# If men had PMS **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339 "2022-03-19T15:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/1 "2022-03-19T15:13:18Z")
A casual comment from a female colleague got me thinking. She said if men menstruated (heaven forbid) it would be all about how long and how much : ) Add to that PMS, do you think we men would wage war, cause a monthly spike in violent crime, drug consumption and domestic violence ? Would a sympathetic judge let us go after we claim that the deed was done because we were PMSing ? I think there was case back in the day. Female dopers, what do you think ? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/2 "2022-03-19T16:51:15Z")
Not if men get periods. > **[Do Cis Men Have Periods? The Truth About Irritable Male Syndrome](https://www.healthline.com/health/do-men-have-periods)** > > Like women, men have hormonal shifts and changes. But do cis men have periods? Every day, a man’s testosterone levels rise in the morning and fall in the evening, but there's no evidence that they can have a period or PMS. Sometimes, however, these... ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/3 "2022-03-19T17:37:00Z")
> [@PozhanPop](#): > > Female dopers, what do you think ? I think this OP feels to me like a weird commentary on women. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/4 "2022-03-19T17:42:34Z")
Gloria Steinem said (something like) if men menstruated, it would be seen as a connection to the rhythm of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/5 "2022-03-19T18:47:27Z")
Also, if men got pregnant abortion would be a sacrament. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/6 "2022-03-19T19:54:38Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I think this OP feels to me like a weird commentary on women. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/7 "2022-03-19T19:54:47Z")
I’ve seen PMS defined as “That time of month when women act like men do all the time”. ---
**Author:** ![PozhanPop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pozhanpop/32/8022_2.png) [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/8 "2022-03-19T22:48:54Z")
Apologies to the female dopers if they felt offended. No misogyny intended at all. It was just a post about the addition of masculinity into something only women would know the full impact of. Especially the women in my office were having a quite a fun time applying those to their husbands and boyfriends. This whole discussion arose from a severe man cold one of the husbands was ’ suffering’ from. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/9 "2022-03-19T23:16:55Z")
Don’t tell me you have never heard of “biorhythms” ! > **[Biorhythm (pseudoscience)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorhythm_(pseudoscience))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The biorhythm theory is the pseudoscientific idea that peoples' daily lives are significantly affected by rhythmic cycles with periods of exactly 23, 28 and 33 days, typically a 23-day physical cycle, a 28-day emotional cycle, and a 33-day intellectual cycle. The idea was developed by Wilhelm Fliess in the late 19th century, and was popularized in the United States in the late 1970s. The proposal has been independently tested and, consistently, ... ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/10 "2022-03-21T19:13:33Z")
If my husband had PMS, I’d hear about it non-stop until it was over. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/11 "2022-03-21T19:16:34Z")
Some men would be bragging about their flow. Like “Man, I bled **9 ounces** last week!” and then calling other men, who bled less, pikers. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/12 "2022-03-22T04:42:05Z")
@Chronos 👏 ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-men-had-pms/961339/13 "2022-03-22T04:43:34Z")
If men had to go through pregnancy and childbirth, each family would have only one child. ~VOW