Unpopular opinions #9

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Ibrokethegoddamnwheel said:
Not sure if this will be classed as ‘unpopular’ but I think anyone who is expecting a child should be made to take a course in child development. Some people are clueless as to what normal toddler/child behaviour is and how to deal with it and it’s harmful to the child in the long run. It would be beneficial for everyone if all potential parents had at least a basic understanding.
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How would that work when every child is different ? there is no normal .

StrawberryCream said:
That Norwegian Christmas advert with Santa snogging the man is disturbing on so many levels. I’m all for the gays but let’s leave Santa alone?
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I didn't know what to make of it either 😂 It was a bit disturbing .
 
Ensay said:
Haha I've never understood why any man would voluntarily subject themselves to one of those things!

As a man I'm eternally grateful I'll never have to experience the pain of childbirth. I 100% believe women when they say how painful it is and certainly don't need a machine to convince me. 😂
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The pain is bad enough. But men will never understand the sheer exhaustion of hours and hours of the cervix being opened and your whole Skeleton shifting and being so so tired…just saying 🤷‍♀️ No machine can replicate that

emm said:
don't we all enjoy the month hassle/horrendous pain of periods?! :ROFLMAO:
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Feels like your insides are being scraped with a spoon
 
Jesus said:
And supposedly women are the weaker sex 🤣 they might be physically stronger but some men are pussies when it comes to pain!
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there is a saying by (I cannot remember who) but about how it makes no sense that we say "grow some balls" rather than a pussy.. when we all know what happens when you kick someone in the fomer.. but the latter can take a pounding...
 
Mrs brighside said:
The pain is bad enough. But men will never understand the sheer exhaustion of hours and hours of the cervix being opened and your whole Skeleton shifting and being so so tired…just saying 🤷‍♀️ No machine can replicate that



Feels like your insides are being scraped with a spoon
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You're spot on
No machine can replicate the feeling. Maybe of the early pre labour contractions, but the actual labour not a chance.

By the end I felt like my body was litrially being ripped in two. My son also very kindly came out hand first, so his razor sharp baby nails also cut me up as he came out. So that was a nice addition to the already agonising pain.
 
Brigitjonesbuttcheek said:
You're spot on
No machine can replicate the feeling. Maybe of the early pre labour contractions, but the actual labour not a chance.

By the end I felt like my body was litrially being ripped in two. My son also very kindly came out hand first, so his razor sharp baby nails also cut me up as he came out. So that was a nice addition to the already agonising pain.
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I’d take an epidural over natural labour anyday I’m not talking in pain terms the sensation of natural birth is awful 🤢
 
Ibrokethegoddamnwheel said:
Not sure if this will be classed as ‘unpopular’ but I think anyone who is expecting a child should be made to take a course in child development. Some people are clueless as to what normal toddler/child behaviour is and how to deal with it and it’s harmful to the child in the long run. It would be beneficial for everyone if all potential parents had at least a basic understanding.
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Agree with this plus therapy for every parent too.

With abuse you either become the opposite or just like the abuser. My dad had an awful upbringing with his father, but he chose to become just like him.
 
Jesus said:
Not really the same thing but the talk about sanitary products reminded me of this.
Explained sex (Netflix UK) has an episode on birth control where they said the technology for the male birth control pill has been around since the 70s. The reason it has never been brought to market is because they couldn't get men to complete the trial, the men would complain of side effects such as weight gain, mood swings and other side effects also experienced by women on birth control 😂.
That episode highlights the lack of fucks given to improve birth control for women because women need birth control and companies are making money already. Birth control is a women's issue.
My country is bringing in free birth control for people between 18 and 25 which I think is great but jesus christ can we get some contraception that doesn't make you fat/angry/kill your sex drive.
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I lived with a girl who worked in science/fertility and if memory serves, an IVF clinic. She said the same thing. The technology has been there, it’s the inclination that hasn’t been. Easier to continue to police and shame women than.. you know, for the male sex to actually take responsibility for it.

emm said:
so many things would be different for us if men experienced them, not least the enduring idea that somehow giving birth without an epidural is better, I have never heard anyone use the same argument for dental work, for example
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I asked my Dr friend why some people didn’t opt for an epidural - it seemed like a no brainer to me. Apparently it can effect your ability to push, which has a knock on effect with the rest of the birth. It does amaze me sometimes that we haven’t found a better way to do it. But the I realise women are hardly involved in medical research, are barely represented in medical research trials and aren’t equally represented in medical academia 🙃
 
BettyCrockerr said:
I didn’t find natural labour that bad…….

granted at the time it was pretty intense but not awful and definitely not the worst pain I’ve ever been in (completely natural births, no drugs, no epidural)
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I didn't find the pain bad ,just the sensation I hated .
 
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