In the first place, women don't have menstrual cramps all the time. Who's saying this? Some women have menstrual cramps during a certain part of their cycle. But many women do not have menstrual cramps or they are not bad.

I had cramps as a teenager when the whole shebang was getting started. At first they were really bad, but by two years in, I wasn't having cramps. Most of my life I have not had cramps. I'm in the wind down phase now, and on occasion I have mild cramps. They're hardly earth shattering. I am having more headaches though, and overall muscular fatigue.

Some women, usually ones who have some kind of reproductive condition like endometriosis do have chronic horrendous cramps. Treatment for endometriosis is lackluster at best. No doubt these women suffer a great deal and they are often denied elective hysterectomies, which would solve the problem.

I have a friend whom had to go through that. She was denied for 10 years and for 10 years it was a monthly torture for two weeks out of every month. I used to take care of her kids so she could lay down with a hot compress for a few hours when Urchling was little.

As far as birthing goes, it is a seminal experience. In ancient Sparta, women who died in childbirth were buried with honor, the same as a warrior who died in battle. Thanks to medical advancements, we don't face the possibility of death the same way those ancient women did, but make no mistake, it IS still dangerius. Every single one of us face the possibility of something going wrong during pregnancy and birth. We all have to face that.

Men tend to be overly flippant about that. Easy to do when it's not you.

Dave, you have a habit of missing the mark in understanding what people are saying. I'm going to suggest that's a real possibility here. They're saying this in response to a particular flippancy or diss coming from the manosphere or a particular article or commentor. It's a clap back. That's what I've seen.

I wouldn't hinge more than that on it.