Men Have Period

Men Have Period

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Updated Jul. 12, 2017 8:17PM ET / Published Sep. 21, 2016 1:00PM ET
Menstruation isn’t just a ‘women’s issue.’ It’s time we opened up the conversation.
I haven’t menstruated in three years. I’m fortunate to be one of the trans guys whose periods stopped when I started taking testosterone.
This is by no means a universal experience even among trans people taking testosterone, and many of my peers have either continued menstruating or have endless spotting. Many others don’t take testosterone, either because it isn’t right for them, or because the health care system has kept them waiting.
Recently, the corner of Twitter interested in feminism and gender diversity had a row over transgender inclusion. This has been an issue in feminist circles for many years, as people negotiate who is inside and who is outside the sphere of feminists’ concern. On Twitter these kind of boundary disputes have been a perennial issue.
In this case, the trigger was the trending hashtag #ifmenhadperiods . Meant to highlight the ways that sexism plays out around the topic of menstruation—such as through a lack of medical progress or material support—it was roundly criticized for being both inaccurate and oppressive. Why? For starters, some men do have periods—and many women don’t.
Planned Parenthood got involved in the discussion, using the term “menstruators.” Some disliked this term, arguing that sanitary products are a women’s issue, and that it is dehumanizing to refer to women as “menstruators.”
This is an understandable objection to an inelegant term, if one accepts the premise that sanitary products are only for women. However, the term is an attempt to find language that’s inclusive.
We do not need to hypothesize what the world would be like if men had periods. Some men do have periods, as do some non-binary people.
Once in awhile, I hear stories of people whose periods started again after many years on testosterone. I dread it happening to me. It’s not clear why this happens, but it’s typically a sign that one’s hormone replacement therapy (HRT) needs changing.
Contrary to some contributions to that unfortunate hashtag, menstruating when trans is, on average, pretty terrible—for a number of reasons.
We pay the same luxury taxes as everyone else—even though we make less money.
One argument made in #ifmenhadperiods is that the luxury tax on sanitary goods would not exist if men had periods—after all, razors are usually taxed as essentials, despite being arguably less essential than the “luxury” of keeping clean during your period.
Unfortunately, trans people pay the same luxury goods taxes as everyone else, but they’re statistically less likely to be able to afford it—in the US, 15 percent of trans people (16 percent of trans men) earn less than $10k a year, compared to four percent of the general population.
Trans “menstruators” are more likely to be homeless.
Even if sales taxes on sanitary products were lifted, it would only make a small dent in the impact that menstruation has on the lives of people in severe poverty. There has, thankfully, been more discussion lately about how hard it is to have a period when you live on the street. Some organizations have started helping homeless people with period supplies, such as Conscious Period in California and The Homeless Period in the UK.
With trans people twice as likely to be homeless than the general population, they struggle more to afford sanitary items. They are also less likely to have access to a private space to change pads or tampons, or to empty a menstrual cup.
If advocacy for people who menstruate aims to help the most vulnerable, then it must include people who are dealing with their period in these very difficult circumstances, including not just homeless cis women, but homeless trans people.
Support comes at the cost of denying who you are.
I remember being congratulated when my period started, because “it meant I was becoming a woman.” This felt like cold comfort when I was in physical agony and psychological distress because the entire experience seemed like it was fundamentally wrong. It wasn’t until later that I made sense of that “fundamentally wrong” feeling as part the pervasive gender dysphoria that would not change until I transitioned. The idea that my period “made me a woman” was echoed every time I sought support for debilitating period pain.
Having my gender incorrectly guessed is a fairly common occurrence, but it does make me less likely to ask for help if my period should strike. For trans men who keep their trans status private, the problem is even worse. Asking for help would require explaining things about themselves that they might rather keep private.
The health system ignores us when we need help.
The thought of having a period again terrifies me not just because of the dysphoria and unbearable physical pain I used to experience when menstruating, but because I believe the medical system would do little to help me.
Let’s face it: the health system is woefully inadequate when it comes to dealing with any kind of problematic menstruation, no matter the gender identity of the person experiencing it. Dysmenorrhea (painful periods) is poorly understood because research into the problem does not receive the funding it needs. Nobody is certain why it happens, and methods for best treating it are not always communicated well.
