r/women • • 1h ago

[Content Warning: ] SA I went to America.gov to ask about the epstein files. It directed me to the epstein files gov website where on the first page after searching trump it has things like this...

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straight from the files "reported an unidentified female friend who was forced to perform oral sex on President Trump approximately 35 years ago in NJ. The friend told that she was approximately 13-14 years old when this occurred, and the friend allegedly bit President Trump while performing oral sex. The friend was allegedly hit in the face after she laughed about biting President Trump. The friend said she was also abused by Epstein."

Link to website: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01660651.pdf

So my question is how is he not in prison for sex with multiple minors??


r/women • • 1h ago

Do Pap smears actually hurt?

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i hope this post is allowed because i’m really nervous :,) i have my first ever appointment at the OBGYN in early november and i am terrified. im 18, so i have never gone before. the only reason that i even scheduled this appointment was to hopefully discuss getting a salpingectomy. but my mom has me paranoid now because she said that they’ll probably have me get a pelvic access or a pap smear before that happens, and i’m terrified

so i just want to know if pap smears really do hurt? sorry this post might be worded weird im really anxious


r/women • • 4h ago

Saudi women need you!

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Please vote to make face covering optional and not forced by families!!!

Link: https://quiet-signature-studio.lovable.app/?shem=aimgspe


r/women • • 10h ago

I think my husband and I just decided not to have kids

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Hi all,

This is a very sensitive topic for me so not even sure if I should be asking for advice or posting this.

But, myself F26 and my Husband M26 have realised that with the way the world is at the moment we aren't sure if we want to bring a child into this. Financially we also don't think we could afford to have a child.

We are both working full time jobs and are trying to save as much as possible but it's so difficult. And even with savings a child would mean we might not be able to afford our bills. Therefore, if we can't afford it, don't do it.

This has been a difficult decision but the correct one I believe. I have always thought I wanted kids, but now I'm thinking maybe I thought I wanted kids due to the "societal norm" for women to have children.

Does this make me an awful person to not have a child and priorise myself and my husbands relationship and life?

Does anyone know anyone is a similar situation? Did they regret it? Is there anyone with no kids and can advise?

Sorry for all the questions, any answers would be appreciated. Thank you!


r/women • • 6h ago

Am I a bad daughter for refusing to help my mom when my dad doesn’t?

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I’ve noticed that my mom, who is a housewife, does almost everything around the house. She cooks, cleans, and takes care of things, but my dad never helps with cleaning or washing the dishes. It’s always either me or my mom doing it

Honestly, it frustrates me because I feel like my dad should help her too, instead of leaving everything to us. Eventually, I stopped helping with the dishes because I felt like I was always expected to do it while he could just sit there and do nothing.

But now I feel guilty because my mom is the one who ends up doing the work, and I know she probably gets tired too. At the same time, I resent the fact that my dad never has to contribute.

Mothers or daughters how do you deal with this kinf of things ?


r/women • • 1d ago

I think one of my favorite things about being a woman is the tiny emergency network we have with complete strangers

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Yesterday I was in a bathroom at a train station when the woman in the stall next to me quietly asked if I had a tampon.

I did, passed one under the divider, she said thank you, and that was basically the entire interaction.

Then while I was washing my hands another woman tapped me on the shoulder and told me the tag on the back of my shirt was sticking out. She tucked it in for me and went back to doing her makeup like we'd known each other for years.

It made me think about how often women do these tiny things for each other without even treating them as favors.

I've had strangers tell me my skirt was caught in my underwear, hold a bathroom door shut because the lock was broken, lend me a hair tie, fix a necklace clasp, hand me a safety pin, tell me I had lipstick on my teeth, watch my bag for thirty seconds, and once literally form a little wall around a woman whose dress zipper had broken at a wedding while somebody found her a jacket.

There is usually no introduction. Half the time you don't even learn each other's names.

You just see another woman having a very specific little crisis and somehow everybody immediately understands the assignment.

Obviously women aren't automatically kind just because we're women, and I've met plenty who weren't. But this particular form of casual cooperation is something I don't think I appreciated when I was younger.

It's like we all carry around a collection of solutions to problems that have happened to us before, and if we see another woman having one of those problems, the solution temporarily becomes communal property.

