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Period stigma affects South Asian girls in the UK

By: Lauren Codling

by LAUREN CODLING A YOUNG girl told of “feeling unclean, dirty and impure” as she stood in the shower, sobbing, as she watched blood flow down the drain. “The water was pure, while I was not,” she said. “I was overwhelmed and even felt slightly guilty for reasons even I do not understand. I only truly felt clean when I would leave the shower, a sense of satisfaction that all the dirty blood had left my body and I was finally clean.” This young British Asian woman is referring to an aspect of her life that she cannot prevent or…

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