Today's episode is focused on period taboos, and how menstruation is managed cross culturally. My guest Ila Mostafa published the paper The Real Period Stain: Menstrual Stigma and Its Pressures in South Asia based on a combination of her research and personal experience in this area. If you've ever wondered about menstrual taboos and/or stigma in different cultures, you'll definitely appreciate this episode.

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Topics discussed in today's episode:

What brought Ila to studying menstrual stigmas
Ila's personal experience with menstruation and how it differed
How Ila defines menstrual stigma and what impact it has on our lives
How different religions view women's menstruation
How menstrual stigmas effect women's lives
How Ila reconciles the public's view points on menstruation and how it relates to her personal experience
Women feel menstrual stigmas in different ways
What are the different menstrual stigmas?
What it looks like for women who do not have access to feminine hygiene products
Ila's advice on how can we make this better for everyone who have a period based on Ila's research, interviews and experience.

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

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