Understanding Menstruation in the Context of Systemic Stressors

Abstract

There is a significant dearth of conversation and action relating to menstruation, and the issues that menstruators face with regard to its management. Various narratives tell us that the victims of this very surveillance also become the perpetrators, continually repeating the history of physical and emotional distress endured. The following chapter attempts to dwell deeper into exploring the various systemic barriers that menstruators have to live through across realms, throughout their lifetime. Menstruating bodies have been monitored and laid restrictions upon for as long as history can remember, impacting menstruators' idea of self through generations.