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

[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!....