3.
The Discourse on Exceptional Suffering
282.
"There are, monks, these five kinds of suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
Which five?
Here, monks, a woman while still young goes to her husband's family, and is separated from her relatives.
This, monks, is the first suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
Furthermore, monks, a woman is subject to menstruation.
This, monks, is the second suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
Furthermore, monks, a woman becomes pregnant.
This, monks, is the third suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
Furthermore, monks, a woman gives birth.
This, monks, is the fourth suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
Furthermore, monks, a woman goes into service to a man.
This, monks, is the fifth suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
These, monks, are the five kinds of suffering peculiar to a woman, which a woman experiences, apart from men.
The third.