Linda -testosterone?

It isn't black and white, and people should be judged on their individual abilities, not their sex. Some women can have very extreme PMS. Some women can have times in their lives where the problem is extreme (after childbirth, during menopause), but it's temporary. I don't know if I'd want a woman who has severe mood swings due to PMS carrying a gun any more than I'd want a very aggressive man with poor anger control to do it. Most women, if they get PMS at all, just get cranky. I don't think crankiness is incompatible with most jobs, unless you're prone to going off at the boss. (Doesn't make co-workers lives very easy, though.)

I never had any problems until I was about 36, which is when my migraines started too. I've learned to avoid situations which will make me feel worse, and I've learned to watch out for my tendency to snap at people. Sometimes the latter takes a good friend pointing out that I'm being bitchy. This also requires me to be willing to listen to those friends, no matter what sort of mood I'm in.

The fact is, it's not an excuse, but it's a reason. Those of us who occasionally have hormonal mood swings have no control over what we feel, and the feelings are the worst part. I believe those feelings are a lot more terrible than the things women say as a result. What we do, yeah, that, most of us have control over.