Anonymous OP 10w

Actually idk I think I might be nb and I do like painting my nails and eyeliner. But point is I wasn’t assigned female at birth

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Anonymous #1 10w

I’ve had really bad constipation my whole life, so every time I eat I think about poop. I thought everyone else did that for a while, and nobody explained to me that that wasn’t the case. Once I found out it made sense why it wasn’t socially acceptable to talk about it while eating. One of my favorite foods is saag paneer. It’s delicious but also helps with constipation.

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Anonymous #2 10w

I agree in my experience periods have not really been a socially acceptable thing to talk about

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Anonymous #3 10w

Maybe it’s because I grew up in a super liberal bubble. My high school didn’t have homecoming because they thought it was toxic. We also didn’t have prom kings or prom queens. Until recently I thought that stuff only existed in movies or in Texas, California, or Florida where a lot of those movies are set.

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Anonymous #3 10w

It also depends on culture. I’ve noticed that South Asian culture really discourages men from knowing about periods. My mom was shocked that I learned about them in school when I was 10. They did separate the boys and girls during that, but they still taught us the same material, which my parents didn’t realize. To them the fact that I even knew about it was a shock. Most of what I learned abt periods came from the Internet bc my mom never felt comfortable answering my ?’s, even as I got older

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Anonymous OP 10w

I researched periods because I thought it was important to know, but I was taught that I shouldn’t know about them and if women talked about them I should leave the room. But when white women talk abt it they say I don’t have to and even encourage me to listen and ask any questions. I’ve noticed that in Indian culture people are more likely to find poop jokes funny yet not openly talk about periods, whereas in American culture it’s fine to talk abt periods but not poop.

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