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menstrual products cause BODILY HARM. toothpaste causes dental issues for women because it was designed for MEN. male baldness is studied more than ENDOMETRIOSIS. they even created male birth control... then pulled it over ACNE, HAIR LOSS, MOOD SWINGS, and cancer risks… the same side effects women have endured for DECADES. this isn’t just medicine. it’s a system that protects MEN’S COMFORT while ignoring WOMEN’S PAIN.

I was 15 years old at a doctor's appointment by myself because my cramps were so bad I'd throw up and miss school. I thought I was finally going to get help. The doctor didn't ask how long it's been happening. Didn't ask how much blood. Didn't ask if I fainted. He looked at me and said: "Are you sexually active?" I said no. He smirked like I was lying and said: "Sure." Then he added, like it was a compliment: "You're pretty. I'm sure boys are already trying." My stomach dropped. I remember laughing a little because I didn't know what else to do. Because when you're a teenage girl alone in a room with a grown man in a white coat... you learn fast that your discomfort doesn't matter. Then he said I "needed" a pelvic exam. I said I didn't want one. He sighed like I was being annoying and said: "Don't be difficult. This is normal." No explanation. No consent. No nurse offered in the room. Just gloves. Just pressure. Just a man acting like my body belonged to him because he had a title. I froze. I stared at the ceiling. I tried to disappear. And I walked out thinking / was the problem. Years later I realized: that wasn't healthcare. That was misogyny with a stethoscope.