Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeinc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!timeinc!greenber From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: PMS and the dreaded testosterone poison Message-ID: <457@timeinc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 22:03:56 EDT Article-I.D.: timeinc.457 Posted: Thu Aug 22 22:03:56 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 19:03:45 EDT References: <695@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: Time Inc. (Edit Tech), New York Lines: 66 Summary: In article <695@ttidcc.UUCP> regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) writes: > >Sunny is probably no more right or wrong than Ross Greenberg. . . . >(No offense, you two. It's just a little hard to generalize from your >obviously specific viewpoints. Er, you did take a viewpoint, didn't you >Ross? You weren't just running the net around a mulberry bush?) > I think I should resent that, but I'm sure Sunny does, too! :-) Seriously, I've gotten a lot of mail recently regarding this PMS thing. Combining that with what I've read on the net, I have reached a personal veiwpoint on Whether PMS Makes Women Less Effective. I open the envelope and read: Sometimes. It seems the following points come up, the validity of which I can not vouch for (wrong genitalia and hormones): 1) Some women suffer from PMS in varying degrees 2) In most cases, these women can deal with PMS (via a variety of different mental exercises) 3) These exercises are mostly: additional concentration to tasks, including decision making. Counting to '10' (or higher! :-)) Staying away from potential problems for those tough days. 4) Emotions seem to run pretty high before a period, including crying bouts, and loss of temper 5) In no case do the women that have responded, either to me personally, or to the net, feel that they (or any other women) are less effective due to PMS. I have a problem with #5, due to #3 and #4. Here's why: I just can't imagine that ANYONE, male or female, is capable of performing as well with #3&4 as without. Consider this: each of us performs less and less well as we get more and more tired. I feel that constantly having to *think* about *everything* that comes up must be draining on a person, and that they get more and more tired as they put more and more effort into making a decision that *they* conclude is not hormone based. This includes those men that suffer from TP (although I've STILL not yet seen/heard anyone with any data relating to this unique male phenomemon!) I could be wrong, and realize that I'm not stating this as a fact: this is an opinion. Those of you wishing to comment, please do so via e-mail -- let's keep this off the net for a while, so tempers can cool. For those interested, I've gotten about thirty (!!) responses, both pro and con, regarding the entire series of articles about PMS. This means (for those that read about net group's magic numbers) that we could have a new group called: net.women.pms. :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ Time Inc, New York --------->{vax135 | ihnp4}!timeinc!greenber<--------- I highly doubt that Time Inc. would make me their spokesperson. --- "You must never run from something immortal. It attracts their attention." -- The Last Unicorn