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"It shouldn't be an act of feminism to know how your body works," says gynecologist and author Jen Gunter. In this revelatory talk, she explains how menstrual shame silences and represses — and leads to the spread of harmful misinformation and the mismanagement of pain. Declaring the era of the menstrual taboos over, she delivers a clear, much-needed lesson on the once-mysterious mechanics of the uterus.
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There’s another Gunter? Omg I didn’t think their was more!
Let’s talk about it!
Beautiful Jen
I’m 58 years old and this is the first time I have heard of period diarrhea…
I already knew that when i was in 4th grade. Because i here my classmates always talk about it. I am 38…and a guy.
28% of women? Wow – first for me also.
Joseph Voll you obviously don’t act 34
Why can’t we see them happen on live tv?
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So I learned more about what a period is and what treatments are good for pain but nothing about why we can’t talk about it. Most of the women and a good amount of my guy friends are cool with talking about it. One dude had suggest a adult pull while I was sleeping so I never had to worry about a mess and I just took a shower the next morning. So yay, didn’t really get the video sorry.
brilliant talk! uterus ready choice is from the ovary – NOT the embryo – for menstruation.
yeah, like it’s making a decision based on your life goals and current circumstances…. lol. It’s not “making a choice” it’s an automatic reaction to a specific set of stimuli.
@Kurt E. Clothier That’s just your Western materialistic bias. There is a secret: Daoism, Meditation, and the Wonders of Serenity: From the …Professor Stephen Eskildsen – 2015 – Religion “For good discussions on female Neidan and the stopping of menstruation (decapitating the Red Dragon), see Catherine Despeux and Livia Kohn, Women in …” https://books.google.com/books?id=qvfdCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA350&lpg=PA350&dq=female+neidan+stopping+menstruation&source=bl&ots=9GJbEbZ2–&sig=ACfU3U0yEftkLbdjebw6sgJzApT8akeHYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6jeuGsLvnAhVOZc0KHUYZDOIQ6AEwFXoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&q=female%20neidan%20stopping%20menstruation&f=false
It was over long ago. You can look all that stuff up on Google. Advertising the stuff web is a different thing.
Why can’t we talk about pooping? It’s way too stigmatized and everyone poops
Ничего не понятно, но очень интересно, спасибо
Лол
I thought this was going to be a TED talk on why men won’t talk about periods.
Because when you get to the period, the sentence is already over.
You can start a new sentence…
This is what’s important in 2020
I thought yesterday’s video on Afro picks was great but it seems everyday we’re getting into more important material.
my TED talk “who says, we talk about periods?”
Thank you for this empowering video!
What does the acronym “TED” stand for again?
The Chopping Block technology entertainment design
@Shannon hmm. Are we designing periods?
Thank you for explaining cramps! That explains so much about what people around me go through.