{"id":874,"date":"2010-07-03T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T12:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/best-reason-yet-to-be-a-male-luddite.html"},"modified":"2010-07-03T12:22:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T12:22:46","slug":"best-reason-yet-to-be-a-male-luddite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/best-reason-yet-to-be-a-male-luddite.html","title":{"rendered":"Best reason yet to be a male Luddite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twisted Japanese art student lady invents <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5574556\/finally-a-menstruation-machine-that-allows-men-to-experience-the-monthly-cycle\">device to teach men what it&#8217;s like to endure painful menstruation. <\/a>As one of the Gizmodo comboxers wisenheimered, &#8220;So when will they invent a machine that simulates the unmitigated hell a man goes through when he&#8217;s living with a PMS-ing woman?&#8221;<br \/>\nHeh. I, uh, only quote the Gizmodo commenter so you ladies can pray for him to repent of his appalling lack of sensitivity. Yes, that&#8217;s it.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"menstruationmachine.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/199\/import\/menstruationmachine.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twisted Japanese art student lady invents device to teach men what it&#8217;s like to endure painful menstruation. As one of the Gizmodo comboxers wisenheimered, &#8220;So when will they invent a machine that simulates the unmitigated hell a man goes through when he&#8217;s living with a PMS-ing woman?&#8221; Heh. 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