BookShared
  • MEMBER AREA    
  • Period: The Real Story of Menstruation

    (By Kate Clancy)

    Book Cover Watermark PDF Icon Read Ebook
    ×
    Size 22 MB (22,081 KB)
    Format PDF
    Downloaded 598 times
    Last checked 9 Hour ago!
    Author Kate Clancy
    “Book Descriptions: A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation



    Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's period as useless and some doctors still believe it's unsafe for a menstruating person to swim in the ocean wearing a tampon. Period counters the false theories that have long defined the study of the uterus, exposing the eugenic history of gynecology while providing an intersectional feminist perspective on menstruation science.

    Blending interviews and personal experience with engaging stories from her own pioneering research, Kate Clancy challenges many of the myths and false assumptions that have defined the study of the uterus. There is no such a thing as a "normal" menstrual cycle. In fact, menstrual cycles are incredibly variable and highly responsive to environmental and psychological stressors. Clancy takes up a host of timely issues surrounding menstruation, from bodily autonomy, menstrual hygiene, and the COVID-19 vaccine to the ways racism, sexism, and medical betrayal warp public perceptions of menstruation and erase it from public life.

    Offering a revelatory new perspective on one of the most captivating biological processes in the human body, Period will change the way you think about the past, present, and future of periods.”

    Google Drive Logo DRIVE
    Book 1

    Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

    ★★★★★

    Leah Hazard

    Book 1

    Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

    ★★★★★

    Jen Gunter

    Book 1

    Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

    ★★★★★

    Jenni Nuttall

    Book 1

    Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

    ★★★★★

    Cat Bohannon

    Book 1

    Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care

    ★★★★★

    Tracey Lindeman

    Book 1

    T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us

    ★★★★★

    Carole Hooven

    Book 1

    Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

    ★★★★★

    Rachel E. Gross

    Book 1

    It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)

    ★★★★★

    Karen Tang

    Book 1

    Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

    ★★★★★

    Christie Wilcox

    Book 1

    Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

    ★★★★★

    Angela Saini

    Book 1

    Kalk, Çalış, Başarısız Ol!

    ★★★★★

    Behçet Yalın Özkara

    Book 1

    The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

    ★★★★★

    Anushay Hossain

    Book 1

    Everfair (Everfair, #1)

    ★★★★★

    Nisi Shawl

    Book 1

    Butts: A Backstory

    ★★★★★

    Heather Radke