If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that periods are terrifying. Well, men have certainly seemed to think so. All the way back to Roman times, the male chroniclers of the human condition have agreed on one thing: menstruation is unseemly, ungodly and just plain horrible. The resulting taboo means we know really very little about periods, with obvious knock-on consequences for women’s health. Now, researchers are investigating the healing powers of period blood, and how it could hold the key to developing treatments for conditions like endometriosis. In this episode, the Visible Women team asks: what could we gain from breaking the taboo over periods.
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2.6 The contraceptive headache
2.5 Waiting for the ladies
2.4 The day the women went on strike
2.3 The concussed female brain
2.2 Are pianos sexist?
Introducing Season 2: Visible Women with Caroline Criado Perez
6. Privacy vs the gender data gap
5. The curious case of Percy Pig and the missing pocket
4. Deadly injustice: Why cars aren’t safe for women
3. Computer says no: is AI making healthcare worse for women?
2. Can playgrounds be sexist?
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