In Ghana, West Africa, young girls sit under beautiful, ceremonial umbrellas whe

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• flagooner

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  6 years ago

  She will sit there all day in a small puddle, not concealing it at all, proud as can be.
  
  It's like SirLapdanceAlot getting an LDK.
• NinaBambina

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  6 years ago

  My mom got me a huge gift basket when I first started my period. It had pads and tampons in it, and chocolate, other yummy food, a journal, and a bunch of good stuff. Lol.
• MackTruck

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  6 years ago

  ^^ good story bro
• san_jose_guy

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  6 years ago

  Standard in primitive societies. I think today the idea is that such is a woman's private matter.
  
  SJG
• nicespice

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  6 years ago

  The reason menstrating would even be such a big deal in that society was because it’s a way to project: hey suitors, this one is ready to carry around your genetic material!
  
  I don’t see what the point would be in modern times.
• san_jose_guy

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  6 years ago

  We actually do have ways of initiation into adulthood for both boys and girls. They are just more diffuse and pluralistic. These primitive society initiations are compulsory and often violent. You could not do today some of the things which were done. We have a diversity of views about what constitutes adulthood, and about when it should come into play.
  
  SJG
  
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• RandomMember

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  6 years ago

  
  Well, why not? Sort of a West African version of a bat mitzvah -- only less embarrassing for the young woman. Just to be equitable, they should have a ceremony for young men after they have their first wet dream.
  
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