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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:16 PM Original message |
I'm calling BS on folks who say it's sexist to ask about migraines. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. A good friend of mine - a guy - suffered from debilitating migraines. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. I have the aura of migraines quite frequently |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Migraines = sexist? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, it's not sexist to ask for details about a migraine issue. It's directly related... |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Supposedly, they strike women more frequently than men. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. This is true. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I see. Thanks. Seems a lot of ailments strike women more than men... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Women live longer |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. But another kind of debilitating headache--cluster headaches--predominantly strike |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. My beloved ex gets debilitating cluster headaches |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I get 'cluster headaches' - which my doctor told me are the |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Clusters are NOT male form of Migraine... It's just that more males than females get clusters. |
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richmwill (972 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Total BS to call it "sexist". |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am a migraine sufferer. |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Hugs. I am also. Sorry to see another one of us here w/Migraine Disease! |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well, I do reliably get more intense migraines with my period... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. I wonder. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm a man and get migraines. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. To play devils advocate - would this have been brought up with any of the men? |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not sexist, and has nothing to do with migraines |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Paul Tsongas was questioned because he had cancer, not because |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
17. How about asking if the medication she is on turns her from blithering idiot to |
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Progress Now (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. It has sexist overtones |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Complete bullshit |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Women also get ovarian cancer |
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Progress Now (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I pretty much agree with your definition of sexism |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm not sure it's been proven that Bachmann is a woman |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Missing the issue again |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm an old male fucker and I had SEVERE migraines most of my adult life |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. who is calling it sexist. if used in a sexist manner from uneducated that assume it is a female |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. I agree. I'm a guy, used to get SEVERE migraines. I would be good for nothing |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. In my late teens I occasionally got horrible migraines |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. I haven't seen people call it sexist (besides your link). |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. can find it throughout the media |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Me-Me-Mika on Morning Joe was calling it sexist. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. OMZ, apparently "sexism" absolves any woman anywhere from accountability. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. I don't think it is "sexist" but it is not a particularly intelligent line of inquiry either. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. Please read the article in Psychology Today, mentioned in this post: |
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