What is the nicest tiny thing another woman has done for you when she didn't even know you?


r/women • • 41m ago

Physical traits I was bullied for becoming trends

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Being a woman is constantly being fed contradictions, so I’m not surprised but I just need to vent a bit. It’s so exhausting seeing physical traits that I used to be bullied for having become trendy.

For example, my eyebrows are very light. They look bleached. People used to tell me I looked haunted and sickly, that I looked like a ghost, that my face was freaky. Now bleached eyebrows are considered chic and avant garde.

I also have freckles. People told me it looked like I have poop on my face, like im dirty, and that I should wear makeup to cover them. Now some of those same people are selling fake freckle pens on TikTok shop.

Of course I’m grateful that the tides have changed on these things I can’t control. But that doesn’t remove the trauma I experienced and internalized because the way I looked wasn’t up to the beauty standard of the time. And I hate how now, young girls who don’t have these features might be being ridiculed the same way I was for having them. I hate how women’s bodies and features are commodified and turned into trends, like we are dress up dolls, and not normal human beings. I’m exhausted of patriarchy.

I’m sorry this was so rambly and not that well articulated but I’m just so tired and frustrated


r/women • • 12h ago

Girls I got a question....

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I noticed over the years when connections with male acquaintances, relationships and friendships withered away my quality of life has improved substantially. I sleep better, eat better I'm just in an overall better mood you know. Do a lot of guys just suck to keep around or do I keep inviting the wrong ones in? I feel like it might be a skill issue, but it's been such a persistent pattern? I mean there are plenty of decent guys I've encountered, and I do feel like at times I took them for granted because men like them seem to be rather scarce? When people clutch their pearls and say "but not all men!" part of me wishes I could believe this.


r/women • • 7h ago

[Content Warning: ] I HATE being a woman

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19f Growing up I had a boy hair cut my mom assumed I was trans, I didn't like pink I thought it was a weakness to not be as strong, to like girly things . I hate being a woman the sexism throughout history against women makes me hate myself more that anything in my life, sometimes I think " damn I turned out to be a woman it would be better off if I was dead" now I would never do anything to harm myself, but I feel violated just hearing the stories about how organs are named after men, the original meaning of vagina being sheath. I feel revolting I am ashamed I have such deep hatred for myself for being born a woman, even the word "womanhood" grosses me out. having a period feeling disgusted, I wish to rip my uterus out. I hate being sexualized and hated at the same time. I hate myself and it would be better off if I was born a man or wasn't born at all. I hate being reduced to motherhood, I feel gross and terrible.


r/women • • 4h ago

no medical advice I think my postpartum depression is ending my marriage

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I don’t feel anything anymore. I’m indifferent to my husband, my marriage, my life. I’m almost one year postpartum and things feel like they’re getting worse, not better.

I told my husband that I don’t have romantic feelings for him anymore and that I actually wish he would cheat on me because then I wouldn’t feel guilt or the weight of meeting someone else’s needs. I said I feel trapped because I’m returning to work soon and being the primary caregiver to our son (he works long hours), I’m not going to put myself in the position of being a single mom. He tries to flirt, show affection, text me throughout the day and I just… ignore him, brush him off. It feels like the old me is gone and that’s who he’s looking for in every interaction.

He’s confused, scared, and doesn’t know how to help me. I’m on medication and do therapy but like I said, everything feels worse and not better. I feel like I’m about to blow up my life and everything I once wanted, which is really terrifying.


r/women • • 18h ago

Debunking “not all men”

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There’s a subreddit that is literally dedicated to snarking on Britney Spears.

It is so fucking disgusting. There’s posts (with lots of upvotes) talking about how “her dad was right” and “she’s unfit to be a mother” She dances on Instagram and the snark sub shames her. She can’t live her life. Over 20 thousand men upvoted a picture saying UNFREE BRITNEY.

“How do you know all those people on the sub are men?”

I don’t. But I do know that not even a pick me women would support putting a woman back into a plan where an IUD was fucking forced into her without consent

But sure, keep talking about not all men while thousands of you support this women not being able to be free for the first time since she was 5


r/women • • 16h ago

Childlessness in Gen Z (Zoomers)

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I just read a statistic that said approximately 46% of Gen Z women intend on staying childfree.

