Menstruation... what the??

All I can say is that humans appear to be poorly evolved. I find it ridiculous that every month a female human, of a certain age range, must bleed for several days and often experience debilitating cramping abdominal pain. It is highly impractical. It is messy. It is expensive. And why do the damn 'feminine hygiene products' have to cost so much?

These products alone have been the subject of political controversy. The incorporation of a GST in the pricing structure was hotly debated but, not suprisingly, was not able to be quashed. One wonders whether this would have been the case if men had menstruation? In addition, perhaps they would be better. This may be unfair. But I still wonder.

So back in the cave man days I understand that women used to let their blood run down their legs. I am not sure how we know this (or for that matter, how I know this. I must have read it somewhere. Hmmm. How does anyone know this? How did they draw THAT on a wall?) And then somewhere along the line it became shameful and women were subjected to a whole heap of restrictions when they were bleeding. Some of these restrictions remain in some cultures as you may well be aware. Is this fair, in 2010? It is odd really, women are encouraged to wear almost no clothing and desire impossible bodies and dance in innapropriate ways to get sex or a man or something. I don't mind that either, but there is a time and a place for these activities, and we shouldn't be letting our young people be affected. But they are - anorexia, bullimia, teenage pregnancy, etc. Yet heaven forbid we should menstruate.

So why is it shameful? It is certainly a 'natural process' and one which signifies that a women can breed, which is surely important to the continuation of the species. I see why we don't want blood running down our leg these days, it would spatter up from my bicycle chain and become quite messy. And the problems with chairs can only be imagined. So yes let's wear a 'product.' But let's make a product that works better. There is nothing like the horror of realising that your 'product' is full to capacity and is about to overflow. And then when it does overflow and escapes onto your clothing really sucks the big one.

Especially when you are wearing pale or not red coloured clothes.

I have period pants which are tight fitting and dark coloured. I wonder if other people do too?

Once I sat on a plum pip that I left on the car seat while wearing beige pants. I walked all around the shops with a plum coloured mark on my left buttock. Sadly, I didn't realise until I arrived home and realised what had happened. The horror that overcame me can only be imagined. Now I just leave apple cores on the car seat, the marks are much less noticeable!