Menstruation: Myths and Miunderstanding

With the first period of a girl’s life, her mother tells her how lucky she is. She is capable of becoming a mother one day. She is capable of producing a human being. But that girl, who has no idea what has just happened to her body, is already confused or scared, to be honest. She is learning to use pads (if lucky enough! It takes another article!).

 

She is learning to walk, sit and sleep in the pads. She is trying to handle the cramps and aches. She is learning to hide the packets of the pad from rest of the family; even she has to learn how to discard the used pads safely.

 

Now, this was not enough of the beginning of learning the changes in her body, she was put on restrictions. She is told that she is not allowed in the kitchen during ‘those days’. 'Period', the name she was just told, has suddenly changed. She is banned in the kitchen, where she was taught she belongs to, during her periods. She can’t even take a glass of water on her own. She is given an old piece of cloth and supposed to sit in a corner where she will get a plate of food and water. This will continue for three or more days.

 

We, the ill-informed people made a person discriminate one’s self. And trust me ill-informed human is more dangerous than a dumb.

 

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Read here: www.c4n.in/…/menstruation-myths-and-misunderstanding/

 

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