I know girls who have been told, by their own mothers no less, that they must treat their period as some form of uncleanliness….like for a week or so a month, their vagina turns into some snarling monster that must be dealt with under extreme caution.
What utter bullshit! ...
Ok, so, PPB. Pubes, periods and boobs. All signs of being a fully functioning woman. We get told, and indeed some of us experience the cramps that can accompany periods, and initially, the unpredictability of them, and the mess. Very few girls reach straight for the tampons from their very first period, so they get to ... » Read more
