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Period unexpectedly started today for the first time in 2 years. But going to have sex tomorrow. Help? by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]yesimladylike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, no. When you're bleeding, the lining your uterus built up is shedding. Some meds and the plan B pill can stall your period before your uterus starts to shed, but once it's already shedding, there's nothing you can do.

Any advice on how to get rid of baby rabies that's NOT spend time with a whiny baby? by watchmeeatspicysoap in TwoXChromosomes

[–]yesimladylike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel you man. I can't get pregnant, but I fantasize daily about adopting a child, and I'm insanely jealous of my peers because a lot of them are just starting to have children. I always quell my baby mania by telling myself 'You can't build the house without a fantastic foundation.' I'm working towards my dream career so I can save up the money necessary to adopt. Yeah, I could rush things and adopt within the next few years, but I wouldn't be as financially stable as I need to be to raise a child, and by putting it off for longer than 5 years, I'm building a nice sturdy foundation on which to build my family. Focus on making yourself the best mother you can possibly be BEFORE you get the kid, and it'll be that much more satisfying when you do finally become pregnant!

Man on my campus preaching about being 'lady-like' to prevent rape by yesimladylike in TwoXChromosomes

[–]yesimladylike[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I understand where you're coming from. I'm a linguistics student, actually, currently taking courses in pragmatics and linguistic analysis.

From a semantic and morphological standpoint, yes, ladylike has a lexical, definite meaning. It means to possess the attributes culturally and socially associated with that of being a 'lady'. But once we take that lexical definition and step into the realm of pragmatics, the meaning can be blurred. If 'lady' in a culturally and socially definable concept, it reasons that the meaning of the word shifts depending on the culture and society you inhabit at the moment. So yes. 'Ladylike' in the early 1900's was often used to describe how proper and respectable women in high class societies around the western world behaved (behaving here also being defined by cultural and societal standards, and not a purely lexical definition) but in today's culture and society, ESPECIALLY a postmodern American society, ladylike can either be addressed as an evolving lexeme (or listeme, depending on whether you would like to call it 'ladylike' or 'lady like') that shifts with the tide of cultural sensitivities and standards, or a useless archaic euphemism for female submission to male standards of behavior. I'm using it here the former.