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Pathologizing Your Period

By Paula Caplan, Ms. Magazine

September 11, 2008 - 7:00am

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Women should be wary of believing claims that high-tech research has now proven that "premenstrual dysphoric disorder" is real.

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In Africa, Menstruation Can Be a Curse

By Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia

March 25, 2008 - 8:50am

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Menstruation is perhaps one of the most ordinary individual female experiences but, in sub-Saharan Africa, the experience often impacts society as a whole negatively due to the absence of clean water, sanitation, and products to cope with menstrual flow.


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