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Re: If all women had PCOS temporarily...
From: Jenn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 19:28:47 -0500 (CDT)
Very well said. I often think the same thing. When I am talking to
someone and it's obvious they are looking at the hair on my chin, rather
than my eyes. I know they have to be thinking, "why doesn't she do
something about that". But what they don't understand is, I could spend
hours a day plucking and still never have it gone. Maybe if they dealt
with what I have for just one week they would understand. None of my
female friends seem to understand how great it is to have a period. They
think it's great that I go six months without. I tell them, "yes it is
nice in a very small way, but I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL!!!" They still
don't get it. Oh well.
At Mon, 10 Jun 2002, jodi wrote:
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>... what a happier world this would be!
>
>Last night I was feeling whiny and lamented, Why can't ALL of my leg
>hair be as thin and light and fine as the hair on my front and outer
>thighs??? I'd be the happiest person in the world." My fiance said, No,
>then you'd just find something else to obsess over... which might be
>PARTIALLY true... but I would still be ecstatic over have leg hair I
>could control and being able to wear short skirts... short shorts...
>bathing suits... I'd never stop appreciating that!
>
>I always feel so angry when I see women in shorts or skirts with nice
>smooth legs... I feel so freakish and hideous... why can't I have nice
>legs??? I hate them and I hate their legs and I hate how they show them
>off! But of course I realize this is irrational. It's just as
>irrational as the rage I feel when I hear women in bathroom stalls
>ripping open tampon or pad wrappers... I can't hate them for being
>normal, for functioning normally, for coming by naturally something I
>would commit murder (almost) to have... It would be just as nutty if
>someone were to hate ME for having blue eyes or nice fingernails... I
>have no control over this!
>
>But I still feel like I have this wonderful appreciation for the female
>form... for the magical process of menstruation... for how amazing
>being a woman is... but I only appreciate these things because I don't
>have them... and I never will, at least not by any natural means.
>
>It really bothers me when I read women's magazines and see tips for
>fixing your problem areas... your beauty woes... etc... when I think
>"I WISH the worst of my problems was celluite... I WISH the only thing
>depressing me was a pimple on my chin... I WISH a little razor burn was
>all I had to contend with when removing hair from my legs... I WISH I
>only had the occasional chin hair to contend with..."
>
>Ugh! It bothers me. The idea of being a healthy normal woman is so
>fascinating, so amazing... but women who have been blessed with normal
>female hormones of course don't realise this. They just chase after
>increasingly unobtainable perfection whereas I'd be happy as a clam if I
>could have normal periods and managable body hair! Hurumph. I feel like
>PCOS is just this unending lesson on why being a woman is awesome... but
>it makes me feel like screaming "OK God, I've learned! Now can I
>actually have a healthy body rather than just appreciate one from a
>distance?"
>
>I hate how women and girls beat themselves up over not looking like
>supermodels when just being healthy and normal is such a wonderful
>thing. Wonder if women everywhere would be better off if they all got
>PCOS for a year, and then had it go away?
>
>*sigh*
>
>Am I just a lunatic? Must be the hormones...
>
>- jodi
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Jenn
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