Douche Bigalow.

And thank you for sharing your experience! Like I said, this was my experience in a progressive family. Some of my friends were forced to go suffer ridiculous myths that still persist such as not entering kitchen during your period, not touching family members - esp men (men being the people who would perform…

Yeah, fuck this shit. As a young girl growing up in India, even with a progressive family, I received NO info about periods. I got my cues from equally misinformed peers and you can imagine what theories a bunch of scared 12 year olds came up with. When I got my period, despite their best intentions, my parents told…