Listeners, we're back together again! And this week we are asking the hard-hitting questions about the history of menstruation, like, will sharks be attracted to my period if I swim in the ocean and is my feminist book club really all on the same moon cycle?! But, f'reals, this episode is chocked full of stereotypes, mythologies, and concerns over women and their periods.

After Lauren nerds out about the linguistic origins of the word menstruation, she gets into the ideas and practices related to periods in Ancient Greece. We then discuss contrasting views of menstrual women. While some cultures see them as powerful, others see them as impure. Turns out, orthodox and traditional forms of most major world religions fall into the latter camp, leading to different types of prohibitions on menstruating women. Sadface.
Next we delve into period technology and airquote science! We get into the terror of sanitary belts and why we both were convinced we were always minutes away from contracting toxic shock syndrome as teenagers. Thank god for modern adhesives and government regulation, both from the 1970s. In particular, the dramatic warnings on tampon boxes today are the result of epidemics and activism during the era. Stay tuned to the end to learn if ladies' periods are really controlled by the moon and all sync up together.
And finally, you might be asking, where's the sex?! Well, don't worry, we also talk about period sex etiquette and why some people are really jazzed to bone when menstrual blood is involved.