Before I transitioned, it took almost 10 years of painful periods before I received pain management that worked more than half of time. My experience is far from rare, with huge numbers of people having to put their lives on hold simply because they’re menstruating. Endometriosis and reproductive cancers often go undetected and untreated because reproductive and menstrual pain simply aren’t taken seriously.
Compounding that problem, trans people face huge barriers to getting good health care. These include problems arising from insurance companies and state health systems that make it difficult or impossible for a man to receive anatomy-appropriate sexual health care if he has a womb and cervix. American health insurance companies have a bad record for this historically, though in recent years new regulations have slowly changed things. Under the NHS in the UK, trans men are not automatically invited for cervical cancer screenings, and instead must persuade their doctors to provide them.
This is a difficult prospect, since trans people also very commonly experience harassment, unfair treatment, and even assault from intolerant doctors—most of whom have not received any trans-specific training. One in five trans men in the US has been refused care due to their identity, and half have postponed doctor’s visits due to discrimination. At least one has died due to a reproductive cancer that doctors refused to treat because of his trans status.
Frequently, we end up educating our own doctors about our bodies, and not all doctors are particularly enthusiastic about receiving biology lessons from an untrained member of the public.
This reality is treated as politically inconvenient.
Trans people who want to talk about menstruation and reproduction without giving up their identities have become a bit of a political scapegoat in certain strands of feminist discourse.
When the general needs of people who menstruate are of concern, it is vital to talk about people who menstruate, rather than shut out people who need support simply because they are not women. Solidarity between women who menstruate is vital, but there also need to be initiatives that aim at meeting the needs of all people who menstruate.

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A friend posted a meme that read this: “Dear guys embarrassed about buying tampons, No one thinks they’re for you.”
I have lots to say about this, but I simply commented that some dudes do get periods. Because they do. That’s a fact.
An anonymous stranger then told me that my reminder that transgender men and nonbinary folks bleed does not need to be added on “every single period post ever made.” This person continued, “Mostly women get periods. More cis women exist than whoever else you think gets periods. Kinda feels like a ‘what about MEN though’ on every women’s post.”
Okay, stranger who sounds like they are bringing a lot of privilege to the conversation, this is why I need to comment on every single period post ever made.
First of all, this was not a woman’s post. This was specifically meant to tell men to grow the fuck up and stop being dicks when they need to buy tampons . And that’s fine.
But more needs to be added to the conversation. Men need to get over the stigma that menstruation is gross, dirty, a women’s only issue, or something that emasculates them. Men need to be reminded that other men can and do bleed and there is nothing inherently embarrassing or wrong about that. It is absolutely okay for people to assume the tampons men are buying are for them. My comment was definitely a ‘what about men’ sentiment, but this was not a women’s post. And my comment was not a “poor men” sentiment. My point was not to cradle the male ego by any stretch, but to check it and toughen it, specifically the ego of cisgender men who are too squeamish to support the menstruating people in their lives.
So, what about men? First, let’s be sure that when we are talking about men, we are including transgender men and trans masculine nonbinary people too. Along with ego, cis men need to let go of their homo and trans phobias. Don’t @ me, folks. When I teach classes about LGBTQ topics, when I write about or post queer stuff to my social media channels, guess who doesn’t show up? Straight, cisgender men. And it’s not because they are the emotionally intelligent, super self-aware, and confident in their sexuality folks who are so woke they don’t need to learn anything; it’s because LGBTQ topics often make them uncomfortable and they worry they will be accused of being guilty of queerness just by association to said topics.
Culture has bred toxic masculinity and now it has to abort it. Along the current fucked up path that is often used to raise boys, men were taught that feminine qualities and emotions are not acceptable; they learned that boys who like boys and boys who once lived as girls are not real men. That shit needs to go too. Because trans men are men and nonbinary folks may identify as male as well, either through gender fluidity or a combination of male and female genders.
Being a man is not about having a penis, and being a man may include getting a period. So, thanks commenter who doesn’t get it, this meme was not a women’s post.
