[PDF] Reorganizing Menstruation eBook

Author : Lara Owen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2024-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0192698001

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Reorganizing menstruation explores what happens when menstrual practices change, and what is revealed and made possible when longstanding menstrual stigma is disrupted. Menstruation matters: how it is perceived and practiced gives us important information about society and how people and bodies are treated. Menstrual norms tell us whether cultures value or dismiss the female reproductive body, women's pain and suffering, sustainability concerns, and the cyclical rhythms that underpin life on Earth. Despite menstruation being a culturally complicated and ubiquitous experience of female embodiment, few feminist theorists have tackled the topic directly. This book develops feminist theory and methodology to offer an innovative socioeconomic perspective on the everyday experiences of managing menstrual blood and menstruating at work, based on empirical research conducted in Australia and the UK on the menstrual cup and the menstrual workplace policy. The core argument of the book is that while contemporary menstrual innovations are often aligned with neoliberal capitalist values of individualism and efficiency, they also demonstrate a challenge to these same values in radical ways, away from profit-driven enclosure of the female body and towards a 'menstrual commons'. Menstrual innovations therefore offer information about how we might reshape-or be already in the process of reshaping-current norms of commodification, capitalization, and embodiment more broadly.

Author : Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,40 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1628727985

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The first book to explore menstruation in the current cultural and political landscape and to investigate the new wave of period activism taking the world by storm. After centuries of being shrouded in taboo and superstition, periods have gone mainstream. Seemingly overnight, a new, high-profile movement has emerged—one dedicated to bold activism, creative product innovation, and smart policy advocacy—to address the centrality of menstruation in relation to core issues of gender equality and equity. In Periods Gone Public, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf—the woman Bustle dubbed one of the nation's “badass menstrual activists”— explores why periods have become a prominent political cause. From eliminating the tampon tax, to enacting new laws ensuring access to affordable, safe products, menstruation is no longer something to whisper about. Weiss-Wolf shares her firsthand account in the fight for “period equity” and introduces readers to the leaders, pioneers, and everyday people who are making change happen. From societal attitudes of periods throughout history—in the United States and around the world—to grassroots activism and product innovation, Weiss-Wolf challenges readers to face stigma head-on and elevate an agenda that recognizes both the power—and the absolute normalcy—of menstruation.

Author : Le'Nise Brothers
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1786786206

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A practical guide to understanding your cycle and balancing your hormones with nutrition and yoga, for a calm and pain-free period. Written by Le’Nise Brothers, a nutritional therapist, yoga teacher and popular women’s health, hormone and wellbeing coach. You Can Have A Better Period is a straight-talking resource to help women understand their menstrual cycles and finally get answers to questions such as: “why am I so moody right before my period?”, “are periods supposed to be so painful?”, “why is my period so heavy?”, “is it normal to get headaches right before my period?” Le'Nise Brothers takes us through each phase of our cycle, including a clear programme of nutrition and lifestyle changes. The book explains which supplements work and the key stress management habits we can implement, to bring long-lasting and sustainable changes to our hormonal balance and menstrual health. In Western society, we have accepted a cultural narrative that periods are supposed to be painful, emotional and messy. This book will be a practical guide that helps women change the way they look at their period, and finally harness the power of the fifth vital sign.

Author : Anne E. Walker
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780415163316

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Presents a well researched study of the entire menstrual cycle and it's relationship to women's lives.

Author : Dr Cathy McClive
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1472453816

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Early modern bodies, particularly menstruating and pregnant bodies, were not stable signifiers. Menstruation and Procreation in Early Modern France presents the first full-length discussion of menstruation and its uncertain connections with embodied sex, gender and reproduction in early modern France. Attitudes to menstruation are explored in three inter-linked arenas: medicine, moral theology and law across the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a wide range of diverse sources, including court records and private documents, the author uses case studies to explore the relationship between the exceptional corporeality of individuals and attempts to construct menstrual norms, reflecting on how early modern individuals, lay or otherwise, grappled with the enigma of menstruation. She analyzes how early modern men and women accounted for the function, recurrence and appearance of menstruation, from its role in maintaining health to the link between other physiological and bodily processes, including those found in both male and female bodies. She questions the assumption that menstruation was exclusively associated with women by the second half of the eighteenth century, arguing that whilst sex-related, menstruation was not sex-specific even at the turn of the nineteenth. Menstruation remains a contentious topic today. This book is not, therefore, simply a study of periods in early modern France, but is also of necessity an exploration about the nature and constitution of historical evidence, particularly bodily evidence and how historians use this evidence. It raises important questions about the concept of certainty and about the value of observation, testimony, expertise, the nature of language and the construction of bodily truths - about the body as witness and the body as evidence.

