There’s a game based on teaching about menstruation.
I dunno. This game sounds awfully exclusionary. It says it’s for girls, the implication being that only girls menstruate. If a boy who believes he’s a girl doesn’t have a period it’s like telling him he’s not a girl. Unacceptable!
Incidentally, science has a right-wing bias.
Many girls are not given proper sex education about menstruating, which resulted in many young women being unprepared and uncomfortable when the time comes.
Designers Daniela Gilsanz and Ryan Murphy have created a board game, named ‘The Period Game’, that aims to teach participants about the female body and menstruation in a fun and positive way.
This form of innovative learning experience creates an open and engaging environment for young girls to feel comfortable about their own bodies, as well as to learn to say “taboo” words like “period and “tampon”.
The game strives to educates players about their body, including the female reproductive system, PMS symptoms and various sanitary protection, through abstracted representations.
ht/ illustr8r
A board game??????? What?????
It would be worth the price if it came with a decent pair of calipers so that you could measure how big of an Asshole you are!
What an effed up world we have. On the flip side we have the boys* who can play this game.
He could still be bloody insane. Sorry to the Brits, appropriating their idioms and all.
Does anyone else yearn for the good old days when people didn’t discuss bodily functions in polite company? I remember all the euphemisms for being Pee Gee. And the acronym didn’t mean Parental Guidance.
I can’t wait for the “My nuts hurt when you kick me there” game.
Sorta getting that The Shining elevator vibe.
Actually, I really needed something like this growing up. My mom NEVER discussed anything about puberty or sex with me and I suffered because of it. I felt ashamed and humiliated and was teased about it constantly, good thing I was there for my younger sister, my mom certainly wasn’t. (And her mother neglected her the same way.)
BB – So that’s where they’re puttin the “Kick Me” sign these days…
Also, what about single fathers? This would be especially useful for them.
I’m against anything that would sexualize or normalize young girls, but I don’t believe that is the case here.
and OBTW, what the hell is Trump going to do pander to more idiots that deserve 6 weeks of PAternity leave ??
I’m in favor of helping freaks bleed, once a month or more,no problem.
SMH, what does a teenaged boy who thinks he’s a girl do to experience menstruation?
Would he stick the tampon up his ass, or wrap his dick in a sanitary napkin?
@Abigail Exactly. Does everything have to be…something? That said I understand there could be a need for the game but can you imagine kids actually playing it? It’s nicely designed but … I guess I’m just a prude.
It flows both ways so to speak. Lol I crack myself up. I live in the gym, and I’ve had over achieving women challenge me to box or wrestle. Amazing isn’t it.
Gee, that’s funny. My mother taught me about those things. Why would I need a board game? And I agree – must we discuss EVERY bodily function.
@Illust8r — I don’t think it’s about being a prude — lol!
As for me, I just think there’s way too much information intruding into our lives on a daily basis — and young children’s lives, especially. My daughter didn’t know what the word “bitch” meant until someone called her one in middle school. That’s how locked-down our tee vee watching was as she grew up. And, believe it or not, she considered herself lucky for not being exposed to it all. People, today, know all about sex but no nothing about love. I could write a ton about how reducing human beings to parts and functions plays into the worldview that if we can understand each part and function, we can somehow know humanity and manipulate it — we see it all the time.
Anyway…I suppose the game is necessary for girls who don’t have a mother able or willing to do her job.
Don’t you normally see those games at Spencer’s Gifts? 😀