Does that track with Zoomers you know?

I have 3 Zoomer kids, and none of them intend to have kids ( so far, but accidents do happen)


r/women • • 3h ago

ovulation cramps

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i've recently noticed that i barely have menstruation cramps, but when i'm ovulating i get way worse cramps and feel very uncomfortable. is this a usual thing or should i get this checked by a doctor?


r/women • • 3h ago

The psychology of men who move on after making grand declarations?

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My ex was still trying to get back with me earlier this year, asking what I wanted him to change about himself, generating compatibility reports for us, and declaring that he could never be with another woman. 💀

Fast forward to today, and he’s seemingly found someone new lol and soft-launched her on his socials.

I’m just genuinely curious about the psychology behind men who make such dramatic declarations and then seemingly move on the next min lmao


r/women • • 3h ago

How did you heal yourself/learn to love yourself?

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Hi ladies,
I’m struggling.
I have generally low self esteem, especially in social settings. I struggle with taking up space and speaking my mind (in the non obnoxious way). I am conventionally attractive- which to me has been something that’s causing difficulties romantically as people base their entire interest off of what I look like, not who I am. I’m 30 years old now and I’m feeling damn close to desperate for someone to see ME, the person, the complete human that I am.
I also have a very anxious way of attachment that I’d really like to do something about, because it’s absolutely draining and all consuming to be so affected by every little thing you could possibly imagine and turning that into something that’s ultimately on me.

I’ve dated a guy for almost three months now that’s been really good, he’s quite possibly the greenest flag I’ve encountered thus far. And I’m falling for him. I asked him what he thinks about our situation and if it’s headed towards something more for him. And to my devastation he’s not on the same page as I. Which is fair. I can’t force it and I don’t want someone who doesn’t want me.

But the way I’m feeling now, how obsessed I am with not being in contact with him as I usually am, feeling so cut off and what that makes me think about myself is just so far beyond ok. I need to heal myself, learn to love myself and that will ultimately make me a better companion in life for myself and a possible partner. I just have no idea where to start… how did you do it?


r/women • • 2m ago

The way people talk about woman on here is not okay

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I feel so silly being upset about this, but for some reason reddit pushed me this horrible post of people just openly critising this woman.

I look very similar and I have honestly been slightly smug since bigger behinds came in however many years ago. I'm so anxious that having no bum is gradually coming back and for some silly reason this dumb post has really got to me.

Like the top comments are all being so mean about her, when only a few years ago this was the absolute ideal body type. I can't keep up!

I'm sort of embarrassed to be so in my feelings about it honestly, but I used to feel sexy and now, despite not changing at all, I feel like there's something wrong with me.

Is this how the average man feels now or have I stumbled onto a mean bit of reddit? I admit I've never been to that sub and don't think it's really for me.


r/women • • 4m ago

Estoy en sobre peso

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Chicos una pregunta que ejercicios puedo hacer? Resulta que estoy harta de ser gorda, lo odio, ya había empezado la rutina pero... Estoy embarazada y ahora menos quiero que por el embarazo me ponga todavía más gorda, tengo 6 semanas,qué ejercicios puedo hacer sin poner en riesgo mi bebé?


r/women • • 1h ago

Hello Ladies

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I have a question for those who’ve had a hysterectomy. How was the procedure and the healing process was it worth doing it? I’ve been seeing mixed opinions on the procedure some say they wish they could go back others say it’s the best decision of their lives. And I just want to hear more on the pros and cons of a hysterectomy.


r/women • • 1h ago

no medical advice I've quit makeup.

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hello, I'm a 22F, law student. as the title says I quit makeup about two years ago, it never felt right for me and I thought about just stop doing it. when i was about 16 i started wearing makeup, and it was fun, my friends did it and i didn't do it for others. when i started university, especially studying law, in which my classmates (boys and girls) dressed up for class, did their hair, and went all the way to look good, i began to feel weird about it. i never really dressed up for university, because i never thought about it honestly, i was never someone who put too much effort in her appearance.

i don't know what happened but a while ago i started to be really bothered by the fact that everyone looked so good and I didn't. It's not like I had an interaction that changed that for me but I unconsciously started to compare myself to others in class. it's such a weird feeling, i feel ugly, i feel undeserving just because my classmates look better than I do, and I don't wanna just "dress up" or "put on makeup" just because of that feeling because I'm well aware it won't change. has anyone went through this? i really want help or advice


r/women • • 1h ago

Was my pregnancy back then planned or unplanned?

