Until a man has walked a mile in these Louboutins, survived a single PMS hormonal surge, endured a PCOS flare-up, or experienced even one birthing cramp, his medical opinion on a woman’s body is worth approximately nothing. Less than nothing, actually, because the confidence with which it is delivered tends to make it actively dangerous.
Women have been navigating their own bodies their entire lives and are somehow still expected to defer to someone who has never once experienced what they are describing. One woman has a story that makes this point better than any statistic could. It is not a comfortable read, but it is a necessary one.
