Agreed, I don’t think it’s actually that rare. The rare part is the common knowledge and normalization, which makes it so much easier to raise as a hypothesis in the heat of the moment.
The rare part is the common knowledge and normalization
Trying to suggest that someone else’s bad mood might be caused by their period would be considered by most people horribly sexist. So you can only hope that they might notice it themselves… or very gently and non-specifically point towards the general idea of hangriness and hope that they can connect the dots...
And this is more likely to work if the concept is a frequently used common knowledge.
Agreed, I don’t think it’s actually that rare. The rare part is the common knowledge and normalization, which makes it so much easier to raise as a hypothesis in the heat of the moment.
Trying to suggest that someone else’s bad mood might be caused by their period would be considered by most people horribly sexist. So you can only hope that they might notice it themselves… or very gently and non-specifically point towards the general idea of hangriness and hope that they can connect the dots...
And this is more likely to work if the concept is a frequently used common knowledge.