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'Answers many of the questions that one had never thought or dared to ask' - from the foreword by Margaret Drabble This ground-breaking study of the facts, fantasies and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes towards a natural phenomenon that has been reviled and denigrated over the centuries. Thoroughly researched yet highly readable, combining psychology, anthropology and poetry, Shuttle and Redgrove illustrate their theories using examples ranging from The Bible to such modern day pop horrors as vampire movies and cult film The Exorcist.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Since this book was first published I have owned 5 copies, each of which have been lent out and never returned because it was so enjoyed, and subsequently passed on to more readers. In this post feminist era, so much about the true wisdom and power of women has been passed over. This book has no doubt about both those things. Read it and reclaim some of the sensing and celebration of what it is to be a woman. For men, if you read this, and I hope you do, it will forever change your understanding of and therefor your relationships with women for the better. I LOVE this book and have never read anybook on the subject of being female/womanhood that has more inspired, enriched and encouraged me. I would also highly recommend Women Who Run with the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman (Classic Edition) but that comes from another angle altogether.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This book changed my life, I read it at 24 years old and for the last 12 years have been growing my own wisdom as a result. I don't know who I would be had I not read this book.
It gave me a language for something which had only ever been taboo before, emotional literacy on what it is to be a woman and tools to help me understand the body that I live in.
I am deeply grateful that this book is still out there.
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It gave me a language for something which had only ever been taboo before, emotional literacy on what it is to be a woman and tools to help me understand the body that I live in.
I am deeply grateful that this book is still out there.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm amazed this book only has 2 reviews! I bought cos it was quoted in something else I read last year and it changed my life...not joking! If my journey of transformation to a happier and self-loving woman started before I read this book, it is certainly thanks to it that I finally went deep down into myself and started questioning a lot of my beliefs and behaviours. This book is not just about menstruation, it's about women's repression throughout history, how to liberate oneself from the prisons within, and start loving oneself. Every woman who feels unhappy with who she is and feels disconnected from herself and nature MUST read this book to restore that connection.
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