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I agree completely. Personally, I don't recall ever witnessing this stigma, apart from the general disinterest in this topic. Having said that, I don't underst

by tomp 11y ago

I agree completely. Personally, I don't recall ever witnessing this stigma, apart from the general disinterest in this topic. Having said that, I don't understand the current movement of glorifying and promoting menstruation (e.g. [1], [2]). Sure, it's natural, but it's also rather yucky - just like shitting and pissing. But I'd still appreciate if I don't see photos of shit, menstruation, or sperm on my Facebook. [1] http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/menstruation-themed-photo-series-artist-censored-by-instagram-says-images-are-to-demystify-taboos-10144331.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/menstrua... [2] http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/a-woman-ran-a-marathon-free-bleeding-to-take-a-stand-against http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/a-woman-ran-a-maratho...

speeder 11y ago
I am from Brazil, I had never heard of a taboo in the open, but after I started to have long term girlfriends, all of them tried to not use the word "menses" in Portuguese, from methods that I think are stupid (writing only "m" instead) to the outright infuriating (using ambiguous and hard to understand euphemisms), it annoyed me a lot, and I argued with all of them about it, never worked, they never explained that behavior and continued it.
- tomp 11y ago
  Isn't that about the same as people saying "I'm going to the toilet for number 2" instead of "I'm going to the toilet to shit"?
  - StavrosK 11y ago
    It's more like saying "I'm going to the back" in the amount of ambiguity in the phrase. Saying "number two" is clear in its meaning.
- StavrosK 11y ago
  Yeah, in Greece they also say "I'm indisposed", and it's a generally-known euphemism for "I'm on my period", but you never really know if they're on their period or if they're ill.
StavrosK 11y ago
> Personally, I don't recall ever witnessing this stigma I've seen it in things like my mom asking me whether I'd be uncomfortable getting her pads from the supermarket, which was pretty puzzling to me. I guess it's to women what buying condoms is to men, maybe.

by tomp 11y ago

speeder 11y ago

I am from Brazil, I had never heard of a taboo in the open, but after I started to have long term girlfriends, all of them tried to not use the word "menses" in Portuguese, from methods that I think are stupid (writing only "m" instead) to the outright infuriating (using ambiguous and hard to understand euphemisms), it annoyed me a lot, and I argued with all of them about it, never worked, they never explained that behavior and continued it.

tomp 11y ago
Isn't that about the same as people saying "I'm going to the toilet for number 2" instead of "I'm going to the toilet to shit"?
- StavrosK 11y ago
  It's more like saying "I'm going to the back" in the amount of ambiguity in the phrase. Saying "number two" is clear in its meaning.
StavrosK 11y ago
Yeah, in Greece they also say "I'm indisposed", and it's a generally-known euphemism for "I'm on my period", but you never really know if they're on their period or if they're ill.

StavrosK 11y ago

> Personally, I don't recall ever witnessing this stigma I've seen it in things like my mom asking me whether I'd be uncomfortable getting her pads from the supermarket, which was pretty puzzling to me. I guess it's to women what buying condoms is to men, maybe.