An OB-GYN explains the importance of leaning in to conversations about periods so children aren't negatively impacted by silence, shame and stigma surrounding their bodies.
before the sixth grade, though an updated version doesn't use specific language about periods, simply mentioning"reproductive health" materials.
"We've already got such stigma in this society about the female body when it comes to almost anything, including periods, and to now it's illegal to even be talking about something as basic as periods. … It makes no sense," says, an OB-GYN and executive director of health education nonprofit Mayday Health.
Instead, she says we should be leaning in to normalizing conversations about periods so people are empowered and equipped with knowledge from a young age.
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