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So I have asked around but nobody has been able to tell me what it is that all women & transwomen have in common but nobody has found a single thing apart from the label or a âgender identityâ with that label.
But there is a thing that all female people have in common.. 1/
But there is a thing that all female people have in common.. 1/
..and that is their sex.
As someone of that sex I know that having a female body is not a minor technicality but central to many experiences in my life.
Here follows a list of female experiences - please do add and/or let me know how many of them you can relate to:
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As someone of that sex I know that having a female body is not a minor technicality but central to many experiences in my life.
Here follows a list of female experiences - please do add and/or let me know how many of them you can relate to:
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1. Menarche - starting period
2. Growing breasts as a young girl
3. Fear of unwanted pregnancy
4. Unwanted pregnancy
5. Abortion
6. Wanted/planned pregnancy
7. Miscarriage
8. Ectopic pregnancy
9. Stillbirth
10. Natural birth
11. Vaginal birth with medical intervention
2. Growing breasts as a young girl
3. Fear of unwanted pregnancy
4. Unwanted pregnancy
5. Abortion
6. Wanted/planned pregnancy
7. Miscarriage
8. Ectopic pregnancy
9. Stillbirth
10. Natural birth
11. Vaginal birth with medical intervention
12. Caesarean Section, planned
13. Emergency CS
14. Breastfeeding a young baby
15. Wanting to breastfeed but failing to do so/carry on doing so
16. Not wanting to breastfeed and feeling stigmatised for it
17. Breastfeeding in public and feeling stigmatised for it
13. Emergency CS
14. Breastfeeding a young baby
15. Wanting to breastfeed but failing to do so/carry on doing so
16. Not wanting to breastfeed and feeling stigmatised for it
17. Breastfeeding in public and feeling stigmatised for it
18. Breastfeeding an older baby/toddler
19. Trying for a baby without success
20. IVF
21. Other fertility treatments
22. Conceiving via IVF
23. A difficult and/or highly medicalised pregnancy
24. Gestational diabetes
25. Pre-eclampsia
26. Premature birth
27. Lochia
28. PND
19. Trying for a baby without success
20. IVF
21. Other fertility treatments
22. Conceiving via IVF
23. A difficult and/or highly medicalised pregnancy
24. Gestational diabetes
25. Pre-eclampsia
26. Premature birth
27. Lochia
28. PND
29. Periods
30. Painful periods
31. PMT
32. Endometriosis (possibly with unbearably painful periods)
33. Heavy periods & anaemia
34. Uterine fibroids
35. PCOS
36. Irregular periods
37. Unwanted facial hair
30. Painful periods
31. PMT
32. Endometriosis (possibly with unbearably painful periods)
33. Heavy periods & anaemia
34. Uterine fibroids
35. PCOS
36. Irregular periods
37. Unwanted facial hair
38. Large breasts leading to back ache & affecting mental health
39. Breastcancer screening
40. Breastcancer scare
41. Breastcancer
42. Cervical screening
43. Cervical cancer scare
44. Cervical cancer
45. Ovarian Cancer
46. Hysterectomy
47. Oophorectomy
39. Breastcancer screening
40. Breastcancer scare
41. Breastcancer
42. Cervical screening
43. Cervical cancer scare
44. Cervical cancer
45. Ovarian Cancer
46. Hysterectomy
47. Oophorectomy
48. Peri menopause
49. Menopause
50. Hot Flushes
More to come.
At this stage Iâm at about 17/50
Obviously not all females share all of these experiences but chances are that any female will share at least a few with any other female.
49. Menopause
50. Hot Flushes
More to come.
At this stage Iâm at about 17/50
Obviously not all females share all of these experiences but chances are that any female will share at least a few with any other female.
And letâs not forget that many of these things are not a one-off.
Most women have periods every month, many have several miscarries, fear of unwanted pregnancy can accompany every sexual encounter for at least two decades.
Most women have periods every month, many have several miscarries, fear of unwanted pregnancy can accompany every sexual encounter for at least two decades.
