male menstruation
- noun
- /meɪl ˌmɛnstruˈeɪʃən/
- Informal
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menstruación masculina
- Some comedians have made jokes about male menstruation to highlight gender stereotypes.
Examples
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The magazine ran an article poking fun at the notion of male menstruation.
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Some people joke about male menstruation during mood swings.
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He dismissed her complaints by joking about his own experience with male menstruation that week.
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Isn't it funny how male menstruation is a common joke?
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Many comedians use male menstruation as a comedic device to explore traditional gender roles.
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The concept of male menstruation often appears in humorous articles that playfully address male moods.
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In conversations about gender stereotypes, people sometimes mention male menstruation to make light of male emotional behavior.
Surface Forms
Morphology
male + menstruation
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'male' + 'menstruation', so its meaning — referring (humorously or satirically) to menstruation occurring in males or to supposed male hormonal/mood cycles — is directly derivable from the constituent words. Although biologically unusual and sometimes used metaphorically or jokingly, the semantic combination follows transparent compositional patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Male menstruation comes from a joking image that puts male next to menstruation, imagining men having a monthly period and the mood swings that might come with it. One popular use is a playful, funny image that explains why people use it to 'joke about' or 'describe' supposed male hormonal cycles and small mood changes.
