Despite its presence for close to 40 years of a woman's life, menstruation is often shrouded in secrecy, shame and stigma. But Generation Z is pushing back. rashmikudesia genz
, 40, came to period activism in 2014, after reading an article about young women in Zimbabwe missing school and work because they couldn't afford menstrual products. Jones-Davis, who describes herself as a singer, speaker and advocate working at the intersection of faith and social justice, launched the. They are working to build women-only toilets in the developing world to help women address their menstrual needs safely.
Jones-Davis has witnessed the socioeconomic impact of period stigma firsthand. During her visits to high schools in the United States, she's encountered students bleeding through their clothes who told her they couldn't afford menstrual products or who used rolled up toilet paper to manage their menstrual flow.Even with the nature of her work, Jones-Davis admits she and many of her Generation X counterparts continue to grapple with their learned stigma about menstruation.
and a history of black women's reproductive issues being pathologized or dismissed. Religion also can play a role: When she organized a pad drive at a church during a Mother's Day event, for example, leaders declined to mention the donation effort when they read the announcement to the congregation. "Those frameworks have kept us quiet about reproductive health," Jones-Davis said."For many older black women, menstruation can be seen as an inconvenience when you're trying to present yourself in a society that doesn't see you as fully human. Everything about our appearance — from hair to clothes — was told to be ‘tidy and respectable.' Openly discussing menstruation goes against that.
But Jones-Davis still presses forward, and her work has captured the attention of Tampax Radiant, which appointed her as a product ambassador. She gets the most positive response from male and female college students who display little hesitancy to talk about periods."Women's health issues should be treated with the respect they deserve," Kudesia said."Girls and women from a young age should understand their bodies, and that includes their periods.
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