Periods have always been somewhat taboo. Roman philosopher and naturalist, Pliny The Elder, declared that menstrual blood would:
"Turn new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, graft ...
... a Nepali women's rights activist focusing on menstrual health, told the New York Times. “Our president is a woman, the speaker is a woman, and our chief justice was a woman. But girls are dying in the shed ...
... nce in the race today.
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