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Women's World

FirstLight

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1. thank you for posting this...

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 01:28 PM

Oct 2021

Women's health is still used against them in so many ways...

We get told to lose weight
we get told to take antidepressants
we get painkillers, instead of biopsies

I had ovarian cysts and fibriods for years and my drs never took that into account when looking at my other chronic health issues, but it's all connected...

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Who decided a period leak was the end of the world? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP

thank you for posting this... FirstLight Oct 2021 #1

To some extent it may just be a general distaste for talking about bodily fluids Clash City Rocker Oct 2021 #2

A little off topic but body fluid-ish. All the people who dont get "pimples " popped because Srkdqltr Oct 2021 #3

I think there were other "fears" involved as their "problem" Backseat Driver Oct 2021 #5

The family dog had no general distaste for sanitary pads... Backseat Driver Oct 2021 #4

Advertisers. The same ones who came up with halitosis, ring around the collar, ... marble falls Oct 2021 #6

I don't think so Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #7

The leak isn't a problem until someone makes a product to prevent it. marble falls Oct 2021 #8