Anum Shaharyar’s Reviews > Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia > Status Update

'With such an initiation into menstruation, young girls' ability to recognize unnaturally severe period pain is thwarted. In fact, enduring pain in silence is so commonplace that no one takes a women's complaints seriously. At what point is one supposed to stop tolerating it and consult a doctor, especially when everyone says we're supposed to put up with it?'