Rated PG-13: The Issue of going with the Flow
The stigma of menstruation shapes negative perceptions influencing the medical and scientific fields. The lack of research on menstrual conditions and, particularly, their painful symptoms are caused by patriarchal notions of the antagonization of women and unrealistic femininity. We must re-examine the research parameters that allow for the exclusion of women and menstruating people in these fields for gender equity to persist.
