Anna Dahlqvist: It’s Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation [2018] paperback Condition:New baby eyes and quizzical tilt

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Anna Dahlqvist: It’s Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation [2018] paperback Condition:New baby eyes and quizzical tiltAcross the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections