Living in a society that hushes before gushing about the monthly melodies in a female’s life, I was raised with an entirely different perspective towards it, mostly because my father is a Doctor. At home, the code name for periods was, *wait for the drumroll*, PERIODS!! I was taught not to be shy about it, even before I had it.
I still remember the day this lifetime of inconvenience decided to grace my life with its presence for the first time. I never thought I’ll freak out because I was well aware with the theory of it, but I did. It was right before heading out for my piano class that I jumped out of the bathroom, screaming.
My mom understood immediately, but my brother who was packing his violin, was completely confused. Sadly, my mom had to tell my brother that I had pooped my pants, because he was too little to understand. Well, who told me to scream and create drama?! I had to live with that explanation. He was educated about this a year or two later.
The thing is, I couldn’t run to mom that day because she was busy getting my brother ready to go for violin class. So the person I ran to was my dad. Yes, I ran to him crying, hugged him and told what happened. It never occurred to me till I was more grown up that this was not the way it is in many homes and that it is a taboo in our society.
Owing to the way I was raised, I still have no qualms in admitting to a fellow male colleague or friend, that I can’t go somewhere as planned because I’m having the cramps. They often look taken aback at my bluntness.
I am not ashamed of it. None of us has to be. My brother teases me and tells me not to touch him because i’m “impure”. That very moment I jump onto him to give him the hug of his life.
It is a necessity for us, a part of womanhood. I won’t glorify it. I prefer calling a spade, a spade. For me, it’s a monthly bodily function that is necessary for our well-being.
So it’s high time people did away with the hype and taboo surrounding it. It’s only a normal occurrence that a woman can do absolutely nothing about, Period (pun intended)
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You father deserves to be given a medal.
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Haha. I’ll let him know. But that’s one way to look at it. I think he was just being a normal father. It’s because the society has such an aversion to this topic that his attitude to this seems so miraculous. Every person should refrain from giving it importance, more than it deserves.
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These days normal is abnormal 🙂
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True!
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Its good to see Ladies are talking on this now…I am very much thankful to you…
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It was my pleasure to write about it 😊
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And my pleasure to read it…
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