“Bhikkhus, there are five kinds of suffering peculiar to women, which women experience but not men. What five? Here, bhikkhus,

1. even when young, a woman goes to live with her husband’s family and is separated from her relatives. This is the first kind of suffering peculiar to women …. Again,

2. a woman is subject to menstruation. This is the second kind of suffering peculiar to women … Again,

3. a woman becomes pregnant. This is the third kind of suffering peculiar to women …. Again,

4. a woman gives birth. This is the fourth kind of suffering peculiar to women … . Again,

5. a woman is made to serve a man. This is the fifth kind of suffering peculiar to women ….

These, bhikkhus, are the five kinds of suffering peculiar to women, which women experience but not men.”