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In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies—not to mention... read more
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“Whenever menstruation is mentioned these days it's only because there's an underlying sales pitch. . . or a complaint or the punch line to a joke.”
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“although you can watch buckest of fake blood merrily sploodging out of heads and torsos becasue of fists, bullets, knives <etc> . . . rarely will you ever see a single drop as a result of menstruation.”
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And in Finland, PMS is charmingly referred to as Hullun Lechman Tauti, or mad cow disease.
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Orthodox Jewish men still recite a daily prayer, “Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of
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thought the uterus literally liked to mosey around a woman’s torso, into her chest, and sometimes right up into her throat, in its never-ending search for children. Those ramblin’ ways allegedly caused hysteria,
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Females make up more than half the world's population.
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Introduction
1. Language
2. Where We Are Today
3. So How Did We Get Here?
4. Hysteria
5. seeing Red
6. Sex and Religion
7. Society's Role
Menstrual Time Line
8. Advertising
9. The Scent of a Woman
10. So Now You're a Woman!
11. Back to Basics
12. When Good Periods Go Bad
13. Hey, is it Getting Hot in Here?
14. Outside the Box
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- Elissa Stein (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 612.662
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- Books › Professional & Technical › Medical › Basic Sciences › Physiology
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
- Books › Medicine › Basic Science › Physiology
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Personal Health › Women's Health
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies
- Books › Entertainment › Humor
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