Hm... something on my friends list is prompting this...

[conuly]

[Poll #444931]

Edit: Once again, the Museum of Menstruation comes through for us, this time listing terms for menstruation.

I plan to use at least one a month on this journal until I get bored. These terms may or may not coincide with my actual period.

Comments

[conuly]

Hey, that's what your ancient ancestors, a million years ago, did.

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily... I haven't looked into it, but my guess is that if we go back far enough, humans probably didn't have periods any more than other mammals do. Once we had developed that feature-not-a-bug, women started using cloth to soak up the mess pad-style, plus chances are (before as well as after that point) that the frequency of pregnancy and malnutrition probably kept periods to a minimum.

Either way, though, they didn't have nice underwear/pants to stain like we do. :)