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If Men Could Menstruate

Gloria Steinem  1
Chris Bobel  1 , Inga T. Winkler  2 , Breanne Fahs  3 , Katie Ann Hasson  4 , Elizabeth Arveda Kissling  5 , Tomi-Ann Roberts  6
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In: The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies [Internet]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan; 2020. Chapter 28.
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If Men Could Menstruate

Gloria Steinem.
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In this satirical piece, Gloria Steinem scrutinizes the sexist social constructions dominant Western attitudes towards menstruation by imagining a world in which men, not women, are menstruators. Through Steinem’s critical lens, we can see clearly how we we “do” menstruation today—41 years after she originally penned the short essay for Ms. magazine.

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