A British company has just introduced menstrual leave for female employees. But such a policy risks creating a blanket expectation that all women are crippled by their periods.
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We must try harder to explore what causes endometriosis and not reinforce theories that imply fault on a woman’s part, or are shaped by old ideas about women’s roles and bodies.
There are endless euphemisms for women’s conditions and body parts. If you can’t name a body part, how can you seek medical help if something appears to be wrong with it?
Women visit the GP more than men, particularly between the ages of 15 and 44. This difference is partly due to the management of gynaecological and reproductive issues.
Ask any young woman whether she feels embarrassed by her periods and she’ll likely deny it. Her grandmother might have hidden all evidence of “the curse” but not today’s liberated women. Right?
While everyone needs access to proper sanitation to stay healthy, for girls and women it is also an issue of safety and equal participation in society.
By learning a bit more about these body fluids, we can develop a deeper appreciation for the beauty and complexity of our own biology.
The government’s hands are tied on taxing tampons, but there are alternatives.
The inclusion of menstrual hygiene in the Sustainable Development Goals marks an important step forward, but to what extent will it address the issue of schoolgirl absenteeism?
Donald Trump got menstruation onto the front page of the New York Times. With the taboo broken, it’s a good time to talk about how all girls everywhere can manage their periods safely and privately.
New research shows women’s faces become redder at their more fertile times but men’s response remains a mystery.
The only approach that you don’t find used in menstrual power protests is the use of menstrual blood as a love charm. Perhaps that’s because it taps into the deepest fears of people, especially of heterosexual men, of being entrapped by the power of women’s fertility.
Premenstrual stress (PMS) runs the gamut of minor inconvenience to severe life-disrupting distress. So is the packaging for a range of “ice-cream that understands PMS” created by a 21-year-old American…
Already widely prescribed as antidepressants, SSRIs such as fluoxetine (the non-brand name for Prozac) have gained increasing acceptance over the past 20 years in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome…
It wasn’t that long ago that it was believed that regular periods were essential for women’s health and in their absence, a loss of blood through another orifice was a fair substitute. In a classical Greek…
Premenstral Syndrome (PMS) has been linked to our evolutionary past as a method of dissolving infertile pair bonds. Researchers…
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From the time of Plato and Hippocrates, women’s emotions have been attributed to the menstrual cycle. The Greeks believed the womb travelled around the body, causing all manner of ailments – sex and pregnancy…
Researchers have determined that there is no conclusive evidence to support the existence of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS…
Most couples who seek reproductive assistance are sub-fertile, rather than sterile, and may conceive naturally. But for this to to be optimised, they need to accurately time intercourse on the fertile…
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Mount Saint Mary's University
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Professor of Women's Health Psychology, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Family History, University of Tasmania
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Visiting Researcher at the Centre of Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences, King's College London
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
