Guest blog by Dr Lucy Pickering- based on the original research of Natalie Moffat There is a lot of pressure on menstruators to hide their periods. Indeed, this is the
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Archives for Language taboos
When ‘hygiene’ becomes a dirty word…
In honour of global Menstrual ‘Hygiene’ Day (MHD) on May 28th, I thought I’d write about why there is a move to change the name… Spoiler alert!- It’s not just
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Menstrual Maths # 1: Why we say ‘people who menstruate’…
In December 2018, there was a twitter storm after a menstrual health activist referred to people who menstruate as ‘bleeders’ in a lighthearted tweet raising awareness of period poverty. Some
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Without expression; silencing the role of the menstrual cycle in ill health- Part 2.
Last week, we focused on how people can be at a loss for words, or prefer to speak in code (usually through euphemisms), when it comes to discussing female reproductive
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Anatomy, Language taboos and No shame.
Without expression; silencing the role of the menstrual cycle in ill health- Part 1.
This week and next, we focus on the part that language plays in the perpetuation of the menstruation taboo, gender inequality, and the clinical ‘silence’ around the role of the menstrual
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Anatomy, Language taboos and No shame.
