Honestly sometimes I'm glad people mistake me for a cisguy so I don't have to deal with this bullshit.
Not often, but sometimes.
I'd trade it for passing in a heart beat.
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2026
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Yeah, much better than the opposite direction and having a doctor overly concerned for your non-existent period 😂
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"And before we begin, please step on the scale so we can give you diet advice you have definitely not heard a million times before."
Weight, temperature, pulse, and blood pressure are baseline diagnostics that go on your chart every time you visit a doctor.
People fixate on weight, because they're sensitive to it. But if you kept showing up at the doctor with a 100⁰ fever and the doctor kept saying "We need to get that fever down. Liquids, Tylenol, and bed rest are what you need", what else do you want the doctor to tell you?
"Hey, there's a secret panacea that will fix all your problems, but we just won't give it to you, because it's too cool to prescribe"?
Like, for a gunshot wound, they're going to stabilize you as best they can and then it's going to be a bunch of bandages and bed rest. "Hey, have you lost a much of blood due to a recent period?" isn't even an unreasonable question to ask.
“Hey, have you lost a much of blood due to a recent period?” isn’t even an unreasonable question to ask.
People only lose about 2-3 tablespoons of blood during a period.
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You know I get the joke, I really do. But how hard is it to understand that many people with trauma require a CT scan prior to surgery, which absolutely can radiate and embryo and cause birth defects? Is it really so far-fetched that someone might be pregnant and not know or not want to admit it?
The real joke would be if she was indeed pregnant, and now her actual emergency gets sent to the obgyn department. My wife loves it when the ER don't want to do their job because baby on board.
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It isn’t hard to understand imo. I’m a woman and being asked those questions just comes with having the equipment for it. I actually did refuse to take a pregnancy test prior to a minor surgery (I was on my period so I didn’t see the need) and I had to sign a waiver stating I refused the test and won’t retaliate if any harm comes to the fetus. It’s just par for the course of having a uterus
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Don't certain medications interfere with your hormones? Doesn't a period change your hormone balance?
Asking when someone's last period was in the process of a diagnosis seems reasonable.
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I'm too young to be sick! Too healthy 'looking'! Like the fuck. You want me to put on some corpse makeup so you'll take me seriously? Mom's friend had breast cancer and they caught it late because she always dressed well, but I'm dressed like a slob and just told I'm lazy instead!!
Hrghghghghhgg
When I went to ENT due to sudden tinnitus and loss of hearing higher frequencies in my left ear (which also felt a bit disorienting), they just tested my hearing with a machine that only went up to 6kHz, she said it was mostly fine, and that humans don't need to hear above 6kHz anyway.
So hey audiophiles, you've heard it, 12kHz sample-rate is HiFi.
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Yesterday I was standing in the baggage claim customer service desk at the airport, and the woman in front of me was asking about a missing bag. The guy asked to see the bag she had with her and asked her what was inside. She said “Why would you need to see my bag? It has nothing to do with you. The tags on it are clearly from a different airline, and it wasn’t involved in this flight in any way.” She was just holding it for a friend who stepped away.
He just kept insisting “I need to see your bag.” “Why?” “I need to see your bag.” “I’m not showing you my bag, it’s none of your business.” He kept reaching for it.
I thought it was absolutely insane and couldn’t wrap my head around it. Eventually I realized it was because she was a woman that he was being such an obstinate prick. She eventually capitulated, and in my male privilege I thought “Uh uh, make a scene! What’s he going to do? He isn’t a cop!”
Life can be bullshit sometimes.
it's important to ensure they don't administer some medications to pregnant women.
however, the amount of times doctors have systematically dismissed their patients opinions when they have a vagina is outrageously high.
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