u/Songbreeze1

I'm beginning to study Anthropology this Fall, so I've been doing a little digging and studying before then. (Super excited) One of the great mysteries of Anthropology seems to be how a huge chunk of homo sapien societies seem to be more patriarchal than matriarchal. Obviously there are exceptions, and the societies rules for assigned genders are different. (I.e., 100 years ago pants were strictly masculine, whereas today it's seen more gender neutral.) But I was wanting to gather more theories as to why we think that is.

So far, I have the idea that women became 2nd class citizens after agriculture and property began to become a bigger deal, and men felt the need to control women more to have a cleaner inheritance for their offspring,

AND

That while men and women are fairly equal in endurance, men have more upper body strength and was able to dominate women into submission. (Although it's not the strongest and most violent people that lead a group, those are usually the smarter, richer or older ones. And there are no differences in intelligence in male and female homo sapien brains)

I actually have a theory myself, but I'll save that one for college.

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(Read if you want to go slightly off topic )

I actually interned at a Plains Indian Museum for a year, and one thing I thought was a little weird was the way women would give their input on important matters. The men would gather together to discuss, and a woman would enter the tipi they were in to voice her opinion. But she wouldn't directly talk to everyone, just her husband, or son or father or brother. But her voice still carried over the group so they could hear her nonetheless. I thought it was so strange hearing this, why wouldn't she just drop the pretenses and talk to the entire group? But then I remembered that I grew up Mormon. Hated it, never want to touch it again. BUT there was something kinda similar. The men leaders of the church wouldn't gather in huge groups, but as three to four. If they needed more people in their meeting, they called upon the women leaders to organize and put together the meeting. Food, location, invitations, who did what and how during the meeting, etc. They referred to the men as the "leaders" in spiritual guidance and direct for their input but they were the ones running the meeting and dictating its direction.

Sorry kinda off topic, but I liked the comparison.

At the ripe age of 23, I haven't had an official diagnosis, but I've been prediabetic since I was a teen, and there's too many symptoms now to ignore it. I'm not scared about the needles, but I'm terrified because my life will never be the same. I'm scared of navigating medical insurance, learning all the terminology, and taking just drastic changes on my life.

But weirdly enough, there's some part of me that's relieved? Like, diabetes has always hung over my head, but now it's like, there's a line now. There are medical and communal resources that didn't seem available beforehand. There's some amount of structure and I have measurements instead of a thousand different voices to scam, judge, and mislead me. The worse has already happened now I just have to adjust to it.

I'm sure regulars to this subreddit get tired of the "am I going to die" posts on here, so I apologize for contributing, but there's nobody else with diabetes in my life, so I had to ask.

Let me know any diabetic friendly recipes below, too.

I've seen this come up a couple of times, where exmos or nevermos argue that Mormons don't count as Christians for different reasons. The lack of crosses, the emphasis on Joseph smith, etc.

I kinda feel like it's counter productive. Like we all know the church is bullshit. We all know none of it is true, so for all the lies, the criminal actions, the actual depraved shit that happened, it just feels, idk, irrelevant? Like it doesn't change anyone's mind or cause reflection.

Idk, correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm missing something, I would genuinely love to know.

For context, I am on an Alaskan island for a new job. Transportation that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to go to the main land is twice a week, and I don't have health insurance. I don't have the money or literally the time to go see a gyno or a doctor, and this cyst of mine is huge. It's day three now, and it's gone from a small bump to a grape-sized balloon, and I'm afraid of it getting bigger. It's made walking, sitting, or moving at all incredibly painful, and I start work tomorrow. I'm also on my period, which makes me wear pads and the pads irritate that bump a lot.

What are the risks that may happen if I pop this thing? Is it truly worth it or will it eventually go away? Will it be soon?

Also, I'm not even sure if it is a bartholin cyst, since it's right on top of my clit (yay) instead of right next to the ole ✨cave of wonders✨

Thank you for your time

My period is very irregular, and I've actually been needing to take pills to literally start my period because something is wrong with my body and it won't usually start on its own. (Which of course stop working after taking them for more then 2 months consistently) I've noticed that there are two things that will usually jumpstart my period.

1. I move around a lot for work, and when I enter into a new place, my period usually starts within about a week.

2. New medications or noticeable hormone changes will often kickstart it as well. Couldn't tell you what specifically though, it just kinda happens.

I've had the misfortune of not having a period for almost 8 months, and I really need to see a gynecologist about this but I dont have health insurance so whatareyagonnado? I've moved again recently and like clockwork, I got my period except it has almost been a month of heavy flow and large blood clots. I knew that after so long, my period was gonna be heavy but this is excessive.

There's been no cramps, no intense cravings or emotions, and I have been under a lot of stress with this job but I'm worried that it's just gonna keep on going constantly until my entire uterus falls out.

I know that I need to see a gyno, but I'm more curious on if other we have experienced this and what they did to fix it.

My period is very irregular, and I've actually been needing to take pills to literally start my period because something is wrong with my body and it won't usually start on its own. (Which of course stop working after taking them for more then 2 months consistently) I've noticed that there are two things that will usually jumpstart my period.

1. I move around a lot for work, and when I enter into a new place, my period usually starts within about a week.

2. New medications or noticeable hormone changes will often kickstart it as well. Couldn't tell you what specifically though, it just kinda happens.

I've had the misfortune of not having a period for almost 8 months, and I really need to see a gynecologist about this but I dont have health insurance so whatareyagonnado? I've moved again recently and like clockwork, I got my period except it has almost been a month of heavy flow and large blood clots. I knew that after so long, my period was gonna be heavy but this is excessive.

There's been no cramps, no intense cravings or emotions, and I have been under a lot of stress with this job but I'm worried that it's just gonna keep on going constantly until my entire uterus falls out.

I know that I need to see a gyno, but I'm more curious on if other we have experienced this and what they did to fix it.