Also, just because more cis women get periods than those who I “think” get periods doesn’t mean we should exclude the non-cis folks. It’s not a matter of thinking other people get periods; I know we do. It’s also a matter of being sure those of us non-cis people who do bleed don’t feel even more like garbage when we are shamed and beat over the head with the gendered bullshit that goes along with sanitary napkins or menstrual cups .
In fact, on top of uteruses being jerks—with all of the monthly cramping, gas, and bloody mess—menstruation for transgender men and nonbinary people can be traumatizing and add to everyday body dysphoria.
The bloating, the swollen breasts, and the fucking exaggerated reminders that my body is not what I want it to be cause me to hate my body more. My depression worsens and my sense of worth is gone during this time. I’m all set being told I shouldn’t comment on posts about periods. Because until I am included in the conversation, I am going to keep inviting myself into it.
And what about the transgender women who will never go through the rite of passage of getting a period? Bleeding fucking sucks, but some trans girls are very hurt by the knowledge that their body cannot do what their brain thinks it should and what their heart wants it to do. We can’t say “all girls get periods” any more than we can say boys don’t.
I say ‘”Dear guy embarrassed about buying tampons, It’s okay if someone thinks they are for you. Sometimes men bleed, but that doesn’t make you less of a man. Bleeding does not strip away masculinity, and the body is nothing to be ashamed of.”
We should not only encourage boys to buy the tampons or pads for the menstruating folks in their lives, but remind them that it’s okay if they need to use them too.
I tried to explain some of this to my closed-minded commenter. They said this: “I’m unmoved by your point of view, my opinion isn’t changing.”
That’s a bummer because, much like a tampon, you need to change your toxic opinions before they hurt you or someone you love.
This article was originally published on 4.18.2019

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Stomach cramps, mood swings, and hot flashes are all tell-tale signs it’s that time of the month for women — and men. A new survey conducted by VoucherCloud (Think UK version of Groupon) found a quarter of men believe they experience monthly “man periods,” suffering premenstrual (PMS) symptoms from cramps to food cravings.
Jed Diamond, therapist and author of The Irritable Male Syndrome , has done some exploring on the existence of the man period in the past and believes “men have hormonal cycles just as women do.” Contrary to popular belief, men become violent when their testosterone levels go down, where irritability, depression, and withdrawal come with a deficiency of the hormone. Testosterone levels in young men can fluctuate as much as four times daily. However, what is less clear is how these levels vary day by day and week by week.
To explore this man period phenomenon, VoucherCloud asked the male survey respondents of over 2,400 (50 percent men and 50 percent women) if they frequently suffered the same common side effects of PMS that women experience during their menstrual cycle , including tiredness, cramps, and increased sensitivity. The results revealed 26 percent of men experience these feelings on a regular basis, while more shockingly, 58 percent of their female partners believed them. Men identified several PMS-related symptoms as signs of their "man periods," such as constant hunger to general irritability. Males (12 percent) confessed they were "more sensitive about personal weight," while some (5 percent) suffered from "menstrual cramps."
Furthermore, 43 percent of female respondents claimed they offered special support to their partners during this time of the month. When asked how they had done so, some ways included "try and cheer him up" (44 percent) and "walk around on egg shells" (39 percent). Out of those who didn’t believe their partners had man periods, 33 percent told their partner to "man up."
When it comes to spending during man periods, the average male spent an additional $124.62 on food and snacks per month, including takeout, compared to those who didn’t believe in the phenomenon. Men who believed they suffered from menstrual symptoms reportedly spent an extra $97.35 per month to combat their increased food cravings.
A similar 2009 study found a woman’s menstrual cycle does influence her spending habits. In the 10 days before a woman's period begins, she's more likely to go on a shopping spree and overspend about $27. The researchers suggest these women were shopping excessively as a way to deal with negative emotions they experience during their cycle. For example, stress and depression moved some women to shop to cheer themselves up and regulate their emotions.
So, perhaps there is some scientific validity to man periods. A 2004 study suggested men suffer from PMS symptoms as badly as women. The men scored higher than women in depression; lack of arousal; hot flashes and pain, including stomach cramps, back pain, and headaches. The researchers suspected the reason these men complained more than women is because of their difference in pain thresholds. Women could experience more pain, but don’t give it as much attention.
However, ladies should not fear having synchronized periods with men they’re in a relationship with. “In our research on
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