WMN: March 2nd ( data: 2010-03-02 20:19:21   /   wyświetleń: 187   /   autor: chelimerri   /   pobierz notatkę na dysk )

The goal for our class today is to learn how to pronounce "menstruation"

Terms for the above:
the rag
period
aunt flow
mother nature
the curse
cycle
time of the month
pms'ing

Fear=Taboo -> power
Women bleed for days and they manage to stay alive: MAGIC
Rhetorical Question

Awful power that has to be constrained (contaminated power)
Women are associated with the body through reproduction

2010 Taboos:
women are guided by their hormones
PMS-ing
smell bad
don't bathe while you are on your period
Hide your tampons/pads
silent wrappers so you can't hear it

Menstrual Activism:
not being ashamed of being female


assumption: women are controlled by the hormones
Looking for reasons

PMS
pre menstrual syndrome: did not used to exist / was not recognized
convenient way to label and diminish the feelings associated with their emotions

WE NEED TO SUPPORT MENSTRUATION
government dispersed tampons


Why is not used to elevate the status of women? ? ?
another form of control, because of eve, social construction of gender (anything that is not male is "the other"; anything that is associated with lower status is diminished)