Dismantling menstrual taboos to overcome gender inequality
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The taboo and stigma around menstruation can lead to secrecy, shame, decreased mobility, social and religious restrictions, and impacts on confidence and self-efficacy.
“Further, the taboo and stigma around menstruation can lead to secrecy, shame, decreased mobility, social and religious restrictions, and impacts on confidence and self-efficacy [2, 11, 21, 26, 34, 35].”
From ’It’s like a burden on the head’: Redefining adequate menstrual hygiene management throughout women’s varied life stages in Odisha, India. (2019) · cites this paper as [34]
Such concerns may also be attributed to perceptions of regular menstruation as symbolic of women's abilities to be fecund and therefore their ability to be good wives and mothers.
“Such concerns may also be attributed to perceptions of regular menstruation as symbolic of women’s abilities to be fecund and therefore their ability to be good wives and mothers [34].”
From ’It’s like a burden on the head’: Redefining adequate menstrual hygiene management throughout women’s varied life stages in Odisha, India. (2019) · cites this paper as [34]
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- Authors
- Wilson, E., Haver, J., Torondel, B., Rubli, J., & Caruso, B. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Save the Children (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wilson, Emily
- Venue
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- e17
- ISSN
- 2352-4642 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2884268589
- Semantic Scholar
- c951d6ca73fcdd6161ec2966c2f4d303efbdf9ef
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Studies and Social Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Keywords
- menstrual taboos, menstrual hygiene, adolescent girls, gender inequality, social norms, menstrual health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, low-income countries
- MeSH terms
- Developing Countries, Female, Humans, Menstruation, Power, Psychological, Socioeconomic Factors, Taboo
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