Menstrual horrors?

[SomeRandom]

Okay I’m a little apprehensive about this. But I think it’s important to discuss and normalise such topics. Among everyone!

Now I’ve been reading some very concerning stories online from folks (in this instance from the States) concerning not only their education with regards to menstrual cycles but their negative experiences in school. Being told off, being shamed, bullied etc. Or indeed horrible advice from
I’m curious if you’ve ever experienced such things?
Horror stories? Awful advice? Experimentation that actually worked?

This thread was inspired by this legislation being proposed in Florida

Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade | Florida | The Guardian

Planned Parenthood advocates say the ‘absurd’ draft legislation regarding periods would present a ‘reductive and binary view of sex’

amp.theguardian.com

Now, sixth grade in the US around 11-12. Is that correct? Seems a bit late if you ask me.
What concerns me more is, according to this article it would ban even questions before that age? Which seems a recipe for absolute disaster if you ask me. Just my opinion.
But I could be getting the short end of the stick here
So I want an American perspective. Help me out here guys.
Thoughts? Complaints? Criticism?

 

[Revoltingest]

The legislation is stupid & mean.

 

[pearl]

The legislation is stupid & mean.

More than that its dangerous. Some girls cycle begins earlier than others. If parents have not educated them concerning their own body imagine the fear of a young girl discovering her first period in a school bathroom. It seems Florida wants to keep its citizens in the dark about a lot of things. Florida depends on the tourist for its economy. Lets boycott Florida, maybe Floridians will come to their senses.

 

[Revoltingest]

More than that its dangerous. Some girls cycle begins earlier than others. If parents have not educated them concerning their own body imagine the fear of a young girl discovering her first period in a school bathroom. It seems Florida wants to keep its citizens in the dark about a lot of things. Florida depends on the tourist for its economy. Lets boycott Florida, maybe Floridians will come to their senses.

I left out "dangerous" just so someone else could post it.
(I actually did. )

 

[Stevicus]

Okay I’m a little apprehensive about this. But I think it’s important to discuss and normalise such topics. Among everyone!

Now I’ve been reading some very concerning stories online from folks (in this instance from the States) concerning not only their education with regards to menstrual cycles but their negative experiences in school. Being told off, being shamed, bullied etc. Or indeed horrible advice from
I’m curious if you’ve ever experienced such things?
Horror stories? Awful advice? Experimentation that actually worked?

This thread was inspired by this legislation being proposed in Florida

Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade | Florida | The Guardian

Planned Parenthood advocates say the ‘absurd’ draft legislation regarding periods would present a ‘reductive and binary view of sex’

amp.theguardian.com

Now, sixth grade in the US around 11-12. Is that correct? Seems a bit late if you ask me.
What concerns me more is, according to this article it would ban even questions before that age? Which seems a recipe for absolute disaster if you ask me. Just my opinion.
But I could be getting the short end of the stick here
So I want an American perspective. Help me out here guys.
Thoughts? Complaints? Criticism?

The American perspective isn't necessarily the Florida perspective, but then again, it seems to spreading beyond the Sunshine State. Americans do tend to have a very puritanical view when it comes to certain subjects. Then people wonder why there's a problem with teenage pregnancies and STDs, among other things.

Most of the time, such legislation is rooted in the assumption that "it's the parent's job to teach these things" to their children, while the schools should exist just to teach the Three R's (which leaves out science and history, presumably to be taught by the church).

 

[pearl]

"it's the parent's job to teach these things"

I think the Church agrees, parents are to be the prime educators when it comes to morality.

 

[Stevicus]

I think the Church agrees, parents are to be the prime educators when it comes to morality.

Ideally, that would be the case. But not all parents seem suited for or well-disposed to carry out that function.

 

[syo]

The state wants to control human bodies.

Ok, one day ANARCHY will prevail, and the state will go to hell.

 

[HonestJoe]

I think the Church agrees, parents are to be the prime educators when it comes to morality.

I would suggest that, typically, Churches want the Church to be the sole educator when it comes to morality. If parents do (or don't do) something in regards to their own children the Church disagrees with, the Church will oppose them, sometimes to the point of forcing them out entirely.

 

[JustGeorge]

It isn't my story, but rather, my mother's.

