The Period's Cultural War
For ages, the womb has been a battlefield, where faith leaders, authorities (all males) and later feminists fought. The keywords were conception control, dynastic purity, social hierarchy, sexuality, birth control, contraception and abortion. After a short lull, when women seemed to have been left alone to take care of their womb, the peach shaped organ is again becoming a political flashpoint. In several countries, notably in the United States, womb owners are facing interferences from meddling conservative policymakers, this time males as well females. Energized by the enactment of abortion restriction policies, these busy body lawmakers are now concerning themselves with women’s basic biological functions and nosing into their bathroom cabinet. Fascinatingly, women’s periods and the modest products used to deal with them are the focus of a fierce cultural war. The rallying call ranges from the absurd: to ban girls younger than 12 from talking ab...