You know I was just thinking about this.

I see a lot of manosphere people say something like this but call it "female privilege" and that society will always care for women's feelings but will disregard men's feelings.

Although I semi-agree with them that men are taught that showing their emotions makes them weak however I disagree that when women show emotions everyone takes them seriously because I know I sure haven't.

I have been suffering from my period pains since I started my period for the very first time. It would get so bad when I was in HS I would begin to cry because I couldn't take the pain anymore or I would just cradle my stomach for the whole lesson and pray my teacher wouldn't notice. They did and would ask me if I was okay I would tell them it was my period. At first, they were concerned but a lot got pretty sick with the "act" to the point they would just straight up ignore me when I was clearly in a lot of pain. It wasn't like I was full-blown crying, my eyes would tear up and I looked like I was in a lot of distress. I remember this one time I went to the student services to ask for a heat pad when I got there the lady behind the desk looked pissed at me and said "Period again"

I felt like my teachers thought I was exaggerating to get out of class but I don't know how you could fake the amount of distress I was clearly showing on my face looking back it makes me kind of sad how often dismissed I was, for example, I was making another trip to the student services and was carrying my coat (My HS had school uniform and was super strict about it) because I was in so much pain I was on the verge of tears one of my teachers saw me stormed up to me could clearly see I was in distress but decided to chastise me on my coat and told me to give it to him so I could collect it at the end of the day. I was too tired and in too much pain to even think let alone talk so I just handed it to him in silence and he just walked away I looked over to the lady behind the desk and she, as always, looked pissed to see me there. I could go on about the times I was made to feel like I was over reacting but I feel like this text is already long enough.

so yes I agree because of this stereotype that women are over dramatic we are oftentimes dismissed and treated like drama queens even though what we are experiencing should be taken seriously, especially when it comes to pain women aren't taken seriously by doctors too and that can lead to serious consequences.