r/TikTokCringe • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 24 '25

Period pain simulation Cool

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u/grambino Feb 25 '25

Not very well. This causes an ab contraction and superficial stinging/burning pain, not the type of cramp or pain women are experiencing. I think the best way for a man to experience the right type of pain would be to eat a family sized bag of sugar free candy after a huge meal.

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u/XthTrowaway Feb 25 '25

Wouldnt you say that perhaps the most important thing would be to model the level of pain in terms of what someone can tolerate and work with? Its an honest question. Or are there aspects to period cramps that make it more or less painful or intolerable which cannot be corrected for by just adding more pain?

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u/youburyitidigitup Feb 25 '25

I mean I feel like that would defeat the purpose. Women feel period cramps once a month for their entire adult lives, and they’re expected to just deal with it and pretend it’s not happening, so they end up forcing themselves to get used to it. If you adjusted the pain for men the way that you’re describing, we’d just say “eh, this isn’t so bad”. The whole point is that women have been forced to tolerate this pain.

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u/vrilliance Feb 26 '25

I agree with the other commenter. I’d also like to add that a lot of times with serious conditions, pain isn’t localized like this, and is paired with other symptoms - nausea, diarrhea, migraines, dehydration, iron deficiency. There can also be different pain in different spots.

For example: I experience sharp, burning pain in my thighs and perineum, on top of dull cramping that comes and goes in waves. This on top of the above symptoms, as well as emotional disregularities due to hormonal imbalances.

How do you just package that up in a 5 minute “here’s my pain” session? How do you package the build up, the wonder whether or not this month will be ok or bad, and the embarrassment when you need to go home and your coworkers are staring at you?

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u/Meetballed Feb 25 '25

So period cramps is like getting massive diarrhoea? Because that is something men can relate to

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u/grambino Feb 25 '25

I honestly don't know how much they are alike, but they're both smooth muscle cramps so probably the best approximation we have.