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From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Changing Roles
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 18:09:33 EDT
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In article <551@rtech.UUCP> jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) writes:
>What I'd like to know is: what percentage of
>women suffer from PMS, and how great are its effects on them?  

PMS (pre-menstural syndrome) is a catch-all term to describe a variety
of effects the hormonal cycle may have on a woman.  Various women
suffer various symptoms to varying degrees, and they are all attributed
to PMS (as far as I can tell).  It's the "in" thing these days -  sort
of like hypoglycemia  ten years ago.  Everybody's writing about it,
researching it, trying to come up with methods to alleviate the 
symptoms.

It's kind of a Catch-22 situation.  We were told for years that women
weren't as capable as men because we were "at effect of our hormones"
once a month.  Then with the rising popularity of feminism, the
charge was denied.  We were *not* at effect.  Women who couldn't
maintain complete equanimity had other "emotional" problems.  Now,
women are starting to come back out of the closet about the effect
their hormones have on their lives, but to what cost?  I don't know.

Moira Mallison
tektronix!moiram