1. Our periods cause frequent, uncomfortable bloating.
2. And our periods (or birth control) can give us regular breakouts.
3. For routine preventative health care, a freezing cold speculum is put inside us, then stretched wide open.
4. We can get severe back and neck pain if our boobs are big:
One time my boobs hurt my neck so much that the ER doctor gave me a spinal tap b/c he thought I had meningitis. #bustygirls #bigboobssuck
5. And we have to put up with countless UNFUNNY jokes if they're small:
to the guys that messaged girls saying ‘happy pancake day’, bc they have small boobs, you’re scum
6. Our stomachs stretch to ungodly sizes during pregnancy:
7. And then we have to learn to love our new bodies after we give birth.
8. On the other hand, we are made to feel like we have to have a reason for not wanting kids.
So sick of people asking me how old I am then saying “oh you’re 24 & you don’t have kids yet?” or “you & cody need to have kids already!” or “oh are you not ready to have kids yet?” like mind your own goddamn business. Thanks.
9. A lot of us have problems bruising for no particular reason.
10. And some of us experience uterine problems where constant pain and invasive procedures are a regular occurrence.
11. To prevent pregnancy, we have to have devices like IUDs inserted into our cervixes, which – if you're curious – feels like a hole punch to your insides.
12. We get mistreated for what we wear in public.
Here is what i was wearing when @AmericanAir asked me to deplane for a talk. At which point I was asked to “cover up”. When defending my outfit I was threatened with not getting back on the flight unless I walked down the aisle wrapped in a blanket. #notsofriendlyskies
13. If we have female issues going on internally, we may be required to get a transvaginal ultrasound, where a long-ass rod is shoved into us.
14. We are made to feel inadequate if we can't have children on our own.
A girl I follow on insta started stims for IVF and posted her getting her injections on her story and holy FCUK are we some strong ass women. I could never watch Chris do it to me and I could barely watch her doing it. Being a human pincushion is no joke. #InfertilitySucks
15. And we have people who want to decide our reproductive rights for us.
Also I love when men wanna argue about women’s reproductive rights yet can’t even locate the clitoris 🐸☕️
17. Our boobs literally get flattened into paper during cancer checks:
Pretty sure if men had to put their junk on a cold table and have it squeezed in a vice grip we would have better cancer screening technology #mammogram #cancersucks