Tl;dr - periods are not the end of the world and you won't die if you hear about one
Dear male half of the human population,
Hi. How are you? I have something that I want to discuss with you.
Menstruation.
Women menstruate. It's really past time that you got used to it. Your mom menstruates. For those of you who are a little older, she used to menstruate. Your aunt, if you have one or more, menstruates/menstruated. If you have a daughter, she either does or will menstruate. The same with sisters. Any female you see during your life who is between the ages of roughly ten and sixty most likely menstruates.
What is menstruation? Simply put, it's the blood-rich lining of the uterus sloughing off and trickling in a visceral ooze out of the vagina. I know that it's not very pleasant, and, in fact, is kind of icky. I get it. Promise. I do it every month, so I probably get it better than most of you. It smells weird, it looks weird, and sometimes there are creepy chunks in it that you don't want to contemplate too deeply. But you know what else is gross? Feces. Urine. Farting. Those are all gross things that a shocking percentage of men seem to take great pride in. They're also natural, regular bodily functions, just like menstruation!
For some reason, though, menstruation has become some sort of horrifying taboo. It must be whispered about. It is so disgusting and terrifying that no one with a penis can even hear the word. All evidence of it must be carefully and painstakingly obliterated, so as not to upset the delicate sensibilities of one's male housemates. And god help the woman who isn't at least sort of embarrassed by her period.
Well, men, I want this to stop. It's getting to be a bit much. Sure, oozing blood and bits of uterine lining out of your vagina is kind of gross, but no one's expecting you to finger-paint with someone's menstrual blood. Seeing a few spots of it on a woman's bedsheets is not cause for great alarm. Pads and tampons are not instruments of torture, nor are they illicit, dirty materials to be disposed of in the dead of night, seen only by the judgmental eyes of God. Every woman on the face of the planet is going to do it at some time in her life, and we need to understand that it's a completely normal bodily function, just another method of waste elimination, and stop. being. so. fucking. terrified. of. it. Okay?
Love,
Edoro
Hi. How are you? I have something that I want to discuss with you.
Menstruation.
Women menstruate. It's really past time that you got used to it. Your mom menstruates. For those of you who are a little older, she used to menstruate. Your aunt, if you have one or more, menstruates/menstruated. If you have a daughter, she either does or will menstruate. The same with sisters. Any female you see during your life who is between the ages of roughly ten and sixty most likely menstruates.
What is menstruation? Simply put, it's the blood-rich lining of the uterus sloughing off and trickling in a visceral ooze out of the vagina. I know that it's not very pleasant, and, in fact, is kind of icky. I get it. Promise. I do it every month, so I probably get it better than most of you. It smells weird, it looks weird, and sometimes there are creepy chunks in it that you don't want to contemplate too deeply. But you know what else is gross? Feces. Urine. Farting. Those are all gross things that a shocking percentage of men seem to take great pride in. They're also natural, regular bodily functions, just like menstruation!
For some reason, though, menstruation has become some sort of horrifying taboo. It must be whispered about. It is so disgusting and terrifying that no one with a penis can even hear the word. All evidence of it must be carefully and painstakingly obliterated, so as not to upset the delicate sensibilities of one's male housemates. And god help the woman who isn't at least sort of embarrassed by her period.
Well, men, I want this to stop. It's getting to be a bit much. Sure, oozing blood and bits of uterine lining out of your vagina is kind of gross, but no one's expecting you to finger-paint with someone's menstrual blood. Seeing a few spots of it on a woman's bedsheets is not cause for great alarm. Pads and tampons are not instruments of torture, nor are they illicit, dirty materials to be disposed of in the dead of night, seen only by the judgmental eyes of God. Every woman on the face of the planet is going to do it at some time in her life, and we need to understand that it's a completely normal bodily function, just another method of waste elimination, and stop. being. so. fucking. terrified. of. it. Okay?
Love,
Edoro