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History of Feminism

Little Star

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5. And work places are also not very understanding...

Reply to boston bean (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 09:11 AM

Apr 2012

Try being out of work when your hormones are out of wack. I use to find another excuse to give them when I was suffering from severe menstruation pains. Most times I just worked anyway out of fear of losing my job.

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Women, Vaginas and Blood: Menstruate With Pride [View all] boston bean Apr 2012 OP

Hmmm. Well, I can certainlhy appreciate the countering of societal attitudes surrounding this... hlthe2b Apr 2012 #1

I think it had more to do with the societal taboo's. boston bean Apr 2012 #2

I meant "celebrating" in the generic sense-- (to observe, commemorate, proclaim, make known publicly hlthe2b Apr 2012 #3

Ah, I get it! boston bean Apr 2012 #4

And work places are also not very understanding... Little Star Apr 2012 #5

my brother is a single father to a daughter. we were talking one day and he was telling me seabeyond Apr 2012 #6

Me neither. MadrasT Apr 2012 #7

I hear this. boston bean Apr 2012 #8

That's what I took from it too. redqueen Apr 2012 #15

i had never thought of it from your perspective. seabeyond Apr 2012 #9

Yes... I can definitely relate to what you are saying... hlthe2b Apr 2012 #11

There may be a Warren Zevon song in there, somewhere. nt Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #10

I actually LOL'd when I first saw the photo, but your comment has me CrispyQ Apr 2012 #12

Perhaps in Sweden, they will now refer to it as Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #13

I had to Google that to figure out what you meant. CrispyQ Apr 2012 #14

thread about it in this group ;) iverglas Apr 2012 #16