The curse
confronting the last unmentionable taboo: menstruation
by Karen Houppert
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The Curse examines the culture of concealment that surrounds menstruation and the devastating impact such secrecy has on women's physical and psychological health.
But the hush surrounding menstruation makes it "impolite" to challenge such assumptions. Houppert argues that industry ad campaigns have effectively stymied consumer debate, research, and safety monitoring of the sanitary protection industry. By telling girls and women how to think and talk about menstruation, the mostly male-dominated media have set a tone that shapes women's experiences for them, defining what they are allowed to feel about their periods, their bodies, and their sexuality.
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Aspectos sociales, Menstruación, Menstruation, Opinión pública, Public opinion, Social aspects, Social aspects of Menstruation, Menstruatie, Psychology, Body Image, Massamedia, Sociale aspecten, Social Perception, Premenstrual Syndrome, Gezondheid, Menstrual Hygiene Products, Menstruation, social aspects, Women, health and hygiene, Consumer educationShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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La menstruación: desmontando el último tabú femenino
2000, Editorial Juventud
in Spanish
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The Curse: Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo, Menstruation
April 1999, Farrar Straus Giroux
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0374273669 9780374273668
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The curse: confronting the last unmentionable taboo: menstruation
1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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"Welcome this new day for womanhood, Tampax Inc. announces on July 26, 1936, in its very first mass-market ad."
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