tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150218573567321160.post9193780216790083615..comments2023-03-23T08:37:52.367-07:00Comments on Human Body Project: The Menstrual ParadigmTasha Diamanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486237257834395777noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150218573567321160.post-77056630170768180422006-03-20T11:05:17.000-08:002006-03-20T11:05:17.000-08:00I feel it most appropriate to begin my comment by ...I feel it most appropriate to begin my comment by briefly reviewing (for my benefit more than anyone else) my menstrual history. I have experienced agonizing cramps since I was 12 years old. Bleeding copiously is a very scarry thing for a preteen to experience. (especially alone as no one in my home talked about "that")I have experienced brief respites from this process. (my first pregnancy and my current one)After 9 years of haemmorhaging (which is what most North American women experience and give it the false name of menstration) I began to question the whole "curse of womanhood". In my journey to discover what the nature of being human is (to me) I began to realize that no natural process, physical or otherwise, should cause pain or suffering. I will have to breifly explain that I do not believe in "sin", "guilt" or devine punishment. So the concept of the curse of womanhood just doesn't hold any validity in my mind frame. So Why then do we bleed, experience debilitating cramps and extreme mood swings? And for that matter why do we experience pain during childbirth? Which is also a natural process that our bodies are meant to carry out. In my search to understand this better I have realized two things.<br>First,<br>That women in many other cultures do not experience haemmorahging the was "modern" women do. In fact in some cultures dont bleed at all while still experiencing fertility. <br>Second,<br>That our beliefs shape our experience.<br><br>I believe that these two things are directly related. In many cultures women have various factors that "modern" women do not. For example, In many cultures menstration is celebrated and when a girl first begins her cycles she is given special honour for her fertility. Also as a side note your life style can also play a role in how you experience menstration. And agian many other cultures do not injest the number of chemicals that industrialized cultures do which effects your body's functioning.<br><br>I encourage everyone to investigate in their own lives why it is that they experience menstration in whatever way that they do.<br><br>I strongly believe that when women bring their beleifs about their bodies more in harmony with their bodies and it's natural functioning that we will not only experience menstration differently (perhaps even reverntly) but that birth will change (for more info on painfree childbirth read Laurie morgan's book "The power of pleasureable childbirth")but that the way that we treat eachother and relate to each other will also change for the better.mamannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150218573567321160.post-87081650572923501462007-01-29T06:01:02.000-08:002007-01-29T06:01:02.000-08:00Being the most ignorant person on the planet, i sh...Being the most ignorant person on the planet, i should like to ask; During menstruation, is a woman more/less likely to be fertile?<br>I do know of one friend who, during her period,<br>more often than not, was more sexually charged.<br>is this, as i suspect, far more common than one might think? If this is true, then does the cultural ("Male-eviolence") bias that we ALL reinforce daily need to be changed... Im not saying we need to advertise the facts, only that some of us should not be going around with illusions based on too little information. As one who's sense of sexuality includes/involves the notion that conception may occur,<br>i must say that all the flash and dazzle surrounding the basic facts is ridiculous and frustrating...women have ideas about what the<br>man is attracted to and if it isnt clean it must be sleazy/dirty/negative etc. Also how is it the woman conceives? I mean conception is not done by any one person; it takes place in utero...but it is a participation in, it seems to me, rather than a doing of, like a chore? Where is the joy of it all? or is this antiquated?Get rid of the toxic (aluminium deriv.) antiperspirants,read the label!<br>who said our smell is so awful.Who said that masculine and feminine are mutually exclusive and therefore inimical?<br>(compentium0@hotmail.com)<br>Thanx, Jamie...be well, then be better!compentium0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150218573567321160.post-64699442892429197382007-02-27T11:11:47.000-08:002007-02-27T11:11:47.000-08:00Some women are happy to be more sexually active ar...Some women are happy to be more sexually active around menstruation time because they know they are unlikely to get pregnant. Many are more sexually inclined (a different notion, mediated by many things) in the middle of the cycle partly because of hormonal influence.<br><br>That women grow breasts, menstruate, become pregnant, give birth, breastfeed, go through menopause, etc. seems to be one of the western world's most suppressed areas of discussion. Not only should menstruation be not ignored and yes honoured, but women's whole sexuality needs to be so honoured.<br><br>In a related matter, I would recommend a book I published late in 2006 by Frank Cordelle called Bodies and Souls: The Century Project. Women, thousands of them, all over North America, are finding this book honours women like no other, by giving them the space to use their voices, both literal and figurative, to speak deeply about their bodies and embodied experiences.<br><br>This is not an ad. I write this because I believe strongly in what Frank did and what the Human Body Project does. 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