I just read the article and came here to comment as the graun isn't brave enough to open comments.
Suzanne Moore has said what I think so much more eloquently than I could, hence she's the pro writer and I'm not. So glad that she's sharing her "lived experience". I think we spend so long concealing these things that people who don't experience them don't have a chance at empathy because they just don't get it. Breaking some female taboos could go a long way to helping people realise it's not just fun, games and fancy shoes being a woman. Although it is for some. Argh. I refer back to Suzanne.