The PMS Ploy

You are in the middle of a heated debate with a boy who is both intelligent and funny. You have a point of view which he vehemently opposes and vice versa. How long does the conversation continue before he slyly drops the remark, “PMS?” or God help you if you are an older woman, “Menopause”?

 It is the smartest trick in the book, men have used for decades. What happens is that you get flustered and annoyed and flounder to find the words for a dignified retort. Instead, because you are just so angry, you will sound irritated, whiny and yes - PMS-ey. There…you just let him win. 

Why does this happen? Simply because, by calling you ‘PMSey’ this man has completely disregarded  your ability to think for yourself just because it counters his own opinions and instead attributes everything that comes out of your mouth to some bloody condition in your uterus!

Women, if you think PMS is a perfect excuse to wrap those men in your life around your pinky finger, you are right. And merely for the sadistic pleasure it will give me, I would love to hear stories about how you made your boyfriend your slave during ‘that time of month’. Still, really, please, do not do it all the time. Do not persistently pretend to be whiny and overemotional and depressed all the time because it will become you. I have seen it. Your slow high pitched drawl will turn your own kind (women) fiercely against you. They will call you ‘that dumb bitch’ On the contrary, men will turn to you like magnets and jump at the opportunity to be the alpha male. All that male attention…sounds perfect?

It won’t last forever. The protector, the idol your dreamboy is a class act. It is a ploy to make you emotionally dependent on him and nothing gives him a bigger boner than that. Then, when he knows you have been ‘conquered’, he will look for his next prey, another woman, leaving you alone with your ‘over-emotions’. 

So, when men complain about women being hormonal or PMSing or menopausal I like to tell them to shove it, because we know that secretly it makes them feel like the more powerful sex and they enjoy that oh so much. I also like to remind them that women are not on their period 30 days a month. 

PMS is no longer some bodily syndrome. It is an ‘idea’ that’s become larger than life in the minds of men and women. Women - PMS is your prerogative. Don’t exploit it, don’t let it be exploited.