Womenopause

WhereProgressIsMade · 2023-07-13T02:20:19+00:00

Sure, some humor is fine by me. 😀

I get a bit irritated when people are dead serious about switching parts of words though. It’s a sign of poor education about how words have origins (etymology).

History is not derived from the words “his” and “story” for example.

History. Old English istoria, from Latin, from Greek historia ‘inquiry, narrative, account’, from histōr ‘learned, wise

Better to just move on than argue, haha.

YetAnotherCommenter · 2023-07-13T03:12:42+00:00

I get its a silly joke but the whole latin root of "menstruation" is the same as "month" (since that's roughly how often it happens). Nothing to do with men or maleness or masculinity.

MrSaturn33 · 2023-07-13T02:48:53+00:00

"Why is it menstruation, it should be womenstruation"

nambivpn · 2023-07-13T04:46:02+00:00

But womenopause still has men in it. I think the better words would be: Womynopause, womxnopause or wopause(complete elimination of men).

elebrin · 2023-07-13T12:36:38+00:00

You all probably know this but menopause is based on the ending of the period. The root, menses, is based on Latin which much of our medical terminology is based on. Menses, in turn, has its roots in the concept of moon phases.

It has everything to do with the etymology of the word. The words Men and Woman come from somewhere different, I think they are Germanic or Anglo Saxon, which is where the whole wifman/woman and wareman thing comes from.

walterwallcarpet · 2023-07-13T06:06:22+00:00

I dunno what they'd make of HISterical.

Whereas, hysterical has such an accurate etymology.

As does cunning. Definitely a female root in there, somewhere.....

ijustdontcare74 · 2023-07-13T07:27:39+00:00

Some would say it’s called menopause because it’s when a woman loses what makes her attractive to men, ie her youth and fertility. Honestly I’ve no idea of the etymological meaning.

denisc9918 · 2023-07-13T06:32:35+00:00

Nope Not me Mate!

We need accuracy in language. After dealing with my long term gf going thru it for Fkn Ever!

I'd suggest maybe "HellYears" or "LifeWithNitro"... ;-)

michaelpaoli · 2023-07-13T12:30:42+00:00

Because it gives men pause?

Shogun_397K · 2023-07-14T11:50:57+00:00

Aren't you an uneducated one...

Title	Womenopause
Author	MinMadChi
Upvotes	19
Comments	28
Date	July 13, 2023 1:51 AM UTC (3 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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