Girls, what part of being female is harder?

[Anonymous]

Biological

Social

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[Wuai201]

I don't know what to choose because biologically periods sucks, but I have other chronic illnesses too, so biologically it's bad.

But then socially it's bad too I'm a fatty, but some guys find me cute. I don't think I'll ever recover from being stalked and groped by my brother's ex friend in hs and men wanna touch me when they feel attracted to me. Either that or they let me know through words. Basically I have to keep my guards up or I might feel a hand under my dress while I'm standing up talking to him (yes that did happen).

Also one summer I worked with 4 other guys at an airplane seal place
I wasn't weak back then, but since the place was more male dominated anything heavy they stopped me from doing and made the guys take over. In fact they reprimanded the guys for it.
Most of the time, i ended up painting walls, new vehicles outlines, organizing papers, metal seals, office tools, and sweeping.
If they paired us up they paired me with the same guy and told him his job was to move the metal seal or boxes of paperwork.

The pay was great and even though they undermined me as a woman I'd do it again, so I asked.
But then my cousin that worked there said they shut down the summer job because they didn't like that I was working harder than the guys.

I don't know what happened the last week of the program either because I started classes. However the last week I was there I passed out homemade cupcakes and they bought me lunch crabcake, Mac and cheese and cabbage. (No the guys didn't get anything)

[KBird]

I work in a very male-dominated industry (Architecture) and I find it maddening how little respect I receive sometimes from some of my coworkers, trades, others in the field, etc. Its frustrating because I have worked really hard to get to where I am, and to have someone refuse to talk to me and only to my male coworkers (whom I have trained) is degrading. I dont expect to get anything for my work, but just like decent respect would be nice.

To fully answer your question, I think Im finding it harder socially. Like it shouldn't be this hard, yet it is. Thats my biggest issue. However, I can work around it. Just as I can deal with the pain that comes monthly with being a woman. Im adaptable.

[Rei13]

Socially depending on what it is.

In my career I’ve noticed, generally speaking, that men tend to get more baseline respect than women do. You could have the guy and girl say the same exact thing in a similar manner and people tend to listen/respond more positively to the man over the woman. Sometimes I think people just want to hear a man say it. It doesn’t matter if he is more knowledgeable or not.

Also some women can be incredibly vicious towards other women so there is that aspect too

[Braylee]

physical for me, I don't struggle existing, thing happen I don't like but I don't think they are really because of my vagina. things my vagina and ovaries are responsible for is shedding off my uterus and spilling it out as well as all the soreness and bloating associated with the process. it also kind of sucks actually having to bear all not STD related risks regarding sex, having my IUD installed or removed isn't fair. oh and UTIs...

I like being me girls are just as good if not better than guys but I do kinda feel trapped by my own body sometimes. I don't know if id switch that seems weird, but I'd certainly like to piss wherever I want and not need to strap my tits down if I want to run up stairs.

[dustybiker2]

It isn't the difficulty. For any gender. It's how a person reacts to a personal challenge. Biological? Don't whine get up and find the solution. Social? Learn how to adapt and tackle challenges. If a woman and finding a social block find away around it. Life is hard for everyone.

One of my fav sayings "There is always a way, you just have to find it."

[dustybiker2]

*is finding

[heruncommonsense]

Being physically vulnerable.

But I'm American and refuse to lose my virginity so I will probably be ok

[emeraldsaphire]

I didn't expect it to be so even. I say biology. Menstrual cycles, pregnancy. It's a lot

[Asker]

Would you still for example want to have children?

[Nikki1989]

Biological. The social aspect is not hard on females or males if you have any personality worth sharing with people.

[Anuakshay]

Social because biological it's hard but it can be handled but socially that too in developing nations it's too hard to even have some space privacy freedom of life many times.

[FreyaRed]

Periods aren't a pleasure but other girls can be much more challenging.

[Anonymous]

Well periods and pregnancy comes to an end but violence and income gaps never go away.

[ThisDesertLife]

Social encompasses the biological issue oftentimes

[Abbycado]

Biological in my opinion.

[Asker]

Why?

[Abbycado]

Do you cramp up and involuntarily bleed once a month?

[desidoll]

One word- safety.

[Paige90]

Definitely periods!

[Bloodparadise]

Women are caged in society

[Sirenboobzilla]

100% biological

[whereismyjohnny]

Social.

[WLW04]

Social women tend to crueler. The jealousy.

[linka_pat307]

Menstruation

[loveyouoak]

Both

[adenniz]

Social pressure