Tides / Trench

Closest match: Facelina auriculata genome assembly, chromosome: 15 Common name: Slender Facelina

things like endometriosis can develop in an estrogen-dominated system, because its the hormones that cause the growth of endometrial lesions, not the “parts” themselves. If you’re experiencing unusually painful symptoms* then you have a right to find a doctor who will take you seriously and not try to gaslight you into thinking that the pain is “normal”.

This cycle causes the shedding of the uterus lining, which is menstruation, but that’s only one symptom of a period and the two should not be treated as synonyms (hence the distinction between menstruation and PMS). In fact it’s actually quite daunting, and reflective of a severe lack of sex education on how estrogen-dominated systems work, that so many people in the notes of this post do not realise that menstruation is not the only part of a period. Cis women without uteruses, for example, still experience period symptoms if their ovaries remain intact, because the ovaries still produce estrogen, and if they also don’t have their ovaries, then cis women may also go on HRT to restore their low levels of estrogen back to their normal levels, and will again experience the period symptoms caused by an estrogen-dominated system, such as bloating, mood swings, fatigue and even things such as PMDD (which is a hormone-based disorder and does not require the presence of a uterus, hence why trans women on HRT can also develop this debilitating disorder).

This knowledge is vital, not just for trans women, but for everyone with an estrogen-dominated system (cis women, trans women, pre-T trans men etc.) because working under the belief that period symptoms are entirely contained within the uterus means that many symtoms, issues and disorders can go undiagnosed when the uterus is not present. Endometriosis, for example, is literally a disorder caused by endometrial tissue growing outside of the uterus, so removing the uterus does not cure endometriosis.

TERFs are willing to ignore basic biological facts and literally put women in danger by minimising the effects that estrogen itself has on the body purely to further their exclusionary agenda wherin the idea of a trans woman being able to relate to them in any way causes them to seethe with misplaced anger.

It’s also interesting how much they’ve deified their own pain and suffering, so being exposed to the fact that this pain is not exclusive to cis women (or more specifically, those with a uterus) is so threatening to them that they have to literally change immutable facts in order to deny this reality.