Period: The End of Menstruation (2006)
If you could stop your period, would you?
As millions of women and girls take shots and pills to stop their periods, the meaning of menstruation changes. Current marketing of hormonal birth control (Depo-Provera, Seasonale, Seasonique, Lybrel, Anya) attracts customers by promising freedom from monthly periods. For many consumers, menstrual suppression eliminates painful monthly flow, giving them more control in their lives. For others, menstrual suppression represents a frightening shift in thinking about the human body and another dangerous experiment on woman’s health. Period: The End of Menstruation? interrogates the cultural and medical side effects of suppression before 'the curse' disappears.
Keywords
menstruation, woman director, pharmaceuticals, periods
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Period: The End of Menstruation about?
- As millions of women and girls take shots and pills to stop their periods, the meaning of menstruation changes. Current marketing of hormonal birth control (Depo-Provera, Seasonale, Seasonique, Lybrel, Anya) attracts customers by promising freedom from monthly periods. For many consumers, menstrual suppression eliminates painful monthly flow, giving them more control in their lives. For others, menstrual suppression represents a frightening shift in thinking about the human body and another dangerous experiment on woman’s health. Period: The End of Menstruation? interrogates the cultural and medical side effects of suppression before 'the curse' disappears.
- Who directed Period: The End of Menstruation?
- Period: The End of Menstruation was directed by Giovanna Chesler.
- How long is Period: The End of Menstruation?
- Period: The End of Menstruation has a runtime of 56m (56 minutes).
- What genre is Period: The End of Menstruation?
- Period: The End of Menstruation is a Documentary film.
- Where was Period: The End of Menstruation produced?
- Period: The End of Menstruation was produced in United States of America.