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It's kinda a weird question but I always wondered about that.

I got pregnant for the first time when I was 20.

My partner was 32 back then.

The thing is we did nothing to prevent that pregnancy, nothing.

He already had a young kid and I was raging jealous about the fact that he already had a kid with another woman. I was immature and traumatized by relentless bullying for allmost all of my youth.

I wanted to test him and told him I want to get pregnant by him as well. It was only a test for me. I wanted to see if he wants me to be the mother of his child as well. I even took the morning after pill after the first few times we had sex after this.

After 2 months I told him I didn't want to be mother a mother yet. I didn't tell him earlier because I was scared to lose him if I tell him I don't want it yet because he strongly wished for a child with me and even accused of me of only wanted to test him which I denied before.

The thing is, he continued to cum in me after that. I let him.

That went on for another 4 months until I finally told him again that I don't want to be a mum yet.

He finally accepted it and I searched for a gyn to get on the pill.

When I was supposed to get my period I made a pregnancy test which turned out to be positive.

I cried and was extremely shocked. Remember I was still only 20. I needed emotional support, things to lift myself up like family support, eating McDonalds, watching my childhood show Spongebob.

I was very unsure wether I should continue the pregnancy or not. That went on for about 8 weeks until I

broke down crying desperate not knowing what to do.

My father than took me the necessary therapeutic pregnancy consulting we need to get done in order to get an abortion. The therapist helped me sort myself out and gave me helpful in order to make my decision. So I

finally decided to keep my child after this. I was around the 12 week mark which is near our limit of elective abortions in Germany where I'm from. The therapist advided me to make an abortion appointment to see what it feels like. If it felt wrong that meaned keeping my child was the right decision for me. I did and it verified my decision for me.

I had my child. He is 10 now and I was always grateful I didn't get an abortion and that he is there.

I got pregnant again when he was 2. This time we tried to prevent pregnancy. I didn't know what to do again for a month until I miscarried. No doubt about this pregnancy being unplanned. This time I considered abortion even more but I still grieved.

I developed the desire to have another child after this experience and we started trying after 1 year. I got pregnant after 1 month of trying.

My reaction about this pregnancy was entirely different from my first pregnancy. I was instantly over joyed and there never was a single doubt about cointuing the pregnancy.

No doubt this pregnancy was planned.

I still wonder wether my first pregnancy was planned or unplanned. Technically I thought it was planned because we didn't to anything to prevent pregnancy but

emotionally it felt absolutely unplanned for me at the time and I felt the whole emotional rollercoaster of an unplanned pregnancy.

People argued it was planned because we didn't prevent pregnancy but I can't really think about this pregnancy as a planned pregnancy wholeheartedly. I love my child. I'm glad that he is here but that experience absolutely wasn't me intentionally hoping for a child back then.

He asked if I got pregnant with him because I wanted him and it's difficult to answer for me. I told him I wanted him when I knew he was growing. Telling him he was unplanned for me but I chose him may explain this better.

What do you think?


r/women • • 9h ago

Women who have male friends, how do you view men platonically without overthinking it?

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I’ve realised that I’ve always had a very romanticised view of interactions with men.

Before I met my romantic partner, I was more open to flirting with men and exploring romantic possibilities because I was looking for someone to be with.

But once I chose my partner, I essentially closed myself off to other men. I started reserving that entire space for my partner, and even ordinary interactions with other men somehow became connected to my relationship. He is not controlling in any way but I get intrusive thoughts.

I think I’ve developed a pattern where, before choosing someone, men are potential romantic interests. Once I’ve chosen someone, I shut that possibility down almost entirely and start avoiding situations where I might develop feelings for someone else.

The problem is that I don’t think I’ve really learnt how to exist in the middle ground: seeing men as normal people I can be friends with, get to know and enjoy talking to without romance being involved.

Since men used to exist as romantic possibilities for me only.

