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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (21 children)
[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Period flow can happen without warning, and even if there is a warning, it's not usually something that girls are comfortable enough with to want to announce the reason in front of a classroom.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 years ago (13 children)

It's not like you want to announce diarrhea either

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

I liked your comment myself, but I wished period was more normalized and not seeing as something "disgusting" or "embarrassing"

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