# Why can't we talk about periods?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2019
- Speaker: Jen Gunter
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_gunter_why_can_t_we_talk_about_periods)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"It shouldn't be an act of feminism to know how your body works," says gynecologist and author Jen Gunter. In this revelatory talk, she explains how menstrual shame silences and represses -- and leads to the spread of harmful misinformation and the mismanagement of pain. Declaring the era of the menstrual taboos over, she delivers a clear, much-needed lesson on the once-mysterious mechanics of the uterus.

## Lectures

1. [Why can't we talk about periods?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jen_gunter_why_can_t_we_talk_about_periods/51db496cb17e), 12 min (TED's player)