Endometriosis: An invisible disease
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We investigate the stigma surrounding women suffering from endometriosis, and hear from women who have fought to get a diagnosis.
The use of sanitary products that involve intimate interaction with periods seems to be a taboo within a taboo. Artefact investigates why there is such stigma around getting hands-on with menstrual blood.
How women in many religions are considered as unclean during the periods, and how this has become a way of life for many.
Period pieces: bloody good art
8 Mins read
Why is menstruation still such a taboo? Because “all things cloaked in darkness grow sharp fangs and monster’s horns,” says artist Casey Jenkins.