Memories of menarche: Older women remember their first period

Lee, Janet; Sasser-Coen, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/s0890-4065(96)90007-9

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“…There are at least two studies (Lee & Sasser-Coen, 1996;Thurén, 1994) conducted in the last decade in which menarcheal experiences were collected from women whose ages are comparable to the middle-aged and senior women featured in the current report. Most participants of the aforementioned studies reported that they felt ashamed and embarrassed at some point in their experience of menarche.…”

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“…Memories of menarche persist in adult women because they provide important information about a critical life transition (Pillemer, Koff, Rhinehart, & Rierdan, 1987). As a reminiscence can be seen as a process of reframing the past, in the context of the present, what women remember about their experiences surrounding and including menarche provides insight into what was most salient about the event not only when it occurred but as it is reconsidered over time (Lee & Sasser-Coen, 1996).…”

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“…descriptions of what was going on in their lives at the time, even when those experiences occurred years earlier (Golub & Catalano, 1983;Lee & Sasser-Coen, 1996;Must, Phillips, & Naumova, 2002;Uskul, 2004).…”

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“…Menarcheal experience is shaped by the historical time and sociocultural context in which it occurs, and therefore, is framed by the discourses indicative of that particular time and place (Lee & Sasser-Coen, 1996). In Mexico, the beliefs about menstruation have changed over the last years.…”

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Emotional Reactions to Menarche Among Mexican Women of Different Generations

2006

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This study explored the information received about menstruation by Mexican women as well as their reactions to menarche. The most important topics that teenagers, young women, and middle-aged women were informed about were menstrual hygiene and physiology. In contrast, senior citizens were more informed about hygiene and activity restrictions. Regarding their reactions to menarche, teenagers and young women reported being confused. Positive reactions were reported only by older women who had knowledge about menstruation prior to menarche. Finally, younger women were more likely to present ambivalent reactions to menarche, probably because they are exposed to mixed messages which are often contradictory, resulting in more confusion and ambivalence.Puberty is a time of rapid changes and psychological adjustment. Menarche (the onset of menstruation) is probably the most important event of puberty for girls. Unlike other gradual pubertal changes, menarche dramatically signals the transition from girl to woman, and is recognized as an important transition point in women's lives. Studies of women's responses to menarche have shown that it is a highly salient and intensely experienced event, and a turning point in female development. Adult women readily recall their menarcheal experiences, and many of them are able to give detailed M. L. Marván · C. Morales · S. Cortés-Iniestra

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“…Women often treat menstruation as a personal matter they do not want to disclose to others [24]. Women who track their menstrual cycles with technology reported concern about accidentally disclosing where they are in their cycle when showing their calendar to friends or coworkers.…”

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Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools

Epstein

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Kang

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We consider why and how women track their menstrual cycles, examining their experiences to uncover design opportunities and extend the field's understanding of personal informatics tools. To understand menstrual cycle tracking practices, we collected and analyzed data from three sources: 2,000 reviews of popular menstrual tracking apps, a survey of 687 people, and follow-up interviews with 12 survey respondents. We find that women track their menstrual cycle for varied reasons that include remembering and predicting their period as well as informing conversations with healthcare providers. Participants described six methods of tracking their menstrual cycles, including use of technology, awareness of their premenstrual physiological states, and simply remembering. Although women find apps and calendars helpful, these methods are ineffective when predictions of future menstrual cycles are inaccurate. Designs can create feelings of exclusion for gender and sexual minorities. Existing apps also generally fail to consider life stages that women experience, including young adulthood, pregnancy, and menopause. Our findings encourage expanding the field's conceptions of personal informatics.

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Menstrual Shame: Exploring the Role of ‘Menstrual Moaning’

McHugh¹

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies

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McHugh introduces the term ‘menstrual moaning,’ to refer to women’s negative communication about menstruation. Women’s talk about menstruation is often negative through its focus on pain, discomfort, and moodiness. McHugh ties menstrual moaning to the stigma associated with menstruation. Cultural attitudes that require girls and women to maintain secrecy and silence regarding menstruation contribute to the experience of menstrual shame. Breaking the taboos against menstrual talk may be a form of resistance. Brown argues that breaking the silence and secrecy taboo may help women to develop shame resilience. However, McHugh suggests that menstrual moaning, by reiterating negative cultural constructions of women’s bodies as flawed, deficient, and diseased, may have a deleterious impact on women’s menstrual attitudes, and perpetuate menstrual shame. Women could develop shame resistance and build community through more positive talk about menstruation, but positive menstrual conversations are rarely documented. McHugh recommends further research and activism on menstrual shame, resistance, and resilience.

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Memories of menarche: Older women remember their first period

Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

Emotional Reactions to Menarche Among Mexican Women of Different Generations

Emotional Reactions to Menarche Among Mexican Women of Different Generations

Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools

Menstrual Shame: Exploring the Role of ‘Menstrual Moaning’

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