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Carolyn

@evacide Wow.

Women, time to go back to paper calendars.

30 Oct 2023 at 19:01 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Matteꙮ Italia

@CStamp @evacide I think this is one of those cases where it's fundamental to use stuff that is open and that stores data strictly on your device. We use Periodical (arnowelzel.de/en/projects/peri), which is a bit barebones but does the job; Drip (bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/) also is open and all-local and seems to be the much more refined, but we never tried it.

30 Oct 2023 at 20:14 | Open on hachyderm.io
Carolyn

@cvtsi2sd @evacide I've never understood using an app for stuff like that, and these days, it seems dangerous in some countries. If folk feed the need, learning to be safe with it is important.

30 Oct 2023 at 20:23 | Open on mastodon.social
Erotic Mythology (hire me) 💖

@cvtsi2sd @CStamp @evacide There is also Euki, which has a feature where it shows fake data when you enter the code 0000 to unlock.

eukiapp.com/

30 Oct 2023 at 21:28 | Open on mastodon.social
Chookbot

@cvtsi2sd @CStamp@mastodon.social @evacide There's this thing called a calendar. You mark it with a pen. Nobody raids it.

31 Oct 2023 at 1:59 | Open on theblower.au
OtownKim

@CStamp @evacide I had my daughter go back to paper. We are in Florida

30 Oct 2023 at 20:48 | Open on toot.community
Simon :verified:
Carolyn

@Sim0n @evacide The moon? Can't think when that ever would've been helpful.

30 Oct 2023 at 20:54 | Open on mastodon.social
evacide

@CStamp @Sim0n I suspect that Simon has never had to keep track of his period.

30 Oct 2023 at 20:57 | Open on hachyderm.io
Simon :verified:

@evacide @CStamp that’s a fair assumption but it does segue nicely into a little story about the oldest calendar found by archaeologists which is basically 28 notches in a bit of wood. Historians (mostly men) assumed it was associated with some sort of moon worship however there is another reason why some primitive humans may have wanted to track a 28 day cycle

30 Oct 2023 at 21:00 | Open on mastodon.org.uk
evacide

@Sim0n @CStamp I am also familiar with the work of Margaret Mead, yes.

30 Oct 2023 at 21:02 | Open on hachyderm.io
Simon :verified:

Claudia Zaslavsky and the Ishango bone if y’all are interested.

30 Oct 2023 at 21:09 | Open on mastodon.org.uk
Carolyn

@Sim0n @evacide "a new study found only 13 percent of women have a 28-day cycle" and many don't even have regular X number of days.

healthline.com/health-news/for

Male historians have been making a lot of assumptions based on their lack of understanding and pre-concieved biases, such as now we are learning that those women who were buried with hunting gear actually were hunters.

30 Oct 2023 at 21:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Simon :verified:

@CStamp @evacide thank you, that’s very interesting

30 Oct 2023 at 21:10 | Open on mastodon.org.uk
Carolyn

@Sim0n @evacide Even women have a lot of misconceptions about our bodies, as teaching kids about their bodies doesn't seem to be a priority in many places.

30 Oct 2023 at 21:11 | Open on mastodon.social
Simon :verified:

@CStamp @evacide I used to be able to set my watch by my wife’s cycle, which is why we have three children almost exactly three years apart as we planned. She is now getting a little more variable as things change

30 Oct 2023 at 22:18 | Open on mastodon.org.uk
Carolyn
Chookbot

@Sim0n This doesn't qualify you to speak about women in general.

31 Oct 2023 at 2:02 | Open on theblower.au
Juleselt

@CStamp @Sim0n @evacide THIS👆🏼

My cycle was so regular I could tell you which day of the month it would start.

HOWEVER, as I got older, over 40, that lengthened. It became 30 days, than 32, than 33, and so on until I hit menopause.

More people need to learn this stuff.

30 Oct 2023 at 23:47 | Open on universeodon.com
Chookbot

@Sim0n @evacide @CStamp@mastodon.social That's using a stick, not the moon. Also, stick to subjects you know something about.
#mansplaining

31 Oct 2023 at 2:01 | Open on theblower.au
Matt Blaze

@CStamp @Sim0n @evacide the moon provides useful illumination for reading your written calendar at night. You’re welcome.

30 Oct 2023 at 21:11 | Open on federate.social
nyx

@Sim0n @CStamp @evacide Experience showed that this is working perfectly well when not on hormone based contraceptives.

30 Oct 2023 at 21:29 | Open on im-in.space
Berg Am Laimerin

@nyx @Sim0n @CStamp @evacide
Experience showed that you can have an rather irregular cycle *without* ever have taken hormone based contraceptives.

30 Oct 2023 at 22:26 | Open on muenchen.social
Berg Am Laimerin

@nyx @Sim0n @CStamp @evacide
And tracking something between 4 and 6 weeks with help of the moon? Don't tell my younger self, she would have reacted aggressively...

30 Oct 2023 at 22:29 | Open on muenchen.social
Carolyn

@bergamlaimerin @nyx @Sim0n @evacide Hormone-based contraceptives generally make periods predictable, which is one of many reasons some women like to used them.

30 Oct 2023 at 22:32 | Open on mastodon.social
mann_ey

@Sim0n @CStamp @evacide WTAF, dude. If I had a perfect 28-day cycle for 420 months in a row, give or take a few years, I wouldn't need to fucking track it, would I?!

30 Oct 2023 at 23:21 | Open on digitalcourage.social
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