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Anyone else wish they were a man?

castaway_lady

Is it just me or do any other ladies on here wish they had been born with a penis instead of stupid ovaries :rolleyes:
Booked a thousand quids worth of a holiday last month, having factored in period dates as best I could with the assistance of my trusty app and now the scourge has migrated by a few days and is due if it stays on this path mid way through the holiday :mad: :mad: :mad: Actually may as well stay at home now.

So anyone know how to induce instant menopause? Really fit to bawl now.

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The Corinthian

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I've read in several places that women are more likely to suffer from depression but men are more likely to be "successful" in their attempts of suicide.

One of the disadvantages of being more competent at what we do than women...

...Joke. Don't mean it. Please don't hurt me.

Eve_Dublin

I've read in several places that women are more likely to suffer from depression but men are more likely to be "successful" in their attempts of suicide.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200307/more-women-suffer-depression

http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/genderwomen/en/

But yes, you're right. There's advantages and disadvantages to both. I wouldn't be saying the same thing as I said previously if I lived anywhere but the Western world.

The Corinthian

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

The only reason I'd ever like to be a man is so that I could pee standing up.

I've known at least one woman who could do this. With greater accuracy than a man, at that.

Certainly there are disadvantages to being a woman, but that hardly means that being a man is a walk in the park.

To begin with, as a man, you die younger - on average five years - than a woman. That mightn't be a big deal when you're in your twenties, but once you hit your forties it begins to weigh on your mind. We also may not have anything as extreme as a monthly period, but having to shave is a pain in the arse for most of us.

Secondly, a man may not have a biological clock, per say, but we do have one in practical terms. We may be able to father children at sixty, but who with? It's all very well if you're a celebrity and/or a millionaire, but for the vast majority of men, your options at sixty of attracting a woman thirty years your junior are pretty slim to none.

And having a child is something we need women for. Women can go go to a sperm bank and have one without any relationship to a man, if they really, really want to, while we (until someone invents a functional and affordable artificial uterus) still need a woman to agree to carry it for us (again, great if you can afford a surrogate, which most of us cannot).

Physically, as we grow older, we're not without issues either. The hair on our heads thins, recedes and eventually vanishes - sometimes already in our twenties - and instead begins to appear where you don't want it; your nostrils, ears, back and eyebrows.

Of course we can pee standing up - but as many a married man will tell you, only if you're allowed to do so. And then as great as a having a penis is, we also have testicles. On the outside - a serious design flaw that we have to watch out for all our lives.

Socially too, it's not exactly perfect. It's not like we have a choice to have a career or stay at home realistically - however imperfect this choice is for women, it's still a lot more open than it is for men, as we're still judged on being providers. We're also more likely too to commit suicide or suffer depression, end up in prison (than a woman for the same crime), be killed due to crime or war (even as civilians; women may get raped, but men get killed), die or suffer injury in the workplace, and God help you if you ever get divorced.

And we have the refractory period, after sex. I hate that.

Sure, there are great things about being a man, just as there are about being a woman, but there are negatives in both too. So wishing you were in the other, greener, field is all very well, but you'll ultimately have new things to complain about before long.

Stench Blossoms

The only reason I'd ever like to be a man is so that I could pee standing up.

Neyite

Morag wrote: »

http://www.shepee.co.uk/

That reminds me - I wished I had one for all the ante-natal samples I had to give. Hovering over a wet seat with a big belly and a tiny tube. I'm so getting one of these if I get pregnant again.

eviltwin

pwurple wrote: »

I would certainly like someone else to bear my children for me. That would be awesome.

That's the one reason I'm glad to be a woman. I wouldn't swap that experience for anything.

LegacyUser

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

but the main one for e is the friendships I have with female friends. There's a lifelong closeness there that I don't think fellas have as much. I've friends who I'd trust with my life and who I could tell anything to. I know many older fellas (over 60s) who don't have old friends like women do. Men tend to remarry when their partner dies a lot more often than women (like my dad) because often, they don't have that network of friends like we do to support them.

I'm a male and I've been single my whole life and now I'm heading toward the forty mark the more I've come to accept that this is probably never going to change. The above is all I can think about these days. I've had close male friendships but the grim reality is that they've all filed away to their respective marriages. My life is between work and home to the telly or a book. I know I can have a good life and be active and have interesting experiences but the simple fact is that I'm always going to miss having a network or meaningful relationships or even one meaningful loving relationship. People don't come to see me these days and when I look at my phone, I know there's no one I can ring and just talk to. Ladies, never take this for granted.

The Cool

A friend shared a link on Facebook this morning - "What they don't tell you when you've had a baby". Men don't know how easy they have it! *shudder*

Morag

xLexie wrote: »

Yes I would love to be able to pee standing up and aim it at spiders and things.

http://www.shepee.co.uk/

Eve_Dublin

Genuinely? It's never even passed through my mind. Periods are a pain the hole (literally :rolleyes:) and I get quite down every month due to them but really, what can you do. You have to get on with it. The idea of being a woman is often given bad press. I don't own a telly and I don't buy beauty mags, so perhaps those things don't concern me as much as someone who does. I'm not obsessed about my appearance at all. And living outside of Ireland and away from family and old friends who've all got kids now saves me from the questions about when I'm planning to breed.

There's so many genuine advantages to being a woman in a Western country that I won't list off now but the main one for e is the friendships I have with female friends. There's a lifelong closeness there that I don't think fellas have as much. I've friends who I'd trust with my life and who I could tell anything to. I know many older fellas (over 60s) who don't have old friends like women do. Men tend to remarry when their partner dies a lot more often than women (like my dad) because often, they don't have that network of friends like we do to support them.

Of course there's many advantages to being a man and probably more that I could never know about but there's not enough that'd tempt me to the "other side".

MagicMarker

Yes.

pwurple

I would certainly like someone else to bear my children for me. That would be awesome.

xLexie

Yes I would love to be able to pee standing up and aim it at spiders and things.

Posy

That clip really shows the difference in advertising to men and to women! I love Mitchell and Webb. :pac:

I sometimes feel jealous that all men need are a few good suits and they're dressed for all fancy occasions. But then I remember that I love shopping for a party dress and like the fact that I can hide imperfections and emphasise my good points with make-up.
I hate that women have a biological clock though, and the nearer I get to thirty the more people are hinting that my time is running out, child-bearing wise. :rolleyes: A male celebrity has a child when he's in his 60's and it's "fair play." A fifty year old woman has a child and she's open to all sorts of criticism.

Apart from that however, I genuinely would not ever trade.

cantdecide

Ahem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85HT4Om6JT4

EDIT: sorry if it's a bit of an irreverent reply, I could have sworn I was in AH when I read this thread:o My mistake

Mars Bar

Yes, but mainly coz I would loved to have had more opportunities to play football.

The ovaries are a pain in the ovaries alright but mine could be worse.

WindSock

Or grow a pair and suck it up.

Erm. Yes.

Stheno

smcgiff wrote: »

Or use no contraception, 9 months period free.

And a lifetime of enslavement :eek:

smcgiff

Or use no contraception, 9 months period free.

Stheno

Dolbert wrote: »

You can take medication to temporarily delay your period, it's called Norethisterone Women often use it if they have a holiday or special occasion coming up. HTH

Or use a contraception likely to banish the evil curse!

Dolbert

You can take medication to temporarily delay your period, it's called Norethisterone

Women often use it if they have a holiday or special occasion coming up. HTH