In honor of MenstrualEquityDay, we've republished a classic piece by Dr. Estelle Ramey, published in our very first issue in 1972, now with a new intro—written by Ramey’s granddaughter, jstender415
“Male supremacy rests on the belief that women are defective men, since they are periodic and lack the rod of divinity.”
As an endocrinologist, I found out long ago that men and women are different. But I also found that what is human and the same about the males and females classified asis much greater than the differences. I think we are all beginning to understand that “different”––when applied to females, or to males of other races––has been exaggerated and oddly interpreted in order to come out synonymous with “inferior.
Furthermore, females lack the consistent and calm behavior of males, because women suffer from a form of periodic lunacy imposed by their lunar sex hormone rhythms. Men, according to this theory, are the natural leaders, being endowed with a biological stability that rivals that of the rocks. Other studies have tested mood changes in men. More than 40 years ago, for instance, the late Dr. Rex Hersey believed that male factory workers were incorrectly thought to be stable and unchanging in their daily capabilities. For a year, he observed both management and workers, concentrating on a group of men who seemed particularly well-adjusted and at ease in their jobs.
Female acceptance of, and even obsession with, the monthly cycle may unnecessarily accentuate its effects. Women actively engaged in ego-satisfying work, for instance, report far less discomfort or emotional disarray during their biological ups and downs than women who are bored or relegated to stultifying jobs.
Study of men’s cycles might even have the socially and commercially useful result of reducing the accident rate. Menopause in men has been studied somewhat more than the effects of their monthly cycles, but not enough. But a great deal more research into the male menopause needs to be done if men are to be relieved medically from some of its symptoms, and to suffer less from the personal implications of trying to deny biological facts.
The hormonal cycles that have been most studied are the periodic changes in the adrenal hormones , which are called the stress hormones. These vital substances are secreted in largest amounts about the time of waking in the morning, and in the smallest amounts after midnight. Their physiological effects, however, are not felt until several hours after the highs and lows are seen in blood levels of the hormones.
Cancer cells also seem to be affected by the circadian rhythms. They may be at their highest point of metabolic activity and cell division when normal cells in the same organ are at a low point. This has many implications for therapy, whether with anti-cancer chemicals or with X-rays. It may eventually be possible to time the treatment so that the cancer cells are at the peak of their sensitivity to the destructive agents while the normal cells are most resistant to them.
Next come those workers who remain in the night shift: They are more likely than day workers to have ulcers or nervous disorders. And most healthy are those who work regularly and during the day.
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