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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do r co sister having a period to be a medical event. In my entire life I have never spoken to my father about my period. I never bled heavily throughout the house and he has never cleaned up my blood. He also never was sent out to buy period products. I am older but privacy and bodily autonomy is far more important to me than thinking any man she might encounter needs to know her uterus lining is shedding in case she bleeds somewhere.

Never in 50 years has my father NEEDED information about my menstruation cycle. It isn’t a medical event, it is the normal reproductive function of a female body. [/quote]
Totally agree.  I've never.ever discussed my period with my father.  Nope.  It's okay if DD wants to keep this private.  She can tell people when she chooses or they need to know.

Could she tell her dad if she needed him to know, for instance, to drop off back up clothes or period supplies?  Yes, but she doesn't need to tell him in advance for him to help in those circumstances. He's a grown man who knows what a period is and can help her out when asked.  He shouldn't need to know in order to emotionally prepare himself--that's weird.

I'm also not okay with people teasing a woman about her mood and blaming it on her cycle.  That's not okay at all.  My father was that sort of jerk, as was my brother, and it's not okay.  It's a way to embarrass and shame women and a very good reason why mom shouldn't share the info with anyone without DD's permission.  It's her private information that is no one else's business unless DD makes a choice to share it.[/quote]

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