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Rikki
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"When a girl begins to menstruate, she is stigmatized by her reproductive potential. Parents may restrict her freedom, telegraphing messages that her maturing body is something dangerous that can get her in trouble. Also, menstrual blood is commonly seen as viscerally disgusting. ... (cont. below)
— Oct 26, 2020 09:51AM
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Rikki
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This seems like a solid choice as my follow-up read to "Witches, Midwives, and Nurses" as DeLuca is *also* taking on modern and contemporary medicine's systemic sexism, focusing specifically on the mythos surrounding PMS and related "hormonal issues." Really looking forward to this! I started in as I was falling asleep last night, got a few pages into the intro, but I'll need to reread.
— Oct 25, 2020 03:24PM
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Straight-forward presentation of facts. Chapters split into multiple sections for easy reading.
— Jan 21, 2019 03:02PM
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