Schools teach a lot about sex, a lot about the biology of periods (in science), a lot about puberty (in primary school). But they seem to leave out periods in their curriculum (in PSHE etc)
Periods are a huge part of a teenage girl?s life; they can dictate whether you go out, whether you go swimming or whether you spend the entire week in bed with chocolate and a hot water bottle. But every so often I learn something new about my body, sometimes it is something I wish I knew earlier, such as a form of pain relief, or something that if I knew earlier, much hassle would have been saved.
Girls are taught the myths and facts of periods, but not anything else. Yes, you can swim whilst ?on?, yes, you can get pregnant....Yes, and you are going to get cramps. (Why is it that no one ever says that cramps hurt like hell? In any literature about this they are uncomfortable?)
Why can?t girls be taught the truth? You can sweat buckets, changing your diet slightly can help; you get diarrhoea/constipation/flatulence, headaches, aching muscles. Don?t be a martyr, take pain relief, hot baths may be good but may make you feel faint (if you have them at near boiling point
). Sometimes, standing on one leg whilst leaning to the left 30 degrees is the ONLY way to stop pain.
Ohh, and don?t start me on the whole ?4 tablespoons of blood?, like hell it is.
It just seems that girls are taught the warm and fuzzy side to periods and not the actual truth. Why can?t girls be told, periods are crap, but get use to it?
Rant over.
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To think girls should be taught more about their own body and menstruation?
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PencilCaseBlue · 22/08/2011 21:27
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