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How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

I have PCOS, something that people don't truly understand yet but here's basically what we know - your hormones are out of whack (specifically your testosterone) which causes a boat load of problems such as weight gain, difficulty losing weight, abnormal hair growth, higher risk of diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure, fertility issues, etc etc. And the shitty part is, because everyone is different, treatment isn't easy and concrete.

Because of these issues, some women who have PCOS believe they are less of a woman. I mean shit I kinda like it. So here's how I see it:

Hunger

How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

Now I have the hunger of a teenage boy. If I'm not eating, I'm probably drinking water, taking a shower, or working out. I have an empty pit of a stomach so I could probably be a pretty good competitive eater... maybe I should look into that. Anyways because of my condition I have to eat healthy or else my digestive tract will scream at me and knot, so always eating healthy it pretty cool. Plus I can keep up with all of my guy friends.

Hair

How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

I am covered in hair head to toe. It's light so you can barely see it but goddamn am I a bear. Hell if I let it grow out I have my own happy trail or as I like to call it my pussy arrow. Anyways I get free insulation. It's hard to get me cold and I am beacon of light in the sunshine #GoldenHair

Having Broad Shoulders and a Thick Body

How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

I will never ever be the typical slim-flat stomach-long legged type girl that tends to be the I desired looked nowadays. My healthy lifestyle won't "reflect" in my body. But honestly I kinda like it. People expect me to be sorta strong... that's about it. And I love it cause I can always prove them wrong. I'll out run most people I know (except for track people, damn they're crazy), out lift, and I can always surprise people and bust a "Hey watch this".

Fertility Issues

How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

This one broke my heart when I heard it. Becoming pregnant will be relatively difficult for me. Now I know there's the "Well shit if you don't want a baby now you probably won't get one anyways" and yeah that's true but having a Mirena IUD is part of my treatment so I get birth control anyways. So maybe I won't ever be able to have a baby (I'm not up for taking meds for it as of now), but I know that if I have one, that little fucker is a champ for sticking in there.

Clitoris Enlargement

How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

So hormones are hormones, and if you wanna get real technical I have a relatively large, undeveloped penis.. aka a big clit. It's wider (not longer) and lemme tell you, it's kinda worth having for all of this shit.

Testosterone

How Being Less of a Woman is Pretty Cool

Am I a muscle head because of this? Nah, but I do have a good amount of muscle. Bulking is ridiculously easy (family genetics help) and I made the mistake of doing P90X and I looked like a muscle head for 2 years... never again. Regardless my testosterone is double what it should be so I always have the ability to say that I'm more manly than some of my guy friends. Not to mention I can lift more than some of them which is ridiculously satisfying.

So yeah, inside and out I might be less of a woman, but it's pretty cool. Sure there are somethings that are annoying because of this but why should I let something bring me down rather than empower me? All I know is that I love this curse and I love being less of a woman.

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  • Great take! I'm curious, and hopefully you don't mind me asking. If you do, you don't have to answer. But how did you get diagnosed with PCOS? Did your doctor just run a bunch of tests on their own, or did you really have to push to get them to find the problem? I have a strong feeling that I may have PCOS, but I know it's going to be a fight with my doctor to get diagnosed.

    I have hypothyroidism already (which is a struggle in and of itself!). But I strongly suspect PCOS due to hair and acne issues (I'm feeling fine otherwise with thyroid stuff). I'm 26 and still have bacne and acne like crazy! It only went away with bc pills and I feel like my hormones are out of whack.

    • Hormone tests and a history gave my doctors the answer. They drew some blood and looked at all my hormone levels and my testosterone was crazy high (and some other things but that just jumped out at me) as well as my Hemoglobin A1C (basically my average blood sugar) being way to high for what I eat. Irregular periods are apart of it as well and in the name (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) I used to get tons of cysts on my ovaries that would pop and hurt like hell. But between all of those things she said it was a fair diagnosis. It's kinda like depression where it isn't if you have A B or/and C you have this, obviously symptoms will present but unfortunately it isn't that easy :(

    • That's crazy! Well at least they were able to figure it out! Thanks for responding :)

Most Helpful Guy

  • EW dude, most of that is hella gross

    • Yeah I agree. Some things were best not said

    • Lol yep

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  • I found this take very interesting, so the question I have for you, is because of PCOS do you feel your moods and sex drive are different than women who don't have PCOS? I'm asking out of curiosity only as I find these sorts of things interesting.

