A bit of a playful article from Gloria Steinem on “If Men Could Menstruate” reminded me in my gut of some of the truthful aspects of male privilege in a lighthearted manner. Personally, I appreciate the laughter from the article, the poking fun at masculine domination and how women’s bodies, through menstruation are viewed as “unclean” and how if men menstruated, menstruation would be viewed as another way men are superior to women. It’s a satire example of how it is not menstruation that proves a problem, instead it is women’s bodies.
http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/steinem.menstruate.html
I wonder if men could menstruate, would they also reproduce children? The article doesn’t address reproduction, just the blood flow and how it would pertain to hegemonic masculinity.
