Pain,shame, blood,and doctors: How women with learning difficulties experience menstruation |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;3. Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;4. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;5. Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut;6. Renal-Electrolyte & Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;1. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People''s Republic of China;2. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Shenzhen R&D Center, People''s Republic of China;3. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, 11 Dong Shan Huan Road, Beijing 100029, People''s Republic of China;1. Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), Moscow, Russia;2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia;1. Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan;2. Faculty of Economics, Shiga University, 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone 522-8522, Japan;1. Department of Epidemiology, Shandong University School of Public Health & Shandong University Center for Suicide Prevention Research, Jinan, China;2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Lijin County, Lijin, China;3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Yanggu County, Yanggu, China;4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Zoucheng County, Zoucheng, China;5. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA |
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| Abstract: | The concerns of women with learning difficulties are rarely addressed in feminist or disability rights analyses, or indeed in most areas of public debate. It is important that we recognise that women with learning difficulties have unique experiences, and also that they share much in common with other disadvantaged women. This paper addresses the issue of menstruation, an experience common to many women. It describes the findings of a qualitative study of women with learning difficulties' experiences of menstruation. In doing so, it not only provides insights into how they experience this important aspect of their lives, but also reveals something about how they experience being a woman. |
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