#estrogen levels

[womenshealthjourney]

Estrogen-rich Foods: Impact on Hormone Balance and Understanding Their Significance

Estrogens are natural hormones found in both men and women, playing a critical role in regulating various bodily functions, particularly in reproductive health. In women, estrogens are mainly responsible for the development of female sexual characteristics and reproduction. While the body produces its own estrogen, certain foods contain phytoestrogens, which can somewhat mimic the hormone's effects. Incorporating foods high in phytoestrogens into your diet may influence your body's estrogen levels and offer a range of potential health benefits. Visit: https://bellabeat.com/diet-and-nutrition/estrogen-rich-foods-significance/

[fyeaheddiemunson]

[bogkeep]

reading the instruction booklet for my t gel like

"this product is intended for men who do not produce enough testosterone"

"this product is ONLY intended for MEN"

"WOMEN DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!!!!!!"

truly striking how so many of the gender affirming treatments are made with cis people in mind. i was offered estrogen when i was 19 after a couple blood tests (which i didn't want!!!), but it's taken me Three years of talking to psychologists and "experts" to qualify for T... and that's not including the years it took me to decide i want to go on T at all or the time i spent on their waiting list. wild!!!!!

[apollos-boyfriend]

Is being on both testosterone and estrogen at the same time a real thing? Wouldn't they cancel each other out? /gen I don't know how hormone drugs work and that sounds fascinating

it totally is! hormones are something that differ for everyone and every body is gonna have different reactions and levels (esp in people who have had surgery!). it also depends on how they’re taken, ie injections will have a stronger and faster reaction than say, gel, on top of obviously dosage. what i hope to be doing is just microdosing on estrogen for a Specific Thing, and in that case i’ll be taking such a small and focused dose that it literally won’t effect any other part of my body. you can take kind of every hormone concoction imaginable in certain doses and with certain methods! beautiful hrt soup

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Thr thing abt me is that I want to know exactly how psychiatric medications work. I don't want the simplified version. Dont give me the "I'm talking to the public" answers. I want the specific mechanisms and how exactly it causes its side effects.

[marley-manson]

Out of curiosity, how would you describe ways people are misogynistic about female characters they like? I can probably guess, ("she's a perfect angel", "she's two dimensional now because everything she does is excusable", "she's the mother", etc.) but I would like to hear your take on it

Yeah that's definitely one of the categories of commentary I was thinking of. Reducing her down to a badass lady with the sole braincell, ignoring flaws and complexities and completely smoothing out her personality, mom friend lol, you nailed that. Also the classic awesome lady and her silly boys style threesome stuff, or the canon love interest in m/m who is totally understanding and supportive and steps aside or welcomes an open relationship happily. It's super annoying and tbqh I'd by far rather see people completely ignore a fictional woman's existence than frame her like that. Honestly, I'd rather see genuine character bashing of a love interest lol, because at least in those fics she usually has a personality, and sometimes even gets to do interesting things.

On the het fan side of things I'd also include a loooooooot of the ways people write and talk about het romance. I see a lot of female character fans, usually the kind who are resentful of m/m and call gay shippers misogynist a lot, who act like their favourite fictional woman can only attain personal fulfillment if she gets together with the dude they ship her with and see anyone who doesn't ship her with a dude (often including f/f fans) as like, maliciously depriving her of happiness lol.

But also all those little heteronormative things that add up - the woman is 'spunky' or 'sassy' (because the man has the power), she falls very neatly into the small weak feminine category to contrast with the manly dude with rough calloused hands (no matter how effeminate the dude actually is lol), she's nurturing and comforting and reads the dude's mind to provide him exactly what he needs and is tolerant and indulgent of his shittiness, her good looks are pointed out a lot, she's a great mom no matter what her canon personality is, etc etc.

And then there's the ship wars lol. Being a fan of a fictional woman absolutely does not mean you love all fictional women, and a lot of the absolute nastiest most misogynist statements I've seen in fandom have come from rival hetshippers wanking. You want to see a woman called a screeching harpy or a fugly slut or a manipulative whore or whatever else lol dive into a fandom with rival het ship wars. My favourite woman is practically perfect in every way and deserves the dude, your favourite woman is a wanton hussy.

