Is it that time of the month?

"Is it that time of the month?"

Join us as we dissect this phrase and try to understand why society is so convinced that we are all menstrual monsters. Western civilisation created this culture-bound belief that PMS makes women have 'lady brain' once a month and so can't possibly be rational creatures. Let's fight against this, stop letting others use this as a way to shut us up and push us back.

Frankly, it's a dick thing to say and we are not here for it anymore!

Join us on our quest to change our society by thinking about the language we use on each other!

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And remember, we can all be dicks sometimes!

Resources and reading from this episode:

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde: How PMS Became a Cultural Phenomenon and a Psychiatric Disorder by Joan Chrisler and Paula Caplan
• The Question of rest for a woman during menstruation by Mary Putnam Jacobi
• The Scientist Who Said Periods Weren't a Big Deal - National Geographic
• A forgotten moment in psyiology: the Lovelace Women in Space Program (1960-1962) - Journal of Advances in Physiology Education
• Premenstrual Syndrome - US Department of Health and Human Services

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