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unusual facts about menstrual



Annie Sprinkle

She starred in Nick Zedd's experimental films War Is Menstrual Envy (1992), Ecstasy in Entropy (1999), and Electra Elf: The Beginning (2005).

Cloth menstrual pad

When changing cloth menstrual pads away from home, some women place the soiled pads into a waterproof or Ziploc bag to keep them from drying out and to contain or prevent odor and then wash the pads when convenient.

Hollis Robbins

"A Menstrual Lesson for Girls: Maria Edgeworth's "The Purple Jar," in Menstruation A Cultural History edited by Andrew Shail and Gillian Howie.

Ian Brockington

He has written an authored work on Motherhood and Mental Health (1996) and more recently self-published, under the name Eyry Press two other books – Menstrual Psychosis, and Eileithyia's Mischief, named for the ancient Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery.

Menstrual taboo

In 1996, during the running of the 100th Boston Marathon, Uta Pippig, the first woman to cross the finish line, had visible menstrual blood and severe menstrual cramps.

Metaformic Theory

Lunar calendars were not only methods for measuring time; they indicated both the phases of the moon and a woman’s menstrual cycle.

Rtu

In Classical Sanskrit, it refers to an epoch or period, especially one of the six seasons or ritus in the Hindu calendar, Vasanta/Basant "spring", Grishma "the hot season", Varsha "the rainy season", Sharad "autumn", Hemant "winter"; and Shishir "the cool season", or the menstrual cycle.

Water retention

:*Premenstrual water retention, a common phenomenon associated with the menstrual cycle


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