I clench my fists and hold my breath, I’m swept in blood. I don’t say a word for the world claims it’s absurd, I cry drowned in red.
Menstruation or ‘Periods’. The words we hear for the first and the last time in our biology chapter and the concept we fail to understand for a lifetime. A concept opened for the girls and denormalized for the men of this country. Is the black polythene bag a wake up call?!
The society has grown and wind of development is flowing over the generation for years. Then why is a regular anatomical process of a body still a taboo? Why are there temples prohibiting women to enter during ‘those’ times and why is that workshop ‘only for girls’?
All around the world women have been shamed, cloistered, and medicalised for bleeding regularly. The paradox around menstruation has although made it physically better for them in terms of healthcare but we are still too embarrassed to talk, let alone utter out the word PERIOD in public.
As we step into the new realm with higher education standards, it’s time we refine the education to awareness and create an informed dimension. While learning about the Battle of Plassey does hold significance but so is realizing about the bodies and normalising what happens to it.
A woman’s hormonal reaction should not be the point of hesitation. And as long as we continue to delve into the embarrassment, we’d embark upon a closed mindset in our future.
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