Just because I’m grumpy doesn’t mean that it’s “that time of the month”.

No, no one has accused me of this today. Actually it’s been a few years (well, not counting someone having commented here a few months back that that must be why I was feeling so emotional). But I did see something on a kids’ (well, teen’s– like one of those Saved By The Bell-ish shows?) show today that annoyed the hell out of me. I don’t even know what show it was– just that some teenage guy made a crack about a teenage girl being surly because it was ‘that time of the month’. And then nothing else was said about it. Like they just accepted that; there couldn’t be any other reason. I didn’t think that people thought that way anymore!

I did used to work with a man who was always making cracks about things like that. “Oh, look out, Dorothy’s annoyed… must be ‘that time’.” Damn, man, Dorothy was annoyed EVERY day. Mainly because this guy never did his job properly and always showed up late.

It just makes my brain explode that when a woman’s pissed off, it’s because she’s got PMS, there can be no other reason. When a guy’s in a pissy mood, it’s because he’s a man, and men have Important Concerns– you never hear anyone saying “Hey, Bob’s annoyed today– must be a sperm retention headache”.