“Periods are a period when nature forces prostitutes to go on leave.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The taboo regarding menstruation exists across the world, even among the educated. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
“Menstruation annoys the most females who lack the desire to someday fall pregnant.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“on Sundays because of an archetypal psychological response to menstruation.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
MENstruation, MENopause, MENtal breakdons...notice how all women's problems begin with men?!?! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While woman sheds the Blood of Life each moon at menstruation, man can only shed the blood of death through warfare and… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Every father, brother, and husband should know about menstruation. It is not just about women; it is about men, too. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
“I mean if there was any justice in the world you wouldn't even have to go to school during your period. You'd… — Andrea Portes Copy Share Image
If you think you are emancipated, you might consider the idea of tasting your own menstrual blood - if it makes you… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“If nature really acknowledged the so-called women’s month, the entire month would have been period-pains-free.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Nobody in the society will talk about menstruation... it's a taboo in my country. That's why I'm branded by society as a… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Birth is of course violent. Menstruation is violent. Trust me, if men's penises opened up once a month and shot blood, we'd… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
The menstruation taboo is ancient, and there are so many theories about it. For some, it is fear of blood, and for… — Radhika Apte Copy Share Image
“In terms of language, there were no separate words for female genitalia for thousands of years. That was mostly because women were… — Elissa Stein and Susan Kim Copy Share Image
Nobody had counseled women to expect the changes in bleeding patterns which are typically associated with IUD use, and they received no… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
The statistic that 67 percent of women's admissions to the psychiatric facilities are during the week before menstruation is critically important to… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Menstrual blood is the only source of blood that is not traumatically induced. Yet in modern society, this is the most hidden… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
I was doing some research on menstruation for a column. I read about Arunachalam Muruganantham's life and work, and his story gripped… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people. The same way we have learned to ignore the… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin menstruation at her husband's house rather… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
“So I was forced to go to school wearing a menstrual pad belt that had been in our first aid drawer since… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Once we start to work with Feminine power we begin to see that it is not our minds that are in control… — Lucy H. Pearce Copy Share Image
In 1986, Gloria Steinem wrote that if men got periods, they 'would brag about how long and how much': that boys would… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
When a woman is making love with a man, a sense of heat in her brain, which brings forth with it sensual… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Because in traditional Hindu culture menstruation is associated with a variety of social taboos, prolonged menstrual bleeding produced conflicts within families. The… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
“It was 1976. It was one of the darkest days of my life when that nurse, Mrs. Shimmer, pulled out a maxi… — Laurie Notaro Copy Share Image
Menstruation is a natural phenomenon and it is neither dirty, nor a taboo. — Manushi Chhillar Copy Share Image
I understood that menstruation - the indication that you're a real woman - stopped if you grew weak from illness — Aya Kito Copy Share Image
“Starving whilst schooled is like a man’s finding out that his wife is on her periods … a few seconds after he… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Mentioning the word 'menstruation' has always been a taboo in India. People always shy away from talking about menstruation hygiene, and the… — Radhika Apte Copy Share Image
Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you'd never know it. Isn't that strange? — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Consider a very natural process, menstruation, and how the association has been created in which this process is dirty, degrading. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
