Essays about: "menstrual shame"
Found 4 essays containing the words menstrual shame.
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1. THE BLOODY STIGMA IS STILL HERE, PERIOD.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : iAbstractThis exploratory study aims to investigate the connection between menstrual perceptions,knowledge and education about menstruation as well as the period product choice. Using thefeminist approach, research data were gathered from three focus groups of girls between 14 and15 years old that went to the same high school in Visby (Sweden). READ MORE
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2. The Role of Menstruation : a Case Study amongst Women from Nakwa Village in Tanzania
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbeteAbstract : This study investigates what role menstruation have for women in the village of Nakwa, Tanzania; how inadequate MHM affects the perception of women; and how menstruation is affecting the gender equality within a marriage in Nakwa. Most women in Nakwa village struggle to maintain high standards of cleanliness regarding their own Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). READ MORE
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3. Period of shame - The effects of menstrual hygiene management on rural women and girls' quality of life in Savannakhet, Laos
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how rural women and girls’ menstrual hygiene management (MHM) affects their life-quality and performance in everyday life. The thesis analysed the opportunities, abilities and motivation they had in performing MHM and how it affected their social and economical opportunities. READ MORE
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4. Countering the Menstrual Mainstream A Study of the European Menstrual Countermovement
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Introducing the term the ”Menstrual Countermovement”: the mass of actions, and agents that purposefully work towards challenging the repressive mainstream menstrual discourse of shame and silence, this research focuses on a spatiotemporal context previously unstudied: Europe, late 2000’s - early 2010‘s. The dual aim of the study is to contribute to a 1) diversification and broadening of the understanding of the movement as a whole, and (2) continuing the work of previous research further exploring the movement’s place within feminism. READ MORE