..it would make sense that the majority of members of this (& similar sites) live in relatively oppression-free circumstances, so this is directly applicable to gender in many places (and of course race)

the interesting thing in this thread to me is that (regardless of what genitalia someone is born with) the very notion of gender attributes is a form of generalisation, taken for granted..
masculine vs feminine..?
personally, on an entheogenic level, i feel androgynous..
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Watched this yesterday and found it very interesting and relevant.

I am female.

I have had children who are adults, so I'm a fully functioning female. But I am currently being treated with a drug that suppresses my body's tendency toward more masculine traits.
It's an aldosterone blocker. Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid--a steroid produced by the body. Without it, I'm just like me, but on steroids. Without the blocker (spironolactone, used for male to female trans), I feel like I can leap tall buildings, I tend to grow muscles without effort, my voice gets deeper, I retain salt and water, my periods become very irregular, my blood volume goes up, blood pressure goes sky high, and I have vivid lucid dreams.

Tempting to go off it, but the risk of sudden cardiac arrest is just too high. I don't want to put my kids through that just now. They have enough going on.

One reason you may see few women here:

I don't think it's unusal for women to want to protect their children. When my kids were younger, I'd need to be fully conscious to respond to their needs minute by minute. In my childbearing years, I'd never have considered taking a substance that could have unknown effects on the unborn.



Best,

OneofTwo

..i want to retract my earlier generalist comment post#67 (and cleanse my mind of all stereotypes)

i have no idea really what male traits vs female traits are anymore..

two sides of the same coin..

By the same logic, couldn't a chemical have unknown effects on the unborn from the male side of the equation, by affecting sperm health etc?

As a woman of childbearing age, my reproductive choices never influenced my interest in this fascinating topic/compound.

I'm no expert, but I believe that there are more genetic risk factors with the mother (the mother's hormonal environment also has a huge impact on gene expression of the fetus) whereas in regards to sperm health, it's more about fertility (the ability to induce pregnancy as opposed to the qualitative outcome of the pregnancy). Dunno if that's right.

Yes, that's pretty much my understanding, too. All the egg cells a woman will ever have are present in her ovaries at birth. She won't produce any new ones. Ova last in the body from before conception until they are released, usually one at a time each month throughout the woman's childbearing years. Anything that impacts her reproductive system can be considered permanent. By contrast, sperm only last until they are released from the body. Approximately every three days there's a turnover, so to speak. New replaces old.

Breast milk is a great way to share the experience with your progeny, too. At what age is it safe to share drugs with children who are still developing? All these factors have to to with why so many drug studies are skewed toward male participation.

Few drug companies want to take on the onus of interfering with the next generation's health and wellbeing. They might get sued and all.

Another question altogether: How many women participating here are premenopausal, versus how many are postmenopausal?
How many are sterile?
How many are trying to become pregnant?
How many are pregnant?
How many are breastfeeding?

Female indigenous shamans, from what I have read, are usually in their postmenopausal years.

Best,

OneofTwo

Hi all Nexians.
I had a very nice and interesting chat this afternoon with my wife about psychedelics today and we touched a topic about women.... which lead me to his question:

I might be wrong, but it looks like most of nexians are men, almost entirely men. And from people that I know, majority of those who are into psychedelics, are men. Why?

Any thoughts why is it? Or it's just me, deluded by my own thoughts.
it's just my thinking, others might not agree, but it seems to me that women has more of a connection with "other side" than men, therefore they don't need to experience it that much? Obviously, it's just one of the thoughts , there are many many more speculations, I could go for hours, but I'm more interesting in what you people have to say.

And LADIES, PLEASE, let us know what YOU think about it.

Peace and Love for us all.

Liklyut

go to minute 1:40.
Demetri Martin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBcxwrNTpGg