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Nov. 24th, 2000 10:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scottobearSomething you might not know about me is that .. I have a good attitude towards menstruation. That's right, I'm the guy! The guy with a good attitude towards menstruation! Oh, I know a lot of men are made uncomfortable by this monthly miracle. But not me. No, I embrace it. Embrace it the way the way some men embrace the weekend! Why I anticipate it the way a child anticipates Christmas!
Did you know that, uh, in a lot of native Indian cultures, menstruating woman were forced to leave the village, lest their *powerful* magic should overwhelm the Shaman? If I were Shaman, I wouldn't be so competitive. I'd be more open and giving. I'd be a shaman with...a good attitude towards menstruation!
'Cause after all, what is it? a cluster of blood vessels, awaiting a fertilized egg. Providing a safe warm place for that egg to grow. And if a life does not occur, the whole thing is flushed away, and the cycle begins again. Now is that anything to be ashamed of or disgusted by? No, this is the nesting stuff of Humanity!
That's why the woman I shall love will be able to menstruate as fully and freely as she desires. Even if her monthly flow should build in intensity to a raging rust colored torrent! An unbridled river of life giving blood flowing from between her legs! An awesome cataract plunging off the edge of our couch. I wouldn't be fazed! No, no, even if coureur de bois would come up stream, battling the rapids, and singing a 'jaunty song'! I would take no offense, rather I would ford across that mighty womanly river, and fetch herbal tea and Pamprin. And then I would mop her brow and admire her fecundity. For I...Have A Good Attitude....Towards MENSTRUATION!
Did you know that, uh, in a lot of native Indian cultures, menstruating woman were forced to leave the village, lest their *powerful* magic should overwhelm the Shaman? If I were Shaman, I wouldn't be so competitive. I'd be more open and giving. I'd be a shaman with...a good attitude towards menstruation!
'Cause after all, what is it? a cluster of blood vessels, awaiting a fertilized egg. Providing a safe warm place for that egg to grow. And if a life does not occur, the whole thing is flushed away, and the cycle begins again. Now is that anything to be ashamed of or disgusted by? No, this is the nesting stuff of Humanity!
That's why the woman I shall love will be able to menstruate as fully and freely as she desires. Even if her monthly flow should build in intensity to a raging rust colored torrent! An unbridled river of life giving blood flowing from between her legs! An awesome cataract plunging off the edge of our couch. I wouldn't be fazed! No, no, even if coureur de bois would come up stream, battling the rapids, and singing a 'jaunty song'! I would take no offense, rather I would ford across that mighty womanly river, and fetch herbal tea and Pamprin. And then I would mop her brow and admire her fecundity. For I...Have A Good Attitude....Towards MENSTRUATION!
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There's nothing worse than having to be embarassed about something natural that occurs once a month.
right on, bro!
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Date: 2000-11-24 07:18 pm (UTC)Re:
BUT IM A DOG!
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Date: 2000-11-25 11:55 am (UTC):) I've seen dogs burp, fart and sneeze. :)
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Date: 2000-11-24 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
I think you appreciate menstruation far more than I do!! But thanks for giving me hope about the male species!!!
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Date: 2000-11-24 09:17 pm (UTC)Kids in the Hall!
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Date: 2000-11-24 07:23 pm (UTC)about menstruation..
Date: 2000-11-24 07:23 pm (UTC)Re: about menstruation..
Date: 2000-11-24 07:29 pm (UTC)Re: about menstruation..
Date: 2000-11-24 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
thank you for sharing
nice to know you have a good attitude
now how about not feeling hurt when we bitch...
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Date: 2000-11-24 07:39 pm (UTC)Re:
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Date: 2000-11-24 07:57 pm (UTC)*medicates*
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Date: 2000-11-24 07:55 pm (UTC)*hug, and teas & pamprins*
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Date: 2000-11-24 08:31 pm (UTC)Traiga detrTraiga detrás las casas menstruales!
Re: Traiga detrás las casas menstruales!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:17 pm (UTC)holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:30 pm (UTC)Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:33 pm (UTC)Menstrual Hut of the Future will have all of the necessary comforts from modern medicine as well as natural approaches. Group Therapy is optional, and chocolate will always on hand. Menstrual Hut of the Future would be equipped with all of the modern facilities and comforts of home.
I got the plan....
Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:36 pm (UTC)kind words, chocolate, and herb tea? I'm there.
Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:37 pm (UTC)Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:45 pm (UTC)*BEEEG HUUUUUUG*
Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 09:02 pm (UTC)Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 09:05 pm (UTC)XYY would have to watch football or something, and have a monobrow.
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Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:41 pm (UTC)Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:47 pm (UTC)Re: holen Sie zurück die Menstruationshäuser!!!
Date: 2000-11-24 09:16 pm (UTC)But shouldn't it be called: womenstruation?
Date: 2000-11-24 08:25 pm (UTC)only if you're discharging womenses, not menses!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:34 pm (UTC)Too late! I'm a monogamist! :)
Re: only if you're discharging womenses, not menses!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:50 pm (UTC)p.s. don't worry, I'm a monogamist, too. Been with the same man for the past 14 years, in fact. :)
Re: only if you're discharging womenses, not menses!
Date: 2000-11-24 08:56 pm (UTC)2 great women, you and the daughter too... doing quit all right. give him a big hug for me when you see him next, to celebrate!
Re: only if you're discharging womenses, not menses!
Date: 2000-11-25 08:17 am (UTC)But I'm already happily married :)
Re: only if you're discharging womenses, not menses!
Date: 2000-11-25 11:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2000-11-24 09:40 pm (UTC)more men need to have that attitude scotto-pie. i bet you'd go to the store and buy tampons for your sweetie. someone needs to talk to my boyfriend and let him know that it's ok to do that. he absolutely refuses. does he think someone is going to think they are for him???
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Date: 2000-11-24 10:40 pm (UTC)if those don't faze him, he might want to reevaluate why he feels the way he does.
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Date: 2000-11-24 11:14 pm (UTC)Re: buying tampons
Date: 2000-11-25 12:01 pm (UTC)Re: Do they think it's contagious?
Date: 2000-11-25 11:57 am (UTC)I imagine she found you to be a godsend!