We are all socialised to treat menstruation as a hush-hush topic. Calling it ‘that day of the month’, ‘being sick’ or ‘being down’ create a boundary and sense of ignorance that often regresses into stigmas and taboos. I am from an all-girls school where we were free to address these topics and felt no pressure to be conscious of our surroundings. Entering a co-ed college, somehow...
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