Do We Need a “Period Dignity Officer?”

Women have gone for thousands of years without a Period Officer. It’s ridiculous. @Mellowgirl

@Carissimi I know... Hence me ignoring it

@Carissimi Most drop out of school and don't finish because of taboos around periods. You say we've gone thousands of years without a period officer but people gone thousands of years without education so... by your logic.

@Carissimi If their parents aren't teaching them, someone's got to. Public education is crap.

Isn’t public education run by government, just like this so called Period Officer. @SatanBurger

@Carissimi [quote]Talking about menstruation is taboo in many communities and access to menstrual hygiene products is a problem faced around the world.

As a result, people are often fearful and unprepared when they start having periods. They miss school and fall behind in their studies. Many drop out.

We began our work in Ethiopia to help girls stay in school by providing the supplies and education they need to manage menstruation. We've since brought our mission home, working to end period poverty in our local community of St. Louis and throughout the U.S. [/quote]

[b]https://www.dignityperiod.org/[/b]

It's fairly obvious they do a little bit more than the federal govt.

Not everyone is blessed and gets to talk about sex, periods, dating and other coming of age things. People live in religious communities where that's shunned and seen as dirty. You also don't have to be religious, if the parents don't have a sexual IQ to them or have hang ups around coming of age topics because of trauma, how do you expect these people to teach others?

Everyone deserves a right to know their bodies, not everyone comes from the same background as you.

And you are right. Why do we allow the insane to make the rules? @BizSuitStacy

Apparently not. @Magenta

It’s insanity. @Stereoguy