While males will never experience firsthand the hormonal upheaval associated with the female menstrual cycle, there is no "get out jail free" period card that puts life, softball, work and every day obligations and activities on hold.
No, but you honestly have no idea what it's like to experience that. There is nothing a man can go through that is even comparable to what a woman goes through at that time. I'm an adult and there are still days I can spend on the verge of tears at work and there is nothing I can do to stop it. I can only sit there and do my best not to actually cry. And I've been dealing with this for nearly 20 years. So a young girl who is experiencing this fairly new, might not be able to handle it.