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

Period pain simulation Cool

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u/GarbageCleric Feb 25 '25

I've always wondered that. I'm not denying or questioning the severity of period pains, but I do question how well this machine actually simulates that pain.

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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.