Men should have to menstruate once a year, every year
Summary
A woman riding the subway proposes that men should menstruate once a year, every year. But as Kareem questions the logistics, she clarifies the full picture: men would experience the entire monthly cycle, complete with ovulation, hormonal phases, and bleeding. The egg? That's coming out of the butthole. The blood too. Kareem gamely commits to wearing tampons (or "pad sticks," as he initially calls them) until he realizes the reality: women are always in one phase of the cycle. Always. He admits he couldn't handle it, but his interview partner reminds him there's no tapping out. That's part of the rules. The conversation turns oddly sincere as they discuss what men might learn from the experience: readiness for anything, the beauty of life's cycles, and yeah, that it's kind of hard.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? Men should have to menate once a year, every year. 100% agree? I'll take it. I'll do it.
Well, let me lay out some of the details. I've—I've thought about this. I know what it is. Blood?
Well, there is blood, but it's like the full cycle. So you're going to ovulate, like an egg is going to, like, come out of your body. And you're going to have a follicular phase, you're going to have a luteal phase, and then also you're going to bleed. I have a question.
Yeah? Is the egg coming out of my balls or out of my penis?
Okay, this is honestly an amazing question. I think it's going to come out your butthole. And I think the blood also probably butthole. The blood comes out of my butt. And I wear a pad or a—a pad stick?
Pad stick? No, the—the what is it called again? The tampon. It's a tampon. Yeah, I was just calling it the stick.
Okay, so the men are going to go through the cycle. What do you hope that they learn? I think that there's like a really exciting thing that men could learn. When the period comes—anytime, like, you're sleeping, it could come. You're doing Subway Takes, it could come. You know, like, you're like, you're like with your friends, like, it could come. Like, you're just like learning how to be ready for anything. You're learning about the beauty of life. You're learning that you can like cycle with your friends. And then you might also learn that it's like kind of hard.
And just to be clear here, the cycle is about 2 weeks? The whole cycle is about a month on average.
So I'm always on my period? Yeah, basically, yeah.
So women are always on their period? They're always in one phase of the cycle? Yeah.
I don't think I could do it. Do you really not think you could do it? No, I don't.
Let's say your period comes and you're like, "Oh my God, like, this is the biggest challenge of my life." Like, would you tap out? I don't think I can tap out.
No? That's actually part of the rules. You can't. You know what? Sign me up. I love that. Who's going to do this operation? Oh, that's a really good question.