{"id":3651,"date":"2021-08-20T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/perioden-euphemismen-nennen-wir-es-beim-namen-periode\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T09:45:05","slug":"period-euphemisms-call-it-by-its-name-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/period-euphemisms-call-it-by-its-name-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Period euphemisms: Call it by its name, period."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/why-are-we-using-the-term-menstruating-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">menstruation people<\/a>&nbsp;call their period Bloody Mary or Strawberry week? The reason a&nbsp;lot of people use these period euphemisms is because they are ashamed to talk about the real thing: their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/menstruation-101-the-most-important-period-facts-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">period<\/a>. But why is that and how can we stop this period shame?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TradRoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roc\u00edo<\/a>&nbsp;has some answers for&nbsp;us:<\/p><p>Children start asking questions at an incredibly young age. They start asking \u201cwhy\u201d to any sentence they hear, and they stop when they can look for the answers by themselves. To put it another way, curiosity is in human nature, and adults love to expand the knowledge of those little human beings with all kinds of explanations and words. Well, mostly. There are some conversations that seem to be easier than others, like, apparently, the one about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/is-my-period-normal-all-about-your-menstruation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">periods<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A survey, thousands of results<\/h3><p>When people talk about menstruation, this word and its synonym&nbsp;<em>period&nbsp;<\/em>seem to be the Lord Voldemort (aka He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named) of this world. In 2016, HelloClue published the results of an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/helloclue.com\/articles\/culture\/top-euphemisms-for-period-by-language\">international survey<\/a>&nbsp;where they gathered all the euphemisms used for the word period. The results were astonishing. They discovered over 5,000 period euphemisms, from unique words to whole sentences that in some cases rhyme or are related to historical events. Considering that figure, one could think that it must be the only word with so many euphemisms that describes a&nbsp;biological function of \u201conly\u2019\u201d half the population. But why? Why have we turned the word period in such a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/the-reason-i-want-to-break-the-taboo-of-the-first-period\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taboo<\/a>?&nbsp;<\/p><p>Basically, we use euphemisms when we want to avoid saying something that is rather unpleasant or offensive. In that case, we could say that the words period or menstruation must have gained those connotations throughout the years. However, how exactly did periods become offensive?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/menstruation-social-taboos-and-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is it that people naturally felt somehow ashamed<\/a>&nbsp;and they wanted to avoid the issue? Or is it rather that other factors (culture, religion, etc.) made people feel ashamed towards periods? Maybe&nbsp;both?<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971-416x345.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971-1536x1275.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_p12709971.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cultural and historical background of period euphemisms<\/h3><p>The historian Greg Jenner wrote about the history of menstruation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/category\/period-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">menstrual products<\/a>&nbsp;in history, etc.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gregjenner.com\/history-of-periods-and-tampons\/\">in this post<\/a>. He also pointed out some curiosities that could have shaped the societies as we know them today. For example, having a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/biodegradable-pads-for-bangladesh-mashiyats-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">menstruation for some religions could be a&nbsp;synonym of impurity<\/a>. As he notes, this, together with the odour of blood, the pain and the fears related to the blood itself would have made people avoid talking about periods. I&nbsp;mean, would you blame them? However, what could have happened in the past is exactly what Kofi Agyekum points out in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3631182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Menstruation as a&nbsp;Verbal Taboo among the Akan of Ghana<\/em><\/a>: \u201cas menstruation, a&nbsp;recurrent event in human life, cannot be avoided in conversations, strategies for making it speakable need to be&nbsp;found\u201d.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should we really worry about using period euphemisms?<\/h3><p>\u201cAlright, I&nbsp;get you, but why talk about period euphemisms when we should be fighting for real issues like equal pay?\u201d \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you just thankful for what you have and let others say what they want to?\u201d \u201cYou should be worrying about those who don\u2019t have the same rights as you do and stop thinking about such things\u201d. I&nbsp;am sure you have heard or maybe even thought something like this at some&nbsp;point.<\/p><p>Actually, it turns out that it is not only about using certain words. If you are ashamed of talking about periods, how would you feel if you could not afford period supplies? Only in Berlin,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/social-period-im-kampf-gegen-periodenarmut-period-shaming#:~:text=Period%20poverty%20in%20Germany,womxn%20are%20homeless%20in%20Germany.&amp;text=70%20percent%20of%20them%20are,regularly%20or%20at%20some%20point.\">approximately 70% of 11,100 homeless womxn are menstruators<\/a>. This could imply that their access to menstrual products could be hindered or even non-existent.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11-416x319.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11-1536x1177.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rsz_drop11.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Implications of not fighting the period taboo&nbsp;cycle<\/h3><p>Yet, you don\u2019t need to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/being-homeless-and-periods-bleeding-in-the-streets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homeless<\/a>&nbsp;to not be able to buy essential products. There are teenage\/children menstruators growing up with the idea that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/interview-when-the-period-taboo-still-runs-deep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">periods are so shameful<\/a>&nbsp;they cannot even use the word. If these children needed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/zero-waste-menstruation-5-sustainable-menstrual-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">menstrual products<\/a>&nbsp;that they could not afford, they could start, for example, missing classes while they are on their periods. Consequently, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amikageorge?lang=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amika George<\/a>&nbsp;states in \u201c<em>The Power of the Period\u201d,&nbsp;<\/em>this situation could \u201c[\u2026] create a&nbsp;mark gender divide in educational progression, leaving these girls trapped in the clutches of poverty and deprivation\u201d. As pointed out, this gender divide originally started with shame of talking about periods and the lack of menstrual products. However, it can develop and grow until it affects every aspect of our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/periods-the-pandemic-limited-respite-for-menstruators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">society nowadays<\/a>.<\/p><p>Current trends and new inventions would be signs of being on the right track. At least, that is what I&nbsp;thought until I&nbsp;recently read the news about this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/pinky-gloves-german-team-slammed-for-stigmatizing-periods\/a-57205271#:~:text=The%20pink%2Dcolored%20plastic%20gloves,Franka%20Frei%20wrote%20on%20Instagram.&amp;text=Free%20and%20accessible%20period%20products.\">&nbsp;three guys\u2019 \u201cinnovative\u201d idea<\/a>. Periods are not disgusting, and we cannot let people think they are and\/or be disgusted by our own periods. We know better now. By using the proper nouns, we can stop the cycle of shame! After all, there is nothing more powerful than words and we need to use the right&nbsp;ones.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Embracing periods for a&nbsp;future without&nbsp;shame<\/h3><p>This change may not come easily, but I&nbsp;do believe in the power of the next generations of people. We are witnessing this change in all the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/the-power-of-sounds-an-app-for-period-pain-relief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new apps<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/free-bleeding-menstruation-without-products-how-does-it-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">menstrual products<\/a>, etc. being created, and all the data being gathered and published. Our only duty now, as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie advices in her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/B01MSXNNGX\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>A&nbsp;Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions<\/em><\/a>, is to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulvani.com\/en\/menstrual-movement-menstrual-education-even-at-the-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">keep teaching people<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cto reject the linking of shame and female biology\u201d. Ultimately, and I&nbsp;quote her, \u201cPeriods are normal and natural, and the human species would not be here if periods did not&nbsp;exist\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people use period euphemisms because they are ashamed to talk about periods. 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