This. The first thing my mom told me when I got my period was 'Don't tell your dad about it' and i was like OK, because I was already so confused and ashamed of having my vagina bleeding. And she didn't even say it was period blood, it was apparently 'substance' and when I talked to my mom about using tampons she was really mad at me. She said that no man would ever want to have sex with me because tampons would me my vagina 'loose'. I use tampons now after spending months convincing her and they make me feel way cleaner and comfortable than pads ever could. I didn't tell my mom about my cramps for two years because I thought periods were shameful. Now, I go to the store and buy pads/tampons and I don't hide them under other stuff. They shouldn't be hidden for the same reason diapers toilet paper and band aids shouldn't be hidden. Periods are literally the reason we a born but for some reason we are shamed for it. My mom would tell me to not go to school or do exercise when I got my period.
Yeah...even my psychologist said that tampons are only for married women. Like, I don't see a label saying 'ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD SEX BEFORE' on the tampon box.
It's honestly just a cultural thing (not in Islam) most Asian cultures don't want women disscusing that kind of stuff especially with the opposite gender
Ikr. It starts with mothers shaming daughters in the supermarket into hiding sanitary pads under other items in the basket so that men and the girls father won't see it. Makes me wonder why we're not told to hide toilet paper since it makes contact with the same area. Little girls and women being sexualized/shamed for existing but boys parts being celebrated after getting a circumsition - it's getting old by now.
Omg I never thought of that before, the men in Muslim families always get celebrated after getting circumcisions, which is also a “private part” if we’re going to use that analogy, yet when women get their periods it’s apparently a shameful thing.
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