These are two words that strike fear in men. All men really know is that their wives and girlfriends go through some sort of evil bonding monthly ritual. This monthly ritual makes the women cranky, seems to be painful to them, and forces them to buy something called tampons or sanitary napkins. Please ladies, stock up, because it is the rare male who will buy this item for you if you are in a bind.
Men think that it takes away some of their testosterone or something.
What most men don't realize, is that women aren't too thrilled with this monthly ritual either. The same sex that not only hates to hear their wives complain about such things but also the same sex who never went through this for even one month, let alone every month for 40 years or so. One of my friends started to run into problems at the ripe old age of 14. Her periods were never regular and she was always prone to heavy bleeding. By the time she reached 31 her male doctor was more or less blaming her for the problems.