Oh, puh-leeeeze. I visited a friend in PA last year who detailed to me how, when she moved in with her lesbian sister and her wife following her divorce, she began bleeding continuously. It went on for seven freaking weeks. As best as she could figure, her body was trying to sync her menstrual cycle up with the other two people in the household.
Furthermore, I grew up in an environment dominated by my mother and various aunts and female cousins -- Mom divorced Dad when I was about five --, so I knew about periods before I turned 12, and they would also talk about the cramps, too. I DO have some idea about the problems with women's bodies.
So, please spare me the "mansplaining" jive and the Amazonian censorship attempt. Thanks.
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