When menstruation is taboo, it is not properly taught. Because of this, incorrect information becomes common rhetoric; those inaccurate beliefs then further misunderstandings about menstruation and menstruators. For my Global Politics IA I am researching the consequences of undereducation on the subject of menstruation and its affects on human rights.

This article serves as an engagement for the author’s Global Politics Internal Assessment. It has been edited for length and clarity and to uphold Inkwell’s standards for published content.