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Grex > Femme > #109: Disadvantages of being female | |
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keesan
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Disadvantages of being female
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Jul 1 22:02 UTC 1999 |
Please discuss reasons why you would prefer not to be a woman (this question
is for women and men). Biological or cultural. Things like clothing, health,
employment, sports, or whatever. Are there things you would like to do but
cannot do because you are female? Could you do these if society changed?
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anderyn
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response 1 of 71:
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Jul 2 02:18 UTC 1999 |
All in all, I can't think of much that seems like a disadvantage. Though
yeast infections are nasty, and not being able to go shirtless bugs
me sometimes... But mostly I'm happy being a girl.
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otter
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response 2 of 71:
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Jul 2 03:01 UTC 1999 |
I seem to remember answering this a couple years ago...
Being the hiking/camping type, I find it grossly unfair that I have to get
half undressed just to pee.
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gypsi
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response 3 of 71:
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Jul 2 05:39 UTC 1999 |
I love everything about being female except the oh-so-popular answer...my
period. I second the half-undressed to pee thing. It's a pain even when
you're simply at work or out for the night.
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keesan
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response 4 of 71:
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Jul 2 14:00 UTC 1999 |
Some of these are cultural. Women used to be able to pee standing up in their
long dresses without underwear, giving them an advantage over men in public.
In many societies nobody has to wear shirts (pre-Western, that is).
I object to not being able to walk places alone late at night, or go walking
in the woods by myself, but again that is cultural. In Prague a friend
apologized for not seeing me to the dorm, he would have missed his last bus,
but he knew I would be safe. They were only afraid of the police there. And
in nineteenth century English novels women are always walking to or through
lonely places by themselves.
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