MENSTRUATION

Menstruation: A period of time (usually lasting from 4-6 days) when a woman's uterine lining is shed after being thickened throughout the previous weeks. This event normally occurs once a month. A woman typically begins (menarche) menstruation at around the age of 12 and menopause may begin around the age of 52. (Let me break that down for you: that's 40 years of menstruation. 40 years multiplied by 12 months equals 480 times that a woman - on average - may experience menstruation. FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY!)

PREVIOUS to these 4-6 days, a woman may experience a variety of uncomfortable symptoms. I'll list some here: moodswings, bloating, cravings, acne outbreak, headaches, migraines, severe/immobilizing abdominal pain, extreme irritability, back pain, and fatigue - to name a few.

DURING the 4-6 days, a woman has to worry about: leaks - which requires consistent checking, odours, hygiene, inability to participate in activities she normally participates in, wearing really uncomfortable feminine products and inability to sleep comfortably because of the high chance of nasty leaks. (Can I get any more detailed?)

All together - including premenstrual symptoms - a woman faces roughly about 2 weeks (out of the month) of this hormone bonanza and all its crazy effects.

I'll get to my point now: Today, I took a look at my "always ultra thins" and the adhesive on the handy wings of the pad said: "have a happy period!"




and to that, i say: Fuck you, dumbass. There's no such thing, asshole.



-The menstruating xtine