Anyone at all
Yes, anyone can fly.
Yes, anyone can leap tall buildings at a single bound.
Yes, anyone swim underwater without ever having to come up for air.
Yes, anyone can get their period, trans women included
Anyone can get “their” period, just as anyone can get a mosquito bite or a cold or a blister.
Menstruation, often referred to as a period, is a part of many people’s lives.
So many that there is no actual bodily reason for getting it, it just turns up, because anyone can get one.
Defined as the periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus, menstruation is just one stage of the larger menstrual cycle, which typically takes place over 28 days.
Now here we run into a difficulty, because it’s not the case that everyone has a uterus, so it can’t be the case that anyone (in the sense of everyone) can get a period. People who have testicles can’t. Our guides don’t let us in on that little secret though.
Can a transgender woman have a period? Absolutely. Many trans and gender-diverse people menstruate. Whether you’re a woman, a man, non-binary or agender, your body may menstruate too.
Who knew?! This is some really up-to-the-minute info here. I’m impressed.
Hrm. I don’t think I have ever met a woman who’s happy to be menstruating, other than as evidence she is not pregnant. So why do some men crave it? I, for one, am quite content that I never had to endure it.
I loathed every second of it.
I am 76 years old, and I read a lot of weird stuff, but I have never, ever, ever read suggestions on how a woman should be supported during her period. She is usually told to suck it up, it’s all in your head, keep it to yourself, ugh nobody wants to hear it. In fact, it is considered a bit rude for other people to be aware of a woman’s period.
As an instructor on the subject of human anatomy and physiology, I assign 0 marks for their useless and factually incorrect explanation of menstruation. I have never read a more incorrect answer, even from my weakest students… and trust me I have read some piss-poor descriptions. I wouldn’t even be able to give them credit for hinting that a uterus is required for bleeding (AKA menstruation, you git), because all the wrong cancels out any “fine, part marks for hinting” goodwill they might have otherwise garnered. “SOME trans women don’t have uteruses”? O.o Disinformation at its finest/worst, I cannot abide and refuse to encourage.
Honestly? Could have made a decent piece of satire. Their “tips for navigating your period” directed at people who don’t have ovaries or a uterus are hilarious! Alas…
Which is why it’s perfectly logical that TiMs would advertise “theirs,” and demand “support” as part of their validation. No such thing as oversharing or TMI apparently.
Well if India Willoughby has a cervix, he just might have a uterus too, right. You never know. /s
Technically true. If a
biological femaleuterus-haverbleeder is assigned male at birth* but identifies as a woman, by definition that makes her a “trans woman”.* An easy mistake to make, since the “assigning” is based on nothing but random, arbitrary guessing anyway.
All TRA propaganda about sex is dishonest to some degree, but this one takes the cake. “Some trans women don’t have uteruses” – phrased as if those that don’t are the minority, as opposed to the totality!
It goes on to list various things that can happen to a trans person such as cramping, and declares that as these symptoms “may” occur at the same time each month, and thus “For many trans women, this is their period” – as if cramping can be considered menstrual cramping in the absence of menstruation.
And then a cherry on top: “But if your period symptoms are upsetting you, chat with your doctor about adjusting your hormonal regime so that it doesn’t trigger a noticeable cycle.” A neat demonstration of how dissimilar they are to actual menstruation – just adjust your voluntarily-taken medication to switch it off.