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why are they shaming each other? I guess it's partly because menstruation is typically accompanied by mood swings which render the person concerned more vulner
by winchling 8y ago
why are they shaming each other?
I guess it's partly because menstruation is typically accompanied by mood swings which render the person concerned more vulnerable to bullying.
- moate 8y agoI think you're overthinking here. Children going through puberty are accompanied by mood swings, so if that was the case they'd all be shaming each other, boys and girls, for all kinds of things (To be fair, they basically are. Children suck this way). The stigma around menstruation is entirely cultural. It's about someone being unclean/icky. The mood swings feel like a complete red herring.
- winchling 8y agoWhy can't it be both? Isn't bullying just as much a cultural phenomenon as ideas about blood and ickiness? It targets those who less psychologically secure, as menstruators temporarily are, relative to their peers.
- elliekelly 8y ago> those who less psychologically secure, as menstruators temporarily are Source?
- winchling 8y agoIf you search for 'premenstrual syndrome' you'll find symptoms reported include things like anxiety, irritability and mood swings.
- elliekelly 8y agoPMS doesn't make women "less psychologically secure." Full stop.