"I thought of my period as, yeah, like this sign, I was a woman," says Serena Williams. "It's certainly way more important than we've been teaching female body people to believe" The healthy menstrual cycle impacts our immune system, mental health and libido. If you're not menstruating regularly, female athletes and their coaches should be concerned.
International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. Equality is no longer enough, women need equity - that's the message of former US 5000m champion, Lauren Fleshman who joins us on this episode of the podcast to speak about the vital need for the world of sport to be reimagined for women. In conversation with host Sophie Penney, sports journalist for Reuters and The Athletic, Lauren looks back at her own career to examine the damaging mental and physical effects of young women being trained in line with the physiological development of a male body, the financial realities of being a professional female athlete, and what it means to be a successful athlete.
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