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"Just" a painful period: A philosophical perspective review of the dismissal of menstrual pain.
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- Characterizing menstrual health and education needs among menstruating adolescents: A cross-sectional study on dysmenorrhea, cycle irregularities, and menstrual education.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Menstrual-Related Symptoms, Early Menarche, and Their Impact on Sport Participation in Adolescent Floorball Players: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sweden.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug resistance in dysmenorrhea: a study of prevalence, predictors, and alternative pain management among Nigerian female students.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Validating ICD code case definitions for condition case ascertainment in multimorbidity measurement: a retrospective chart review.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Article
- Severe menstrual pain is not normal: adolescent dysmenorrhoea as a marker of future chronic pain.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2026Article
- Navigating menstruation in adolescents with Down Syndrome: A mixed-methods study of caregiver reflections and adolescent voices in the UK.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- The gap between prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and available treatment strategies.Reproduction & fertility · 2026Review
- How Women Discuss Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Online Forums ("It's Like Revenge of the Uterus"): Template Approach to Thematic Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Prevalence of menstrual pain and symptoms and their association with age and BMI among Japanese female app users.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Network analysis of stress and stigma symptoms and their associations with quality of life among Chinese female infertility patients.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Bleeding barriers: Reimaging menstrual health research through a global and interdisciplinary perspective.Women's health (London, England)Article
- Periods and well-being: A focus group study to discuss how menstruation affects the well-being of women aged 18-40.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Science and society typically respond to dysmenorrhea-or painful menstrual cramps-as a normal, natural, and inevitable part of menstruation. This normalization has greatly contributed to the systemic dismissal of painful menstrual cramps. Stigma, secrecy, and the expectation to "cope" fuel the normalization of menstrual pain. In this article, I argue that the normalization of menstrual pain restricts the ability to share an excruciating menstrual pain in a way that would otherwise elicit alarm or concern. This can cause clinicians to downgrade menstrual pain, and even menstruating persons to downgrade their own pain. I refer to the dismissal of menstrual pain as an example of a
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