I just heard this girl say, "If men didn't have to wipe their ass, toilet paper would not be free in public spaces. bleeding is also a natural bodily function, but because men don't do it, it's not treated as universal."
My dad retired at 59
I will not
He had a pension. I have a 401k I can barely fund.
He bought his house at 28.
I can't touch a down payment at 30.
He paid $90 a month for health insurance. I pay $430.
At dinner he told me I need to be smarter with money.
I nodded.
Didn't tell him his entire life was built on an economy that no longer exists.
Didn't tell him my generation is paying for his Social Security while ours gets gutted.
Didn't tell him the ladder he climbed got pulled up right after him.
Just passed the potatoes.
Make it make sense
menstrual products cause BODILY HARM. toothpaste causes dental issues for women because it was designed for MEN. male baldness is studied more than ENDOMETRIOSIS. they even created male birth control... then pulled it over ACNE, HAIR LOSS, MOOD SWINGS, and cancer risks… the same side effects women have endured for DECADES. this isn’t just medicine. it’s a system that protects MEN’S COMFORT while ignoring WOMEN’S PAIN.
I just saw a TikTok that basically said women don't have maternity leave in America because companies like Nestle lobby against those laws cause their profits for baby formula would tank as mothers would be home to breastfeed their kids
i took my sister to the doctor because she had been losing weight fast, throwing up every morning, and couldn’t keep food down. she kept telling them something felt wrong in her stomach. the doctor laughed and said she was probably trying a new diet or dealing with “women’s nerves.” he told her to eat smaller meals and stop worrying so much. for months she went back and got the same answer. eventually she collapsed at home from dehydration and pain. in the er they finally did scans and found advanced stomach cancer that had been growing for years. the oncologist said if it had been caught earlier, her chances would have been much better. all that time she wasn’t being dramatic. she was begging for help. believe women.
At 19, doctors told me pregnancy could literally kill me, but they still refused to tie my tubes because “you might change your mind” and want kids.
At 22, I needed regular blood transfusions, but they still refused a hysterectomy because I might “meet a man who wants children.”
This is what misogyny in medicine looks like.