Rikki’s Reviews > The Hormone Myth: How Junk Science, Gender Politics, and Lies about PMS Keep Women Down > Status Update
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This seems like a solid choice as my follow-up read to "Witches, Midwives, and Nurses" as DeLuca is *also* taking on modern and contemporary medicine's systemic sexism, focusing specifically on the mythos surrounding PMS and related "hormonal issues." Really looking forward to this! I started in as I was falling asleep last night, got a few pages into the intro, but I'll need to reread.
— Oct 25, 2020 03:24PM
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"When a girl begins to menstruate, she is stigmatized by her reproductive potential. Parents may restrict her freedom, telegraphing messages that her maturing body is something dangerous that can get her in trouble. Also, menstrual blood is commonly seen as viscerally disgusting. ... (cont. below)
— Oct 26, 2020 09:51AM
