Guys Getting Periods

[TheKicking]

In my imaginary mpreg world, women continue to have periods, while men are the ones who get pregnant.  I imagine this as a more equitable sharing of reproductive burdens: women have to deal with the once-a-month menstrual irritations, but men are the ones who have to go through labor.

I actually like this idea, especially since in my mpreg world, women would still produce eggs and men produce semen even though men are the ones that become pregnant and give birth.

As a woman, no offense to ANYONE...but mpreg really does NOT need men having periods. I don't wish them on anyone. There's nothing ever pleasant about being on your period. I never even let my mind go there before reading this post.

Men can stay blood-free. It's okay

Biologically speaking though, it would be men who would go through menstruation. That part of the female reproductive cycle has far less to do with where ovum are produced than where it goes after fertilization.

However, you could make a good argument for men's periods being far less severe than a female's. If they only have to produce female hormones, like estrogen, when they are pregnant or getting ready to menstruate, then maybe their systems won't experience such a backlash for daring to not be pregnant.

That's the way I always describe my period: my body's way of yelling at me for not being with child like I am supposed to be, :(