Nearly half of girls (44 per cent) do not know what is happening to them the first time they have their period, a new report has revealed. A majority of women felt scared (60 per cent) or embarrassed (58 per cent), and half did not feel confident enough to tell anyone else they had started their period.
Commissioned by period education campaign Betty for Schools, the research found women and girls continue to suffer from a lack of menstruation awareness.
“Women need to feel they can talk openly about periods to ensure that future generations feel better informed and prepared,” she said. “It’s vital that young people, boys as well as girls, are educated to tackle the culture of embarrassment around periods.”
Primary school teacher Jade Dalrymple said often educational conversations with children about periods occur too late.
“When they get the information is really important. Some girls might not know what’s happening to them because they haven’t even started menstrual education in school,” she told The Independent. “I would like to think that parents and mothers talk to their daughters but it’s about when you start that conversation – how young is too young, do you wait until they start their period?”
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