Published
Jan 1, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447371632Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 1, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447371625Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 1, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447371649Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Sally King is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Menstrual Physiology at King’s College London and the Founder and Research Director for Menstrual Matters, the world’s first evidence-based information hub regarding menstrual health (www.menstrual-matters.com). She was also awarded the Sociological Review Fellowship in 2022.
1. Introduction
2. Mind the Gap: Maintaining Menstrual Ignorance
3. PMS As the ‘Daughter of Hysteria’
4. The Curse: Femininity As Debility
5. Blinded by a Metaphor- The mystification of the Menstrual Cycle
6. Practicing Good Science- Integrating Critical Perspectives and Biological Data
7. Matter Over Mind: Making Premenstrual Changes More Real
8. Mind Over Matter: The Psychologisation of Premenstrual Changes
9. Snatch 22: The Simultaneous Medicalisation and Minimisation of Premenstrual Experiences
10. Conclusion
