Originally Posted by Mr.Essex  I've never had sex with a menstruating woman, but I decided to post here for a different reason.
Women (physiologically speaking) weren't designed to undergo multiple menstrual cycles per year. Period. The menstrual cycle was designed to facilitate reproduction, which means that the female body is expending large amounts of energy to provide a welcome environment for a new life. This, of course, means that it has to divert important nutrients (proteins, fats, minerals such as calcium and iron, etc.) on a larger than average scale to a relatively minor portion of the body. And, for my engineering swingers out there, what happens when a pipe/switchboard/beam is overrun by large amounts of particulate matter and detritus? Rupture, weakening, structural compromise, and other delightful things. Or, in physiological terms, endometriosis and fibroid tumors, among other "delightful" afflictions endured by the ladyparts.
A pregnant woman's body endures a lot of stress, but (for the most part) womens' bodies contain their own pregnancy-recuperation properties (lactation amenorrhea, among others). OTOH, a period is essentially a set series of "Much Ado About Nothing", wherein the body does a substantial amount of build-up, then release. Every month, for years and years. As stated by one of the prior posters, a well-managed parturite female body can receive 9+ months of non-menstrual related physical stress, plenty of time for recuperation and reinforcement of tissues used in the formation of the child.
(For example: The calcium needed for the growing baby's bones has to come from somewhere. If she isn't drinking enough milk and eating her leafy greens, it's coming from her {or for our female posters, your } bones. And you wonder why Western women have a much higher percentage of osteoporisis sufferers than their more rural counterparts?)
A period, as I've typed, is a mini-pregnancy. Do the math, it doesn't change.
9 months of pregnancy and 9 or more months of recuperation, versus 18 months of a quasi-pregnant state. I'm not trying to advocate a year-long regimen of birth control for all women, but the hormones in BCPs mimic the hormones released during pregnancy. And I'm all about making women happy, even if it means spending a thousand dollars to find the right pill and having to take the lumps caused by the mood changes triggered by the wrong pill. |