🏛️ A psychosocial, culturally informed approach to menstrual health — with standardised education and equitable product access — can help all menstruators feel more informed, confident, and in control.

🥳 Congrats to the CCE team :)

6/ These findings show that menstrual experiences are social and emotional, not just physical 🩸

Empowerment comes from informed choice, access to diverse products and the ability to manage menstruation without stigma.

5/ Practicalities of Care: comfort, control and confidence shaped day-to-day management 🫂

4/ Environmental & bodily values: sustainable and reusable products aligned with participants’ environmental and bodily priorities 🌎

3/ 💡 the authors qualitative analysis relieved three key themes:

1) Body awareness & connection: tracking cycles and symptoms increased confidence and self-efficacy

2/ 🩸 Menstruation is often treated as purely biological but cultural stigma and uneven access to resources shape people’s experiences of it. This study analysed qualitative responses from 330 UK participants to understand these relationships 🎡🇬🇧

Here’s more information on the race science network now being published across so many journals in the evolutionary behavioural sciences

investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science...

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