tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post3218985843283592567..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: What's Happening, Why Am I Suddenly So Angry?Cruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-66251629756288238292011-03-10T19:29:38.037+00:002011-03-10T19:29:38.037+00:00As a young teenager, I always used to get bothered...As a young teenager, I always used to get bothered when my parents tried to dismiss any irritability or unhappiness on my part with 'it's probably just that time of the month'. They meant to be supportive and comforting, but they managed to make me feel as though my emotions had no root in reality - they were the irrational messy product of hormones alone. It also made me feel as though I must be a very sensitive and touchy person, getting upset over the slightest little thing. It took me several years to notice that actually I'm pretty level-headed and cheerful; I don't get ruffled by much. But because I am female, the most loving and well-intentioned people in my life taught me to hold my emotions in suspicion and to treat feelings of frustration and unhappiness (however legitimate) as nothing more than byproducts of a biological process that ought to be soothingly dismissed. Usually my period wasn't even due at the time.<br /><br />That was when I realised that as a grown woman I was always going to have people trying to pin my emotions down on a monthly calendar, rather than actually engaging with the reasons behind them. Perhaps it is a way of reducing female power. I think so.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501987538959537932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-14741942882793574572011-03-01T14:33:34.968+00:002011-03-01T14:33:34.968+00:00Interesting Philippa - I am no history buff but wa...Interesting Philippa - I am no history buff but was under the impression that it may have been used for women who were simply weak/thin (and actually potentially anorexic).Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-28111751500481609272011-03-01T13:16:59.059+00:002011-03-01T13:16:59.059+00:00Intrigued by 'consumption' among your list...Intrigued by 'consumption' among your list of feminine ailments: just an old name for TB (from its wasting effect), isn't it? Pretty genuine illness, and non-gender-specific. Not aware of examples of it being attributed to women who didn't actually have it.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962494229062269048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-16265938403431457452011-02-24T04:56:02.175+00:002011-02-24T04:56:02.175+00:00If it were men who menstruated, we women would be ...If it were men who menstruated, we women would be told we would be unable to succeed, because we had not been baptized in blood. And not having that monthly pain, we obviously would be too frail and unfit for any of the more interesting occupations.Loraine Despreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744767063342722938noreply@blogger.com