“We need to talk. Period.” : navigating and managing the menstrual communication taboo

• Main Author: Tan, Jaclyn Yu Jia
• Other Authors: Ivan Panović
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76548
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Periods are considered a taboo in many societies, albeit to varying degrees. In a contemporary society like Singapore, while many Singaporeans no longer adhere to much of the religious and cultural beliefs and practices, the menstrual taboo persists in the form of embarrassment, shame and concealmen...