One thing people can do to promote freedom and equal rights for girls and women is destigmatize menstruation. Behold one such effort:
This comic book is helping girls combat the shame around periods in India.
Menstruation is still a taboo topic in the country, with millions of girls having no knowledge of the process until it happens to them.
It’s seen as a creepy disgusting contaminant. In reality it’s discarded nutrients for a future human, which you would think would be sacred rather than disgusting.
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6 responses to “Helping girls combat the shame”
It would be if men did it.
‘Future human?’ That sounds like something they’d force doctors to say in Texas. Perhaps better, and more accurate, to say ‘potential human.’
Alongside a “hoo-rah!” for the destigmatization of menstruation, I must confess a certain tune came to mind at reading notion of its sacrosanctness….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk
:-)
Without clicking the link – Ima guess it’s Every sperm is sacred!
John – Nope, for this purpose I wanted “future human.” Different words for different purposes.
Very often the sacred Is the disgusting.