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Suffering should not define you as a woman! And just because you__e a man it doesn__ mean that it doesn__ affect you! HELP HER to remove the taboos and the loneliness surrounding this disease; be understanding, show empathy, and don__ accuse her of being sensitive, delicate, or overly dramatic _ this is a big opportunity for you guys to show that you care and to be a real

It never occurred to me that somehow women did know about it. It just never occurred to me. Yes I am wearing sneakers too. You are in a suit, I am comfortable. So when she explained to me that this was the first event really of its kind, it floored me. So I called my daughter who is in her 30s now and I said __o you know what endometriosis is?_ She said, __hat? Have to pack the pack the busters.__ said __o man, you have never heard of it?_ No she said. I do not know what it is, and it occurred to me that my 30-year-old daughter who I told about endometriosis and it didn__ stick. If she didn__ know, and she is one of the hippest people I know, and her daughter doesn__ know, she has 19-year-old and she is a 13-year-old. The boy, we don__ care much about if he knows about it so much. There is other stuff for him to learn. Like how to roll a condom, things like that.You know, and it occurred to me that if they didn__ know that there were hundreds of thousands girls out there that don__ know. It is not because their mothers don__ want to tell them, because it__ not religion, it__ pure ignorance. We don__ know, we don__ have the information, we have it now, and so now is why this very first gathering is happening. Now is why we__e all sitting here looking really fabulous as you are...[Whoopi Goldberg on endometriosis awareness from the 2009 Blossom Ball]

We have a duty tonight. Everybody, and guys this for you as well because I know you know women. You have a duty tonight. You only have to tell one other person what you heard. Just tell them what you heard, or ask them have you ever heard of this? If the answer is no, share what you learn tonight.That__ all. You don__ have to do anything else. You just have to tell somebody else. You have to take whatever stigma people think that is there. You have to take it. It__ not male or female. It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with, here__ a disease you don__ know about and you need to know about it. It__ that simple. It__ not rocket science.[Whoopi Goldberg on endometriosis awareness from the 2009 Blossom Ball]

When all you know is pain you don__ know that that is not normal. It is not a woman__ lot to suffer, even if we__e been raised that way.It is not OK to miss a part of your life because of pain and excessive bleeding.It is not OK to be bed-ridden for two-to-three days a month.It is not OK to pain during sex.It is not OK to have major bloating or na