Author : Elissa Stein
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1429983396

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“A normally taboo topic claims attention with the surprising—and sometimes horrifying—history of cultural reactions to menstruation.” —Publishers Weekly In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies—not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade. Flow answers such questions as: What’s the point of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods—a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what’s normal, anyway? With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early (excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female process. As irreverent as it is informative, Flow gives an everyday occurrence its true props—and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries. “Its contents, I found, are plainspoken—perhaps it will start chipping away at the taboo . . . the style is important and groundbreaking.” —The New Yorker “In many ways, Flow is a breakthrough.” —Daily Beast “Flow isn’t just a book; it’s a movement.” —January Magazine “A witty look at the history of ‘the nuisance’ . . . for women of all ages. Who hasn’t wondered why we get a period, what women did before the invention of the tampon—let alone the pad. Flow explains all.” —Body and Soul Magazine

Author : Amanda Laird
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2019-02-23
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1459743156

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What do you know about your menstrual cycle? Your menstrual cycle is your fifth vital sign — a barometer of health and wellness that is as telling as your pulse or blood pressure. Yet most of us see our periods as nothing more than a source of inconvenience and embarrassment. The reasons for this are vast and complex and many are rooted in misogyny. The fact is, women the world over are taught the bare minimum about menstruation, and the messages they do receive are negative: that periods are painful and gross, that they turn us into hormonal messes, and that they shouldn't be discussed. By examining the history of period shame and stigma and its effects on women’s health and wellness today as well as providing a crash course in menstrual self-care, Heavy Flow aims to lift the veil on menstruation, breaking the "curse" once and for all.

Author : Nadya Okamoto
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,27 MB
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534430211

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PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed—and how to engage in youth activism. Throughout history, periods have been hidden from the public. They’re taboo. They’re embarrassing. They’re gross. And due to a crumbling or nonexistent national sex ed program, they are misunderstood. Because of these stigmas, a status quo has been established to exclude people who menstruate from the seat at the decision-making table, creating discriminations like the tampon tax, medicines that favor male biology, and more. Period Power aims to explain what menstruation is, shed light on the stigmas and resulting biases, and create a strategy to end the silence and prompt conversation about periods.

Author : Chaste Christopher Inegbedion
Publisher : Padbanque Inc
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release :
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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As early as 8 years old, a girl can experience her first period. Are you prepared to answer her questions? The Period Passport, a self-help guide to understanding all there is to know about periods, answers the core questions pertinent in young minds, such as the mystery behind menstruation, the role Google could play in ending Period Poverty, and even bridging the disparity in gender education. One may be tempted to ask, ‘Why exactly should boys be educated on menstruation since it is not part of their physiology?’ The more they know, the better they can empathize with and understand the women in their lives. The Period Passport helps us see different perspectives while bringing to light the reasons male education for menstruation is important, and how it could affect the near future. This booklet does not only stand for education but advocates for the eradication of Period Poverty and the part we could play towards achieving this. The Period Passport is a call to action to the concerned parts of ourselves, parts that could be instruments of change in our world, in solving one of the biggest problems menstruating individuals face today. A unique factor that pushes The Period Passport to the limelight is how it delivers information. We all know that having the right information is important, but conveying that right information properly is even more important. This is because comprehension is the key to knowledge. With its user-friendly interactive outlook, The Period Passport is an easy, organized way to disseminate information on menstruation. In addition, the Period Genie is standing by, ever willing to help!

Author : Anna Dahlqvist
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 20,18 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1786992655

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Across the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections are left untreated. The shame is universal and the silence a global rule. In It’s Only Blood Anna Dahlqvist tells the shocking but always moving stories of why and how people from Sweden to Bangladesh, from the United States to Uganda, are fighting back against the shame.