A short paper explaining the diference between PMS and PMDD, and why feminists might be particularly concerned with the "mental disorder" PMDD.

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Premenstrual syndrome or PMS is the variation of physical and mood symptoms that appear during the last one or two weeks of the menstrual cycle and disappear by the end of the full flow the period. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder or PMDD is a specific set of mood symptoms that are also present the week before the period and lessen a few days after the start of the period. It also interferes with societal functioning and …

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…to deal with that men don't. Feminists are mainly focused on the differences of men and women, and feel that women have more to deal with than men. This "mental disorder" is probably just another reminder to them that men have it so much easier. Men don't have to worry about the possibility of depression-like symptoms every single month that are so severe that it actually interferes with, school, work, and just life in general.