Menstruate
verb
When a woman or female animal regularly discharges blood and tissue from the uterus, typically every month from puberty until menopause, except if pregnant.
Most girls begin to menstruate around the age of 12.
Often appears as...
- begin to menstruate
- regularly menstruate
verb
When a woman or female animal regularly discharges blood and tissue from the uterus, typically every month from puberty until menopause, except if pregnant.
Most girls begin to menstruate around the age of 12.
Often appears as...
- begin to menstruate
- regularly menstruate
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The topic of menstruation can be private or sensitive in many cultures, so use the word respectfully.
She took a day off for health reasons; she's menstruating.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Awareness
Be aware that not only women menstruate; transgender men and non-binary people may also menstruate.
Alex is taking testosterone but still menstruates occasionally.
Pro Tip 3/3Biological Process
Menstruation is a natural biological process, not an illness or problem.
My biology class taught me how menstruation is a part of the reproductive cycle.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The topic of menstruation can be private or sensitive in many cultures, so use the word respectfully.
She took a day off for health reasons; she's menstruating.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Awareness
Be aware that not only women menstruate; transgender men and non-binary people may also menstruate.
Alex is taking testosterone but still menstruates occasionally.
Pro Tip 3/3Biological Process
Menstruation is a natural biological process, not an illness or problem.
My biology class taught me how menstruation is a part of the reproductive cycle.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The topic of menstruation can be private or sensitive in many cultures, so use the word respectfully.
She took a day off for health reasons; she's menstruating.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Awareness
Be aware that not only women menstruate; transgender men and non-binary people may also menstruate.
Alex is taking testosterone but still menstruates occasionally.
Pro Tip 3/3Biological Process
Menstruation is a natural biological process, not an illness or problem.
My biology class taught me how menstruation is a part of the reproductive cycle.
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Video examples
Why do women have...
A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few. Monkeys, apes, bats, humans, and possibly elephant shrews are the only mammals on Earth that menstruate. We also do it more than any other animal,
Video examples
Jimmy Carter: Why I...
who has a razor blade and, in a non-sterilized way, they remove the exterior parts of a woman's genitalia. And sometimes, in more extreme cases but not very rare cases, they sew the orifice up so the girl can just urinate or menstruate.
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Girls helping girls PIPE...
and my levels of estrogen had plummeted so drastically that I had lost my ability to menstruate yet I fiercely continued to defy the doctors and tell myself that this challenge was not mine it was another girl who was brave enough
Video examples
Why do women have...
A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few. Monkeys, apes, bats, humans, and possibly elephant shrews are the only mammals on Earth that menstruate. We also do it more than any other animal,
Video examples
Jimmy Carter: Why I...
who has a razor blade and, in a non-sterilized way, they remove the exterior parts of a woman's genitalia. And sometimes, in more extreme cases but not very rare cases, they sew the orifice up so the girl can just urinate or menstruate.
Video examples
Girls helping girls PIPE...
and my levels of estrogen had plummeted so drastically that I had lost my ability to menstruate yet I fiercely continued to defy the doctors and tell myself that this challenge was not mine it was another girl who was brave enough
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Quote examples
Carmen Carrera
American Entertainer
I'll have men, or I'll have women say that I'll never be a woman because I don't menstruate, or because I'm not made up like Kim Kardashian. So in that sense, I use makeup for a little bit of confidence. But for the most part, day-to-day, I wear makeup if it feels good.
Quote examples
Carmen Carrera
American Entertainer
I'll have men, or I'll have women say that I'll never be a woman because I don't menstruate, or because I'm not made up like Kim Kardashian. So in that sense, I use makeup for a little bit of confidence. But for the most part, day-to-day, I wear makeup if it feels good.
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