrate is even a cheeky allowable joke (within limits).

Men. We get told about checking for breast cancer. We're allowed in on that one.

But from the hostile reaction on the other thread it seems 'women's problems' is still very much a mind your own business thing.

Discuss...

 

[gentlegreen]

discussed erectile disfunction at length.

fnaar fnaar

 

[Gromit]

fnaar fnaar

I knew when I drafted that... but went ahead leave it

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

You're fucking shit at this.

 

[Pickman's model]

You're fucking shit at this.

c4u

 

[Gromit]

Just to add.

TV show Embarrassing Bodies sees breaking down such taboos has highly beneficial to health care.

It's doing a good job but it seems like it's up against strong opposition.

 

[krtek a houby]

Thinly veiled unable to take criticism for being called out on his misogyny thread

 

[Poot]

Yeah. This one's a bit too obvious. Some of the other ones were almost a good attempt but you've let yourself down this time. I should find another hobby.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I used to feel a bit sorry for Gromit for always being told to fuck off.

Not any more.

 

[krtek a houby]

Yeah. This one's a bit too obvious. Some of the other ones were almost a good attempt but you've let yourself down this time. I should find another hobby.

Sends a shiver down my spine imagining what "hobbies" he has

 

[Proper Tidy]

In what context is check your prostate a joke? Why would it be a joke, cos it's up your arse? Really

 

[Gromit]

In what context is check your prostate a joke? Why would it be a joke, cos it's up your arse? Really

Never seen Fight Club?
I'm not sure if that started it or just tapped into it.

 

[Gromit]

Yeah. This one's a bit too obvious. Some of the other ones were almost a good attempt but you've let yourself down this time. I should find another hobby.

No it's a genuine inquiry. To use someone else's vernacular I'm puzzled by the hostility over a man helping a woman with woman's problems and want to examine it wider. Philosophically rather than minutiae.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

We're hostile because we're all on the blob. Obviously.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

And we're all raging Millie Tant feminazis.

 

[colacubes]

I just snorted so hard at this thread a big old menstrual clot popped out

 

[andysays]

Fuck off Gromit

Can someone link me to the thread that spawned this one so I can tell him to fuck off on that one as well.

 

[Pickman's model]

Fuck off Gromit

Can someone link me to the thread that spawned this one so I can tell him to fuck off on that one as well.

last few pages Feminism and a world designed for men

 

[kalidarkone]

No it's a genuine inquiry. To use someone else's vernacular I'm puzzled by the hostility over a man helping a woman with woman's problems and want to examine it wider. Philosophically rather than minutiae.

God you are such a fucking bell end.
The hostility you encountered was at the obvious fabrication of you providing first aid to a woman having terrible period pains. The scenario is unlikely.

Not only did I suffer from terrible period pains (punch myself in the face and headbutt the wall pain) and then later ridiculously heavy periods - (a litre of blood in a day) but I've worked on gynae wards and still recover women that have had gynae surgery.
In all my 50 years I've never encountered or heard anything like the scenario you proposed on the other thread.

If a woman has debilitating periods she tends to carry strong pain relief on her and not go out. The same applies to women who are bleeding very heavily. I myself have been caught short in the past and had to go home immediately as it was absolutely mortifying. The only thing more mortifying would be turning to a strange bloke. Imo.

 

[trabuquera]

This is why feminism loses all the best male allies, you know, he's only trying to help but people keep piling on and bullying
rolleyes

 

[Gromit]

God you are such a fucking bell end.
The hostility you encountered was at the obvious fabrication of you providing first aid to a woman having terrible period pains. The scenario is unlikely.

And yet it happened. Twice. Two separate women. No fabrication.

To clarify both time it was heavy pain. No mention of severe bleed. Not that was mentioned and I presume it would have needed to have been mentioned.

 

[Gromit]

We're hostile because we're all on the blob. Obviously.

Is that your final answer?

 

[nogojones]

last few pages Feminism and a world designed for men

CBA to read all of that. Does gromit now believe he's a gynecologist?

 

[kalidarkone]

And yet it happened. Twice. Two separate women. No fabrication.

To clarify both time it was heavy pain. No mention of severe bleed. Not that was mentioned and I presume it would have needed to have been mentioned.

So you gave a woman some paracetamol?

 

[Proper Tidy]

And yet it happened. Twice. Two separate women. No fabrication.

To clarify both time it was heavy pain. No mention of severe bleed. Not that was mentioned and I presume it would have needed to have been mentioned.

To clarify, did they just ask you if you had ibuprofen

Ah snap with kalidarkone

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Fuck off Gromit.
You're being a tit

 

[krtek a houby]

CBA to read all of that. Does gromit now believe he's a gynecologist?

Nah, one looks at twats while the other just looks like a twat

 

[8ball]

To clarify, did they just ask you if you had ibuprofen

Not ideal. Anti-platelet effect.

 

[Pickman's model]

CBA to read all of that. Does gromit now believe he's a gynecologist?

It's the last three or four pages, he claims two women suffering from period pains went to him in his first aider capacity for solace

 

[bluescreen]

So you gave a woman some paracetamol?

ISTR he couldn't actually dispense one, merely advised that she could take one if there were any handy. And everyone knows the only reason a woman might need a painkiller is because she's on.