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I'm currently taking a psychology course online and they are teaching me about biological rhythms (periodic physiological changes). Circadian and Ultradian rhythms occur in both men and women. When they explained Infradian rhythms they gave the example of a woman's menstrual cycle.

[NOTE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT INFRADIAN RHYTHMS ARE: It is a biological rhythm that takes longer than twenty-four hours but less than one year to fully complete]

I couldn't find anything on any web page about a man's Infradian cycle, and it is bothering me more than anything.

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