Should women "on the blob" be allowed to vote?

AmazingMan

Studies have shown that when women are undergoing their monthly menstrual cycle for a period of 3-5 days they undergo great hormonal changes. I'm sure all of us who have been in relationships know that the woman you know and love can change intensely during this period whether it be that they:

become overly emotional
become moody/intolerant/aggressive

If you want the science behind it then basically during their periods the woman's reward system goes into overdrive

The reward system circuitry is made of the prefrontal cortex (the center of thinking and planning); the amygdala, (the emotional center); the hippocampus (a brain center involved in learning and emotions); and the striatum (a brain zone related to learned emotions), all of which possess receptors for estrogen and progesterone.

When women are forecasting a reward, the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, linked to emotion and reward-related planning behavior, were turned on for longer periods during the pre-ovulation phase (four to eight days after their period began) than in the post-ovulatory phase. When women really won a reward, those in the pre-ovulatory stage turned on the striatum and pleasure-reward related area for longer periods than in the post-ovulatory stage.

So what all that mumbo-jumbo is saying is that during the period cycle of 3-5 days the woman is intolerant, harder to please, stressed, more impatient and more prone to instant reward stimulations or addictions.

In short, during their period the woman is a lot more incapable of making a rational informed decision and will basically be a hell of a lot more likely to make a decision based on something that is likely to provide her with an instant reward than make a decision on the basis of what is best for the common good of the group. For reward in these scenarios it could be anything, a bar of chocolate, a comment on their looks, a new pair of shoes, your offer to cook dinner. Any offer to do these things will be appreciated too much and any reluctance or just plain oversight in terms of offering a reward to the woman will be overly criticised/maligned.

I know you're bored now but I had to explain it in rational scientific terms or I know I would be accused of being on a wind-up. The scientific theory suggests that during their period womens' decision-making process is basically screwed up and we see evidence of this in so many elections.

Because of the instant reward thesis the woman on the blob will vote for the taller or more attractive candidate rather than have any regard for his policies/ethics as they are seeking an instant reward. They are too self-absorbed during their period to consider the long-term policies of a candidate and instead many will make a choice based on a superficial trait. Of course, they are entitled to do this but I feel this unnecessarily provides a bias to one candidate based on a non-relevant issue. Therefore I would seriously consider passing into law a resolution that forces women undergoing the menstrual cycle to be restricted from voting or at the very least have their voting rights curtailed during their ovulation period (i.e. they face a series of questions about each candidate's policies and won't be permitted to vote unless they pass the test or perhaps allow them special dispensation to vote once their period has elapsed, perhaps something called "the blob swing" will become a part of the political language)

What do you think?

mikom

No, period

El Weirdo

I think some people might lose the rag after reading this...

PCPhoto

I know this is AH - but its a little too bad taste sexist for me.

GLaDOS

Well im not checking

genericguy

i agree, i wouldn't rust the opinion of any organism that has bled or the previous four days and isn't dead.

Hootanany

You could always Cycle

AmazingMan

I'd appreciate some serious discourse on this rather than crude puns and maniacal over-reaction, I believe the thesis has credence AND MORE IPORTANTLY INTEGRITY despite the fact it may not appeal to your rudimentary pc mores.

Jesus Wept

Depends on the woman. Some are grand.

El Weirdo

AmazingMan wrote: »

I'd appreciate some serious discourse on this rather than crude puns and maniacal over-reaction, I believe the thesis has credence AND MORE IPORTANTLY INTEGRITY despite the fact it may not appeal to your rudimentary pc mores.

Then don't post in AH.

Politics is thataway

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GhostInTheRuins

AmazingMan wrote: »

I'd appreciate some serious discourse on this rather than crude puns and maniacal over-reaction, I believe the thesis has credence AND MORE IPORTANTLY INTEGRITY despite the fact it may not appeal to your rudimentary pc mores.

Haha, good luck with that.

GLaDOS

AmazingMan wrote: »

I'd appreciate some serious discourse on this

Rookie mistake

Poor Uncle Tom

Yeah, it's way too early to be scraping barrel arse at this stage....:D

My name is URL

I say only let people vote if they're on the blob

better than the sedate senile population voting FF as a matter of habit

jumpguy

No, that's be exceptionally barbarian tbh.

Codofwar

To be fair, how could you possibly stop just women on their period, are you going to get people at every polling station to check women voting or have all women keep a record of every cycle to prove at the polling station that they can vote at the moment.


Aside from all that, Bit of a mad auld thread eh?

Iwasfrozen

PCPhoto wrote:

I know this is AH - but its a little too bad taste sexist for me.

Are you going to back that up or just make a sweeping comment.
Come on guys, be abit more serious.

Hootanany

Never it called the Blob before sounds crude

PCPhoto

cant believe no-one (so far) has pointed out the Irony.......OPs name (Amazingman) and the fact he starts a thread about women on the rag and their voting rights


meh !!!

mikom

My name is URL wrote: »

I say only let people vote if they're on the blob

They can then hold their finger aloft like the elections in Iraq.......... only this time it will be red rather than purple.

Jesus Wept

Codofwar wrote: »

To be fair, how could you possibly stop just women on their period, are you going to get people at every polling station to check women voting or have all women keep a record of every cycle to prove at the polling station that they can vote at the moment.


Aside from all that, Bit of a mad auld thread eh?

You're right. Should just take it off them altogether.
Would be easier to administrate.

Fago!

He he... On the blob? He he he.

Gummy Panda

tl;dr

Dudess

Ovulating/painters and decorators in - not the same thing.

OP, normally you start your threads in the Ladies' Lounge - why not this one?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Gummy Panda wrote: »

tl;dr

Just read the title. You don't need to read the actual post.

PCPhoto

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Are you going to back that up or just make a sweeping comment.
Come on guys, be abit more serious.

back what up - I said I know its AH (After Hours) but the thread was/is sexist.

a guy saying that women having their period shouldnt be allowed to vote ... can you not see how this could be sexist ?

its not like a woman has a choice to have a period - its a natural occurance !

4zn76tysfajdxp

OP, try Humanities. There might be room for your sexist drivel there.


/girl power