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Shameful period

Shameful period

(by Fatima Allahnanan Mohammed)

The Daily Vulnerable
Feb 06, 2020
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"You shouldn’t have given it to him!"

That was the reply I got when I sent the gateman to buy me sanitary pad. 

Why is my period a taboo?

My sister wasn’t too messy for me to notice her period before I saw mine. But I saw the sanitary pads and they gave me some anxiety. 

This isn’t the first time I am told to hide my bloodstains like they would make the wor…

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