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2018
Volume 52, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 0007-8204
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2216

Abstract

Menstrual equity emphasizes the importance of girls’ and women’s rights in (1) access to free sanitary products in schools, (2) awareness of how poverty affects access to menstrual supplies, (3) freedom from shaming and silencing for a natural bodily function, and (4) tax exemption for tampons and pads. It also seeks to influence school boards to create more inclusive and sensitive policies. The authors argue that these issues are central to NCTE’s mission; all students can benefit from critical thinking, reading, and writing skills implicit in learning about menstrual equity. Here, we offer a curriculum and reflections about how we approached—and how students responded to—this controversial topic in the classroom.

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