Word: menstrual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then you are sadly already almost two weeks late. Doctors and statisticians calculated April 9 as the coveted date to conceive a child that would be born on New Year's Day, 2000. Besides, demented couples have been practicing new positions and hopeful mothers have been monitoring their menstrual cycles and popping prenatal vitamins for months. You've got no chance...
...gender-bifurcated human condition. There are signs of a growing acceptance of the female body with its signature cycles and turning points. Some midlife boomers are finding ways to celebrate the menopause, while a generation of "grrrls" is coming of age, with a new view of the menstrual period as an emblem of primal female power. At the same time, some of the sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology--that men are innately more aggressive, more promiscuous and more likely to fall for cute young things--have come under fresh challenge. As the century turns, it could be, Goodbye, women...
...Devoted to "hole-plugging" and the menstrual cycle, this 'zine faithfully waxes dŽclassŽ on a semesterly basis. Their tampon jokes are hilarious-for the whole two minutes it takes to skim and toss. After exhausting all subtleties involved in the monthly shedding of the endometrial layer, Tampoon editors regularly indulge in jealous bashing of popular, attractive Hollywood celebs...
...self-proclaimed homemaker's guide to apocalypse preparedness. She has a new book, Y2K for Women: How to Protect Your Home and Family in the Coming Crisis; a six-part audiotape series; and, of course, a website where she offers tips on things like how to find reusable menstrual cups. Her stated goal is to appear on Oprah...
...manipulate it. They recruited a group of 29 women and asked nine of them to wear pads under their arms for several hours, either before ovulation or just after. When the pads were wiped under the noses of the other women, the results were remarkable. Pre-ovulation pads shortened menstrual cycles by as many as 14 days in 68% of the women. When exposed to ovulation-phase pads, a different 68% experienced cycles that were as many as 12 days longer. Clearly, something was bringing the group into synch...