This 30-year-old yoga instructor is normalizing period blood in the most unique way possible
Why does menstruation make women feel ashamed and men uncomfortable?
Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter are not very keen on letting their users post videos and pictures that have remotely anything do with period blood.
But, 30-year-old yoga instructor Stephanie Gongora doesn't give two hoots about it. The lady took to Instagram to post a video, where she can be seen performing some very strenuous yoga asanas.
However, what sets this video apart is the fact that Gongora is menstruating while doing her routine. And it's quite evident as you can see blood stains on her white yoga pants.
Menstruation, though an absolutely normal biological phenomenon, is a topic that is still hushed up in most societies. And we are not talking only about the regressive ones.
Also read: Bad blood, leaking water, impure. That's periods for Indian men Being spotted with period blood makes women feel ashamed and men uncomfortable. And that's exactly what happened with Gongora while growing up.
"Back in high school, if a spot of blood made it past my arsenal and onto my pants, I would tie a giant sweatshirt around my waist and spend the rest of the day exquisitely stressed out about someone seeing it and finding out the truth: That I bleed, and sometimes, I leak," she wrote in her post.
"When I started getting into yoga about four years ago, I faced even more pressure to hide my period," Gongora further wrote.
After years of deliberation, she decided on challenging the stereotype in her own unique way and ended up posting the video. Needless to say, it is already breaking the Internet. "Since posting, I've received hundreds, if not thousands of direct messages with period stories, and leak stories, thanks you's, and people admitting that they were shocked and disgusted by my post - but only until they began to consider why they felt that way. Their disgust then turned to anger towards the system and society that has evolved to make women feel dirty," she said in an interview to Cosmopoliton.
Gongora's intentions are to normalize period blood--a step we indeed applaud.
Also read: Period stigma is killing women in Nepal
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