# Did you know that all women have periods? (link included) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165 "2004-11-22T20:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/21 "2004-11-23T03:09:01Z")
TMI alert, as if the rest of this thread wasn’t TMI enough… > [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Did you know that all women have periods every four weeks lasting three to four days? Three to four days? I _wish_. Even on the pill mine last 6-7. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/22 "2004-11-23T03:11:57Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Three to four days? I wish. Even on the pill mine last 6-7. But the video was quite adamant. Adamant and repetitive. Periods occur every four weeks and last up to 3-4 days. Oh well I guess you have to figure in inflation since the 60’s. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/23 "2004-11-23T03:23:57Z")
It is clearly an old educational film. 16mm most likely, then colorized for the showing you see on the web link. The young lady has the classic facial features of a Down’s Syndrome child, as well as the lilt to her voice. I’ve spent time on and off my entire life with folks with Down’s Syndrome. Not difficult to see it in her. It doesn’t feel like a spoof, although I only watched a short portion of it. It seems to be just what it purports to be. Repetition is a huge part of embedding an idea firmly into the mind of many mentally challenged children and adults. Having assisted in the personal hygiene maintenance of more than one mentally challenged female adult ( it was a fairly dire emergency at the moment… ) I didn’t feel the need to watch this entire thing. But the dialogue rings true. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/24 "2004-11-23T03:39:53Z")
3 things. 1. I can’t begin to express how happy I am to be a man. Happy ++ 2. I am cured of a lifelong panty fetish. 100% cured. Future girlfriends will not have the now retired benefit of carte blanche at the local lingerie stores. 3. Does Opal have a period? Yes she does, about every 4 weeks for 3-4 days. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/25 "2004-11-23T04:10:46Z")
I wanted to laugh and laugh at that, because I love that sort of dated educational movie, but I’m actually kind of touched. Way back in the days of bouffant hairdos, somebody was taking seriously the needs of special-needs kids, and you know, I never even thought before about the particular need to explain periods to girls who might otherwise be completely freaked out when it first happened. I can’t laugh at all – that was a sweet movie. (OK, just one laugh: when the girl said to Daddy, “We’re talking about PERIODS!” Daddy’s next line was so obviously supposed to be “Bye!”) ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/26 "2004-11-23T04:21:48Z")
:eek: That wasn’t why I entered this thread. I was expecting a rant about how the word wo.men should always have a _full-stop_ in the middle. The fact that wo.men have periods is something, someone who is not a wo.man, should not know. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/27 "2004-11-23T05:02:49Z")
Was the blood on that used pad _yellow_?! Red blood doesn’t bother me. But yellow? Ick ick ick! I hope to God that was just a colorization screwup. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/28 "2004-11-23T05:06:46Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Three to four days? I _wish_. Even on the pill mine last 6-7. Obviously you’re not a woman. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/29 "2004-11-23T05:57:45Z")
Okay. No father - no _man_ is ever going to do the following: “Hey, girls, whatcha talking about?” “Periods.” _father sits down and joins conversation_ Reality: “Hey girls, what are you talking about?” “Periods.” _Father wordlessly leaves_. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/30 "2004-11-23T06:13:57Z")
I hange out in GD and wander over here once in a while. I am now terrified and running back. Wimpering appropriately. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/31 "2004-11-23T06:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Blood comes from inside my body through the hole between my legs. > > Blood comes from inside my body through the hole between my legs. > > Blood comes from inside my body through the hole between my legs. > > Blood comes from inside my body through the hole between my legs. I think that works better than “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/32 "2004-11-23T06:59:08Z")
The soundtrack to that movie, with just a little editing and some nice drum-and-synth loops, would make a very interesting piece of techno. ---
**Author:** ![stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stately_plump_buck_mulligan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/33 "2004-11-23T07:07:07Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > The soundtrack to that movie, with just a little editing and some nice drum-and-synth loops, would make a very interesting piece of techno. First thing I thought upon listening: “PRIME. SAMPLING. MATERIAL.” ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/34 "2004-11-23T07:57:34Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Okay. No father - no _man_ is ever going to do the following: > “Hey, girls, whatcha talking about?” > “Periods.” > _father sits down and joins conversation_ How the hell do you think I got to the point where I watch surgery for fun? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/35 "2004-11-23T08:08:57Z")
Ohh, I can’t believe I even opened the link. 2 thoughts. 1. They show a used pad, repeatedly, yet can’t say “vagina”, opting instead for “the hole between my legs”. 2. I don’t care how well my wife washes herself. If she doesn’t switch to tampons I’m never going south of the border again. God I’m glad I’m a man. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/36 "2004-11-23T08:14:26Z")
For heaven’s sake, you philistines, it’s “the _opening_ between my legs,” not the _hole_. Don’t be nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/37 "2004-11-23T08:20:43Z")
Y’know, we’re probably going to find out later that this was directed by Francis Ford Coppola when he was young and needed the money, or something. > [@emekthian](#): > > Red blood doesn’t bother me. But yellow? Ick ick ick! > I hope to God that was just a colorization screwup. Well, what about blue? But, to put your mind at ease, it looked red in the file I got. (The _pad_ looked completely white, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/38 "2004-11-23T08:24:22Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Okay. No father - no _man_ is ever going to do the following: > “Hey, girls, whatcha talking about?” > “Periods.” > _father sits down and joins conversation_ > > Reality: > “Hey girls, what are you talking about?” > “Periods.” > _Father wordlessly leaves_. It’s even worse at the end, when Jill proudly informs Dad that she’s wearing a pad. Major ewww factor here: Dad: “So, Jill, can you tell me what to do with the used pad?” Jill: “Well, first I fold it over, then I wrap it up…” The men in my life are mortified at being asked to pick up tampons at the grocery store! No way are they getting involved with the disposal process! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/39 "2004-11-23T09:49:59Z")
The infamous **Boyd Rice** uses the soundtrack from this in a wonderful and bizarre track entitled “Period Piece”. I’m glad to know the original source…I think. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165/40 "2004-11-23T09:50:07Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Ohh, I can’t believe I even opened the link. 2 thoughts. > > 1. They show a used pad, repeatedly, yet can’t say “vagina”, opting instead for “the hole between my legs”. > > 2. I don’t care how well my wife washes herself. If she doesn’t switch to tampons I’m never going south of the border again. > > God I’m glad I’m a man. Well, if this is for the developmentally disabled, it would make sense for them to keep the vocabulary as simple as possible. I get the feeling it’s not so much a matter of prudery as one of practicality and making sure the target audience understands. Also, get a grip. You haven’t caught the mouth rot yet, so whatever she’s doing is clearly adequate. Besides, there’s _way_ grosser stuff that comes out of coochies. You ever see all the schmutz that comes out with babies? That stuff is just gross. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-all-women-have-periods-link-included/276165.md?page=3)