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Today's topic, about women, is somewhat secretive.
But I still want to talk about the fact that everyone has a mother, a sister, a wife, a daughter, and that's something we should take seriously.
Especially the men.
01
In the women's 200m butterfly final at the Paris Olympics, there was a small episode.
Zhang Yufei, 26, won the bronze medal with a time of 2:05.09.
This is her third medal at the Games.
She swam the fastest in the competition in the last three years.
After swimming to the side, she glanced at the results, then lowered her head and clutched the edge of the pool with both hands for a long time, as if the race had exhausted all her strength.
After watching the post-match interview, I realized how difficult it was for her to win this bronze medal.
In front of the camera, she burst into tears.
"I just had a fever yesterday, and after I got better today, I met the first day of my menstrual period, and my whole right side was numb.
I didn't expect to be able to swim so fast, because I had been numb before entering the water, and the preparation activities were not like usual, and I probably only swam 1000 meters before I got into the water.
I played at 8:30 and I didn't prepare until 7:50.
To put it bluntly, I just don't want to lose face, and I have to die in the pool, and such an opportunity may never come again in the future. ”
This passage made many people outside the screen feel distressed.
At 26 years old, she is already the oldest contestant in the tournament.
Whether there is a chance to stand on the podium at the next Olympics is still unknown.
With her menstrual period and fever, she didn't have any chance of winning.
It is really not easy to win a medal for the country again with such a state of fighting against the water.
After the race, she had another cramp in her lower abdomen, and she lay in pain for 15 minutes, staying up on the podium.
The pain was obviously unbearable, but she behaved calmly.
The news said that her bronze medal was shining gold.
And not just because she deserves to be praised like this.
is even more because her words are on the hot search without any editing, which means that a mouth that is always hidden has been torn apart-
Everyone finally began to look directly at and pay attention to a difficult situation that only women understand.
02
Let's take a look at the comment area under that Weibo first.
- Swimmers said that basically a few days before menstruation, swimming will increase heart rate, fatigue, abdominal pain, not to mention that the explosive power and strength intensity of athletes are N times that of ordinary people. The butterfly stroke is the most demanding of the strokes, and I can't imagine how much pain she endured, but she still won the third place in the world.
- Good work! She is already the most decorated athlete in the Chinese swimming team.
- There are talented people in the country, and Yufei must be on the podium every time he competes, which is a proof of strength!
- The girl really understands this feeling too well, and it hurts terribly.
- These waters are cold, fever is menstrual period, or the Olympics, Zhang Yufei is really powerful.
These comments are all in the front row, and most of the comments are from women, and there are not a few men.
But it's all consistent, positive compliments.
This is especially precious in today's online public opinion environment that likes to stand in line and raise the bar.
In particular, when I saw a big brother with a portrait of still water flowing deep and said, "This symbolizes a good start and is a good sign", I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
People are becoming more and more tolerant of women, especially when it comes to menstruation.
Before, it wasn't like that.
Most girls have had this experience.
At the beginning of school, I learned to hide my menstruation without a teacher.
It subconsciously becomes a shameful word that cannot be mentioned publicly, let alone in everyday conversations.
It is often replaced by obscure words such as "auntie, relative, that, body, those days, good friends".
Sanitary napkins are called "bread" and "that", and can only exist in black plastic bags and large school uniform pockets.
The language seems to be encrypted during the conversation:
"You're not going to be that, are you?"
"yes, I'm here, do you have one?"
But girls always understand in seconds, be careful, and hide.
This was the case even in previous years.
Tens of millions of netizens quarreled for several days and nights about "whether sanitary napkins can be sold on the high-speed rail".
The reason was that a girl had an early menstrual accident when she took the high-speed rail, and she wanted to buy sanitary napkins but found that the high-speed rail was not for sale.
Later, the girl posted on the Internet, saying that the high-speed train she took had been running for so long and had not sold sanitary napkins, which was not very friendly to women, and this has happened to many girls, especially girls with unstable menstrual periods.
She made a service call and suggested that the railway could increase the number of services for the sale of sanitary napkins.
It's a very human suggestion, but the voices of ridicule on the Internet are overwhelming.
"Sanitary napkins sold in the dining car? Will women go out to take the high-speed rail to have a period, don't you have points in your heart? ”
"The little fairy is here again for privileges!"