    • Not sure about mood but I feel as if my sex drive is A LOT higher than most women. Sometimes I feel as if I am a guy in that aspect. I'm easy to turn on and get off (just being blunt sorry) and I've always found it strange how some women say it's difficult since I've never experienced it but I now know why

    • Thank you for your honest and straight forward answer. I have always had suspicions about women who might have higher than average levels of testosterone, which is by no means a criticism, just an observation.

  • A girl that can hang wit the guys... i think most guys are down with that

  • I'm the opposite.
    Apparantely I have TOO much estrogen and not enough T.
    Weird eh?

  • You aren't any less womanly at all. All these things are part of being a woman, having those stupid ovaries causing us trouble is about as womanly as you can get!

    It can be annoying though, I've had cysts on my ovaries which caused me a whole load of issues in my early twenties. I don't take any hormones to try and even it out though because they make me lose my freakin mind... I'd prefer to struggle with my weight and other issues instead of be insane and thinner, slightly less hairy.

    Good on you for being happy with you.

    • Thanks, sorry to hear. They really are a pain in the butt :(

  • Testosterone influences the brain as well:

    Do you also notice that you behave differently compared to other women?

    It's great how you are accepting this seemingly bad condition, and it's admirable how you are happy with the "negative" consequences of it !

    • Thank you so much :) It's been hard but might as well make the best of it! And honestly yes, I don't like showing emotions like females, I love sports and a nice competition, and I'm not the stereotypical complicated-emotions-woman (I don't even understand that at all). Sometimes I feel like I sit between male and female because of it

    • But exactly these traits will make you very desirable for many men who are looking for a relationship, it's mens' dream to have a woman without all the drama !

    • Awesome! Unfortunately I get the "whore" label because of it since a lot of my friends are guys and I cannot relate to women, oh well I love my drama free life :)

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  • You don't take any kind of hormone blockers, estrogen supplements etc?

    • I have a IUD that's medicated but nothing besides that

    • So just to balance the hormones nothing to neutralize/diminish the affects? Is it because their is nothing else or that its to expensive?

    • Because my doctors don't think I need to and I feel fine the way I am although it's a bit annoying at times :)

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  • I have pcos the hormone imbalancecis a bitch and I've taken measures like laser hair removal and regular waxing to control any hair issues. i take a product called herbal ignite with rain forest herbs to keep my libido in check.
    Luckly i was able to concieve my daughter with some help from the fertility clinic sadly she will be my only unless we adopt but im happy right now with just one child

  • A lot of the things you listed a lot of women deal with, and it's not just a symptom of PCOS. And it doesn't make you less of woman. You seem like you stereotype women a lot and think you're better on some because you don't shave and you go to the gym. Also, hint hint, most women are not flat stomached skinny chicks. Women store fat in their thighs and arms and we're actually supposed to look a little thicker so again, nothing to do with PCOS and it definitely doesn't make you less of a woman. If anything, it's makes you more of one, even though weight ultimately has nothing to do with femininity.

    This Take was poorly written. I get what you were trying to say, but you didn't say it very well at all.

    • Sorry you didn't like it :( I don't want to seem better I wanted to give off the message that not everything is as bad as you think. I do shave but I am a lot hairier than most women and even hairy women. As far as the thick part, I meant that as muscle. Around here thick tends to be in reference to your muscles and not fat. Thank you for your feedback :)

  • I really hope they figure out how to cure it. Far too many women suffer from this, its not cool

  • none of this makes you less of a woman, silly :P having PCOS is a woman thing, duh! ahaha. I'm glad you can find good things about it! you go, girl! <3

  • Everyone's different. Just livery a happy life. Your obviously happy with who you are I feel like

  • Very amusing mytake :D

  • very informative take!
    i wasn't aware of these effects

    • Thanks! Unfortunately I feel as if a lot of conditions don't get a spotlight even if they're common. Hopefully others do and we can help treat people in the future

  • That's great! You do you.

  • how the fuck does someone grow that much arm pit hair?

  • Cool! :)

  • You are not any less of a woman. You're a female with XX chromosomes. That's what defines you being as a gender.
    Just be yourself (:

    But still, fun take.

  • Sure you can have all the fun of being less of a woman. Just don't complain when you can't make any friends or find a boyfriend.

    • I've had multiple boyfriends and a ton of friends... that's no issue for me

    • There's really men who want to date a hairy woman? Gross!

    • Yep he uses me as a blanket to keep him warm

  • I presume you also have a far higher sex drive than the average woman , due to the higher T levels. This is why men , young men especially , have far higher sex drives than women.

  • I am dtf, You sound hot af

    • Thanks lol

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