This also holds true for the very few f/f fandoms that have rival f/f ships ime. Even Xena fandom regularly had plenty of misogynist things to say about any woman who makes eyes at Gabrielle who isn't Xena lol.

Also I would argue that wider f/f fandom's really fucking annoying compulsion to smooth away all relationship and character flaws and write two perfect women braiding each others' hair and maybe delicately finger-fucking at best in fear of problematic dynamics and kinks is also misogynist at its core, at least as an inescapable trend if not on an individual basis. Though, on that individual basis, the rhetoric around policing problematic f/f is absolutely misogynist (and homophobic). Good women don't get off on power and abuse, we can only like totally egalitarian sex, you're probably a predator if you're into dark fiction, that kind of shit.

And of course that also goes for the rhetoric around fic in general and how much misogyny is aimed at women writing kinky shit or m/m etc, but that's a bit of a digression since it's aimed at real women rather than fictional characters, so I'll stop there.

Thanks for asking and giving me a chance to complain more lol <3

[theonpilled]

the Algerian boxer thing is so disgusting honestly. imagine being a world class athlete who works her ass off every day to be at the Olympics and when you're there they're like no u look too much like a man so you must secretly be one. I'd start punching random people and politicians if I were her

[iliterallydecepticanteven]

"you're weird if you sleep in socks" motherfucker i have poor circulation and cold feet so get off my dick!!!!

[brain-rot-central]

i've hit a creative wall with sonnet but i think i figured out how i want their whole love confession to go?

[theygender]

The more I think about it the more I really feel like the recently coined term mesosex might fit me and it's been shared by several intersex education/advocacy blogs I follow now so I know there's support for the term but I'm still like. Scared I would be Intruding™ on intersex issues if I started using it. Like I mean. I'm an afab & (afaik) perisex person with a reproductive disorder that's likely caused by a (non-intersex) hormone imbalance which I'm now essentially having to take feminizing HRT to fix, and as a result I'm now growing tits and undergoing female-pattern fat redistribution at the age of 25 after years of having little to no secondary sex characteristics. I've always identified with intersex issues but now that I'm essentially having to undergo HRT to make my body match my asab that connection to intersex issues feels even stronger. And like that's what the term is for. But my anxiety is still like "but what if you're intruding tho" lol 🙃

[swan2swan]

Me years ago: "Actually, I don't think she can be trans, because I think you need medications for that, so with being stuck on an island that would be an issue..."

Me now, typing: "Estrogen...used...for...veterinary...purposes..."

[shrimpoe]

Hrt day 70; My period started half a week early 😒. Period symptoms like cramps and upset stomach are still pretty rough compared to pre-T. Sitting is beginning to cause some discomfort w my Business. However my Business is Awesome. My waist is a lot more straight and happy trail is up to my mid torso :~3

[bauhome]

i got prescribed estrogen blockers today

[rachedurst]

I forgot ishmael moby dick is not a trans woman in the book again and was jumpscared by the he himming

[lovelymotel]

이거 그거 잖아 !! “나에겐 더이상 정신질환이 없다”

This is it!! “I no longer have a mental illness”

[uncanny-tranny]

Cis people, your bodies produce both estrogen and testosterone, and your body needs a mixture of both sex hormones (this is why hormone therapies work for trans people!).

Your body produces a mixture of estrogen and testosterone, and you might find that your body needs a different combination than others. That's okay; your body isn't bad for it. If you find that you're a cis woman and your body produces a higher level of testosterone than other cis women, that's not necessarily a bad thing. If you've been experiencing adverse affects because of it, though, you have ways of treating that, so please don't feel like you need to be quiet about it. You also don't need to take HRT if you don't want to. The same goes for cis men and estrogen, y'all do what's best for you.

Our sex hormones do different things for our bodies. Your body is not bad if it produces different levels of testosterone and/or estrogen. If, however, you'd like to change your hormone levels, please seek out guidance. There are people out there who can help you. Just know that your body is worthy no matter what. The idea that your body is "less" of a man or woman because of the hormone levels you do or don't have is bullshit. Your body exists as a man/woman, and no force can change that.