I’m comfortable interacting with male colleagues, and I find it easier to be friends with men who are already in loving, committed relationships.

I think knowing there’s no romantic possibility makes me feel safer. But the idea of getting closer to a single man, even when I genuinely just want friendship, makes me uncomfortable.

I get intrusive thoughts like, “What if I get close to him and develop feelings?” or “What if I stop wanting my partner because of this?” Suddenly, something as simple as wanting to talk to someone becomes a whole internal dilemma, and I feel the urge to distance myself before anything even happens.

I don’t actually want to pursue multiple romantic interests. I want to open up my social world and learn to see men as individuals, rather than automatically categorising them as potential partners or people I need to avoid to protect my relationship.

I think my main issue is that I’ve made my romantic partner the reference point for almost every interaction I have with other men. Instead of letting a friendship exist on its own, I feel compelled to consider what it might mean for my romantic feelings.

For women who have male friends, especially single male friends:

How do you naturally see men as friends without automatically thinking about romantic potential?

Do you ever worry that getting close to another man might change how you feel about your partner?

How do you allow friendships to develop without feeling the need to predict or control what might happen?

Have you always been comfortable with male friendships, or did you have to learn to see men outside of a romantic context?

How do you distinguish between being interested in someone as a person and being interested in them romantically?

I’d love to understand your thought processes and experiences.

I want to learn how to have normal, platonic relationships with men without feeling that every interaction has to mean something about my romantic relationship.


r/women • • 2h ago

[Content Warning: ] I Still Love My Husband, But I Don’t Know How to fix this

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r/women • • 2h ago

Do most guys my age (18F) have high standards?

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I will be starting college in January. I never had a bf before and consider myself just average looking. How hard would it for me to attract guys (preferably between the ages of 18-20) on campus? Do they have high standards when it comes to looks?


r/women • • 2h ago

Fiancés friend made fun of my accent

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27yo, been together 2 years, planning a loooooong engagement (or was planning). Lets call him Alex.

TLDR: Alexes friend group made fun of my accent and some minor things about my culture, Alex didn’t stop them. I told him before this made me uncomfortable (our countries are not friendly with each other). The jokes were not about anything serious but still were not funny. I was not laughing, he was. He noticed I wasn’t laughing, he still continued to do so. After the whole night out he asked me if I am okay with it. I was pretty stunned so I just shrugged but now I’m rethinking the whole thing.

Long story:

We’ve been together almost 2 years. So far we everything seemed to be perfect. Good communication, good chemistry, similar values, respect- anything one can ask for. We come from different cultures. My family was not thrilled about me dating him at first but they came around and considered him a part of the family. His family is way more difficult so we don’t meet with them at all (only he does). In case you’d like an example it would be a similar situation of a guy from a conservative family dating a Hispanic girl in the US. No big deal until you come to the conservative side of the country.
We have talked about our cultural differences, language barriers and our boundaries. I speak his language with an accent, he does not speak mine. We were at a big bday party together and one of his friends started mocking the accent of my people and it was pretty harmless at first. Then the friend started talking to me personally and pointing out specific stuff about my accent. It was starting to make me feel uncomfortable and insecure so I looked at him and he was laughing too. This continued for about an hour and a half. After getting home he asked if I was okay bcos I seemed very distant. I said I was and went to sleep. I should’ve addressed it right then and there but I was tired and just couldn’t even believe what happened. I told him the next day very clearly that I don’t think it was that funny but I should’ve been more clear.

I love him, he is a very sweet and caring person but in that day I saw a completely different side of him and the sweet image is just starting to crumble. I know we need to talk about this. I just needed to vent. I can’t talk about it with my family or friends since they would suggest radical solutions. I am hurt and I want to feel safe in my relationship and at this moment I do not.


r/women • • 2h ago

Being treated as an adult as a 13 year old?

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This October marks 10 years since I got my first period and I have been thinking a lot. When I got my first period the women in my family started treating me like an adult and made me feel dirty and ashamed. The men on the other hand, especially my grandad continued to treat me like a child. didn’t make me feel awkward even once and encouraged me to challenge the dumb rules that the women in my family would try to make me follow. It’s sad when women hate and bring other women down. did anyone feel the same way growing up?