This week we are talking about the most taboo subject of all-- menstruation. This is the beginning of a few episodes on women's health and understanding the stigmatization and lack of resources available to women for this monthly experience is a fascinating background to a deeper exploration into women's health.

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Miles, Rosalind. The Women’s History of the World. London, UK: Harper Collins Publishers, 1988. 

Gershon, Livia. "The Secret History of Menstruation: Menstruation is both a mundane fact of life and an oddly under-discussed subject. For many centuries, Western industrial societies have simply ignored it." JSTOR. Last modified  February 8, 2018. https://daily.jstor.org/the-secret-history-of-menstruation/. 

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Simple Health Editors. "A History of Menstrual-Hygiene." Simple Health. Last modified December 8, 2020.  https://www.simplehealth.com/blog/a-history-of-menstrual-hygiene.