A Question

[pecunium]

I have seen, as I travel to and fro in the net I keep seeing something I don't understand.

Women telling men they really don't want to look behind the curtain at TMI posts about menstruation.

Now, I understand warning people about TMI posts. Descriptions of the details of surgeries, accidents and all manner of gruesome goings on are not for everyone.

What I don't understand is why that single topic gets that warning.

Are men, as a class, that easily squicked?

Comments

[doryllis.livejournal.com]

I think there is both a squick factor as well as a "the less I know the less I have to think about it" factor. It is easier to ignore/downplay feminine issues if you simply refuse to acknowledge or discuss them. The elephant really only effects the half of the room their not sitting in.

I had a drill Sgt who insisted that feminine hygiene products, while required for our wall locker display, had to be displayed in such a way that he couldn't see them, ever. Of course, I also met a sisterless man who seriously thought that hygiene pads went sticky side up. At least he had thought about it.

I will agree it isn't men *as a class* but the class of people who are seriously squicked beyond bearing is mostly men.

[feonixrift.livejournal.com]

Of course, I also met a sisterless man who seriously thought that hygiene pads went sticky side up. At least he had thought about it.

At least he didn't think tampons were for wearing all the time. There's a lot of unclear on the concept going around, sadly.

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have A Theory (sexist though it may be) that women are hard-wired to be able to cope with squicky stuff (and tedious, boring, and irritating stuff as well) -- because they have _had_ to cope with it in order to ensure their survival and that of their children, whereas men can just ... Oh, Shiny!....