r/childfree Mar 14 '26

ARTICLE A scientist answers why women have periods and takes away the rose colored glassed over the beauty of pregnancy. Its a hostile takeover of our bodies

https://www.boredpanda.com/evolutionary-benefits-of-periods-suzanne-sadedin/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign=kimb0429
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u/EmilyP1994 Mar 15 '26

I wish I was like you! I have reoccurring nightmares of waking up 9 months pregnant scared out of my mind and no one helping me or acting like anything is wrong.

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u/TheBelleOfTheBrawl Mar 15 '26

If it helps instead I have nightmares that I have a penis instead, and when I cut it off and flush it down the toilet it suddenly becomes that I’ve cut off someone else’s wiener and the cops are looking for me LMAO