5 false assumptions about periods
September 2, 2016
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as posted by the channelHow much blood do women lose during a period? How different is that from what people in the past thought was normal? Over the course of human history there have been a number of assumptions about the purpose of periods and how they affected a woman’s body. In this short film Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University gives a rundown of 5 of the most unusual and intriguing facts people believed about a woman’s menstrual cycle.
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