Title: A history of women's menstruation from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century : psychological, social, medical, religious, and educational issues /
Authors: Hufnagel, Glenda Lewin.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Women Health and hygiene History; Menstruation Religious aspects History; Menstruation Social aspects Greece History; Menstruation Psychological aspects History 20st century.; Menstruation Psychological aspects History; Menstruation psychology; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Hygiene education; Prejudice; Social Conditions history; Women's Health history
Contents: Introduction -- 1. The ancient construction: the Classical Greek and Roman Period through the Eighteenth-Century. The Classical Greek and Roman Period -- Medieval Europe -- Sixteenth-Century through Eighteenth-Century Europe -- 2. The Modern Construction: Nineteenth-Century Europe and America. Medical explanations of early menarch -- Menstruation as rationale against girls' education -- Menstruation and class differences -- Menstruation and gynecological surgery -- The early psychiatric management of menstruation -- A response to medicine: women's religious reform -- Menstruation and food-handling restrictions -- Arguments against menstruation as disability -- Medical explanations of menstruation -- 3. Contemporary construction: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Europe and America. Decline in menarcheal age -- Discovery of hormonal influence on menstruation -- Menstruation and class differences -- Menstruation and the education of girls -- Emergence of commercially produced menstrual products -- Tampons and Toxic Shock Syndrome -- Tampon Safety and Research Act -- PMS, menopause, and the selling of estrogen -- The Ovulatory Revolution -- 4. Implications for education. General educational implications -- Educational implications of the religious construction -- Educational implications of the medical construction -- Educational implications of the commercial construction -- 5. Summary, recommendations, future research.