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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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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Guest blog by Amanda Jenkins, University of Guelph, Canada. On the morning of the 2015 London Marathon, Kiran Gandi’s period started. She had spent a year in training for the race,
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UPDATE: After a formal complaint to the BBC, the misleading content in the original article was changed… This blog describes the original claims made. As discussed in last week’s blogpost,
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UPDATE 1: After a formal complaint to the BBC, the misleading content in the original article was changed… This blog describes the original claims made. UPDATE 2: I have now
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