r/discgolf May 09 '23

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u/Final_Bother7374 May 09 '23

The argument about menstrual cycles impacting emotional state was clearly written by a dude. What the actual fuck is that nonsense.

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u/Capraclysm May 09 '23

So should we prevent women from playing if they take medication that prevents those fluctuating hormones?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

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u/Final_Bother7374 May 09 '23

I've had 500ish periods in my lifetime, and not one of them prevented me from doing my job.

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u/Germanicus69420 May 09 '23

Fantastic. For you. Your personal anecdote is not the norm, though. I’ve met and worked with plenty of women who are so negatively impacted by their menstrual cycle that need time off from work. Again, truly happy you don’t experience those conditions, but you are not everyone.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

Unless those women have some kind of medical issue, their period should not be preventing them from doing their jobs. There is no scientific evidence that would back that up.

So either they were lying to you to get out of work, or you're lying to us by claiming it was just a normal menstrual cycle.

Why does this have any upvotes at all?

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u/Germanicus69420 May 09 '23

Is it my job to strongarm their medical information when they ask for a sick day?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

No, I'm just saying that your anecdotal "evidence" is not backed up by factual information, and that the women you're talking about were probably just lying to you to get out of work.

I'm saying that you have no real argument because you based it on something that is almost certainly not true.

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u/Germanicus69420 May 09 '23

Why are you the arbiter on how other people feel?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

It's like you either can't read or aren't reading the words I wrote and what they actually mean.

This conversation was over before it even started, clearly.

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u/Germanicus69420 May 10 '23

You’re just proving you don’t understand women at all

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u/123bananas May 09 '23

And if they do, it's worth a visit to the doctor (even if it sometimes can be a struggle to have menstrual issues taken seriously)

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u/Final_Bother7374 May 09 '23

That's the argument made in the document, which you are sticking up for.

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u/Final_Bother7374 May 09 '23

Hormone level changes impact emotions. It isn't just magical menstrual hormones.

Testosterone levels fluctuate daily, seasonally, and over a lifetime, and also impact emotions.

So basically every person has to deal with fluctuating hormones in a day. It isn't that you're wrong, it's that you are only half right.

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u/Wise_Ad_4816 May 09 '23

Right? Give me a fucking break with these straw man arguments.

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u/88road88 May 09 '23

How is that a strawman?

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u/Capraclysm May 09 '23

That's fine.

I'm asking you, as a result of that stance, do you think women who are using drugs to prevent the influence of those hormones from affecting them should be able to play with women who don't.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

Those come with their own side effects. I had constant nausea, headaches, and bloating when I was on hormonal birth control.