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meridian_roseDear male tv writers,
Women get nauseous for many other reasons than pregnancy. Food poisoning, stomach flu, hangovers, poor reaction to certain medications, heatstroke, and migraines are just a few reasons we might vomit that have nothing to do our wombs. In fact women are, I believe, more likely to get migraines than men - and migraines are the main cause of my own queasiness.
Over-sued trope is both lazy and misleading - not all women who throw up are pregnant and not all women who are pregnant get 'morning' sickness.
Yours, a viewer who's seen this trope twice in the past week and who'd love to see more mundane explanations for a female character feeling under the weather
Women get nauseous for many other reasons than pregnancy. Food poisoning, stomach flu, hangovers, poor reaction to certain medications, heatstroke, and migraines are just a few reasons we might vomit that have nothing to do our wombs. In fact women are, I believe, more likely to get migraines than men - and migraines are the main cause of my own queasiness.
Over-sued trope is both lazy and misleading - not all women who throw up are pregnant and not all women who are pregnant get 'morning' sickness.
Yours, a viewer who's seen this trope twice in the past week and who'd love to see more mundane explanations for a female character feeling under the weather