"High-speed rail does not need to consider the small probability of special groups."
In the eyes of some people, the reasonable needs of female consumers are giant baby behavior, privilege, and hegemonism.
I don't understand, in January this year, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that at the end of 2023, China's female population was 689.25 million and the male population was 720.32 million.
How can women, who are obviously holding up half the sky, become a "special group", and why do natural physiological phenomena become "special requirements".
So when Yufei's menstrual period was on the hot search, I was very happy.
This means that the menstrual shame that breeds in silence is broken.
The difficulties of women are seen.
03
We have two female colleagues in our office, and I've seen them in their menstrual periods.
The pain turned pale, and I endured it by taking painkillers.
But people are still weak everywhere, hunched over the office chair, and insist on writing.
Almost all women suffer this every month.
Except for pregnancy.
However, after the end of pregnancy, menstruation returns, and they have to bleed for dozens of days in a row.
Women are physiologically different from men, and they do need more care in certain situations.
I remember that at the time of the epidemic, a blogger asked, "How to solve physiological problems for female medical staff wearing protective clothing for a long time, do they need to donate safety pants and the like?" ”
There are many female doctors and nurses who leave messages, and people can see the menstrual pain they are experiencing.
"Because I couldn't change the sanitary napkins, the blood flowed to the protective clothing."
"If you can't buy sanitary napkins, cover them with plastic wrap."
"My colleague had blood and urine mixed up today, and it was too difficult."
According to a data released by the Shanghai Women's Federation, more than half of the doctors on the front line are women, and more than 90% of the nurses are women.
There are also female policemen on duty at the intersection, and women volunteers who are building chiefs and regiment leaders......
Or just can't buy sanitary napkins, every ordinary girl.
After seeing the messages of some two fools being replied to by the blogger domineeringly, I just want to say that I deserve it.
Fortunately, as public awareness expands, more people no longer stigmatize menstruation.
However, we can go one step further on our own initiative.
As the New Weekly said:
The provision of sanitary napkins for female healthcare workers is by no means an unattainable feat of our ability, we just need to awaken our awareness and naturally take the initiative to pay attention to and protect this demand.
It's like holding an umbrella for the rainy, finding a beam of light for the frustrated, and lighting a torch for the lone wanderer.
I would also like to say that when we talk about women's menstrual periods, it is not limited to menstrual periods.
Or the changeable emotions brought about by uncontrollable hormonal changes in the body;
It is unavoidable, like the pain of an excavator doing large-scale construction in the stomach;
It is a variety of uncontrollable menstrual symptoms, which bring about biased accusations.
It's a women's dilemma.
04
When it comes to the "women's dilemma", it feels like a bit of a big issue.
Let's talk about those around us who ignore the existence of women.
Why is the probability of long queues in women's toilets always greater than that of men in crowded places such as shopping malls, restaurants, office buildings, etc.?
The toilet size is exactly the same, but the designers did not take into account that women spend 2.3 times more time in the toilet than men, and women tend to go to the toilet more often than men, especially pregnant women and menstruating women.
Why do working women always wear long sleeves and shawls in the office?
Because the office temperature standard was developed according to the 40-year-old man in the 60s of the 20th century.
The metabolic rate of young women is 35% lower than the standard for men, which means that the office temperature standard is on average 5°C lower for women.
Why are women more likely to be injured and killed in car accidents?
In general, men are more likely to get into car accidents than women.
But when women are involved in a car accident, the probability of injury and death is greater, with men being 71% more likely to be slightly injured, 47% more likely to be seriously injured, and 17% more likely to die than men.
And for decades, car crash test dummies have been based on average-level males.
This phenomenon has only changed since 2021, but female dummies are often only tested in the passenger seat, not in the driver's seat.
There are many more, but the space is limited, so I won't go into details.
These are not nonsense, but the popular science of Dr. Zhou Jianping from the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care of Shanghai Ruijin Hospital.
Discussing these has long been more than just seeing women's menstrual periods.
but
Some of the most basic respects that can be given can be given without empathy.
Some do not hang high, but try to understand the consideration.
Some do not engage in gender antagonism and do not speak cool words.
This is by no means a feat that we are capable of.
We just need to be aware of the need to listen and affirm women's voices naturally.
(Excerpted from the WeChat public account Mr. Wang Er)