For a long time, menstruation was considered an absolute taboo subject. But a new generation of young women is fighting for an open and self-confident way of dealing with menstrual bleeding.
In 2015, Briton Kiran Ghandi dared to do something that no woman before her had voluntarily done: The twenty-something ran the London marathon while she was on her period – without a tampon or pads. Ghandi received a lot of recognition, but also had to listen to a lot. Although half of humanity has menstrual bleeding for around four decades of life, menstruation is still often a taboo topic today. Also because the persistent rumor has persisted for centuries that menstrual blood is something dirty and impure.