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yes!!! but also, i've started taking back my power in those situations. i speak openly to employers, professors, and peers in situations where its necessary. i refuse to live my adult life tiptoeing around a perfectly normal and natural occurrence (shoot, i'm the one whos truly going through the real discomfort of it sozzz...) like, i wont be crass/tasteless but if my friends are asking me to go out and play sports, i candidly let them know "i'll catch y'all another time, im on my period and not feeling well" no biggie! or if my professor asks why i might be absent or leave during class, i'll politely let them know i'm cramping or it's that time of the month. i think the biggest thing that's helped me take some of that societal shame and kick it to the curb is not hiding my feminine products. i don't whisper or sneak, i just ask for a tampon or pad as if its a normal item and carry it with me (bc like,, who is going to do anything about it lol). there's nothing gross or shameful about them, so why should i remain conditioned to act as such, yaknow! i think you're so right to point stuff like this out, because i feel like its so ingrained and makes it seem taboo when it's genuinely not! |
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this is so true !!!! it always feels embarrassing to say im on my period too?? like.. it really shouldnt be like that. its natural so why should i feel so awkward about it? i think because you see so many guys say stuff about periods i guess we might feel judged to say it.. i really wish it wasnt that way :[ |
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