No one ever talked to her about menstruation. It so happened that the day she started her first period was also the day she crashed her bike. It wasn't a major fall, so she didn't think a whole lot of it until she went to the bathroom later on and found, what appeared to be in her mind, internal bleeding.

The fear and panic she felt... "I must be dying!" she thought. She went fear stricken to my grandmother, who set her straight and helped her out, but I can't even imagine what that would be like.

 

[SkepticThinker]

Okay I’m a little apprehensive about this. But I think it’s important to discuss and normalise such topics. Among everyone!

Now I’ve been reading some very concerning stories online from folks (in this instance from the States) concerning not only their education with regards to menstrual cycles but their negative experiences in school. Being told off, being shamed, bullied etc. Or indeed horrible advice from
I’m curious if you’ve ever experienced such things?
Horror stories? Awful advice? Experimentation that actually worked?

This thread was inspired by this legislation being proposed in Florida

Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade | Florida | The Guardian

Planned Parenthood advocates say the ‘absurd’ draft legislation regarding periods would present a ‘reductive and binary view of sex’

amp.theguardian.com

Now, sixth grade in the US around 11-12. Is that correct? Seems a bit late if you ask me.
What concerns me more is, according to this article it would ban even questions before that age? Which seems a recipe for absolute disaster if you ask me. Just my opinion.
But I could be getting the short end of the stick here
So I want an American perspective. Help me out here guys.
Thoughts? Complaints? Criticism?

I don't understand the reasoning behind it. What's the point in having such instruction in the curriculum if most have already had their first period by the time it comes up?

 

[Father Heathen]

Americans do tend to have a very puritanical view when it comes to certain subjects. Then people wonder why there's a problem with teenage pregnancies and STDs, among other things.

Conservatives shield kids from sexual education due to religion.
As a result kids get pregnant, STDs, etc. due to ignorance.
Conservatives then claim teenage pregnancy, STDs, etc. due to not enough religion.

 

[We Never Know]

Okay I’m a little apprehensive about this. But I think it’s important to discuss and normalise such topics. Among everyone!

Now I’ve been reading some very concerning stories online from folks (in this instance from the States) concerning not only their education with regards to menstrual cycles but their negative experiences in school. Being told off, being shamed, bullied etc. Or indeed horrible advice from
I’m curious if you’ve ever experienced such things?
Horror stories? Awful advice? Experimentation that actually worked?

This thread was inspired by this legislation being proposed in Florida

Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade | Florida | The Guardian

Planned Parenthood advocates say the ‘absurd’ draft legislation regarding periods would present a ‘reductive and binary view of sex’

amp.theguardian.com

Now, sixth grade in the US around 11-12. Is that correct? Seems a bit late if you ask me.
What concerns me more is, according to this article it would ban even questions before that age? Which seems a recipe for absolute disaster if you ask me. Just my opinion.
But I could be getting the short end of the stick here
So I want an American perspective. Help me out here guys.
Thoughts? Complaints? Criticism?

I'm curious to see how many female politicians will support that.

 

[We Never Know]

Ideally, that would be the case. But not all parents seem suited for or well-disposed to carry out that function.

Too many dead beat parents out there. Without school some kids wouldn't eat, have a social life or learn about life in general.

 

[The Hammer]

I think the Church agrees, parents are to be the prime educators when it comes to morality.

Menstruation has morality involved? News to me

 

[Rival]

We learnt about this aged 10 or so. Menstruation usually begins before 13; I knew one girl who started at 11. I started at 12. I think girls should be told pre-puberty; what's the issue? It's normal, it's healthy.

 

[mangalavara]

Menstruation has morality involved? News to me

I, too, was baffled by that.

 

[ChristineM]

I think the Church agrees, parents are to be the prime educators when it comes to morality.

Eh?

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Conservatives shield kids from sexual education due to religion.
As a result kids get pregnant, STDs, etc. due to ignorance.
Conservatives then claim teenage pregnancy, STDs, etc. due to not enough religion.

They use the same argument about guns.
The answer to gun deaths is more guns???

 

[SomeRandom]

I, too, was baffled by that.

Menstruation has morality involved? News to me

Unfortunately, I’ve seen these “morality tied to menstruation elements” affect a few acquaintances over the years. For the worse. But they were eventually able to (mostly) recover.
Bizarre to me, to be sure. I definitely disagree with these elements, regardless of religion. But there you go