Not really no.
With a period, it often comes when you’re asleep, so you wake up covered in blood, unless you are lucky enough to be regular and can wear pads to bed when you expect it. A period can be heavier or lighter with no discernible pattern and a pad or tampon bought for a lighter period is simply not enough for a heavier period.
Then there're the side effects. Cramps ranging from mild to debilitating, pain levels light to ‘holy fuck who stuck an axe in my stomach!’, headaches, insatiable hunger, and more. Actually a lot of the symptoms you get while pregnant too.
Periods can be so regular you can time to the hour when they’ll appear or go for weeks between cycles, longer than the expected 4 weeks. You don’t know when or where it’ll strike and all you can do is be somewhat prepared.
About the only male equivalent is a hard kick to the family jewels and that wears off a lot faster than a period does.
Some men seem to think you can control when you get your period, or you can somehow ‘hold it’ till a more convenient time. However, that's total bunk. You are at the mercy of your body, not the other way around.
I’m in my late 40s now and I can tell you I cannot wait for menopause. I’m totally done with this BS every month.
