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Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 5:19pm

Watch...all the Aussie bashing ghouls will drop on this for another cheap shot.

But.....here is the story. I have several Grand Neices, and I was surprised today to see a Face Book photo of two of them, each entering Grade six, but one is much taller, developed than the other.

Because of that height difference, in ignorance, I had assumed there was an equivalent age difference......but nah.

So, I rang to get clarification. Yes, same age but the taller one has just commenced her 'period.'

Bloody hell....at age 11??????????????????

But.....that is not the point. So.....it seems that, contrary to my times, there is now this thing called "Period Parties."

FMD....what a pile of total crap and it must be harmful to some of the peer group. Gawd....what next....."I am pregnant at age 12 Party?"

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Reply #1 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 5:46pm

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 5:19pm:

Watch...all the Aussie bashing ghouls will drop on this for another cheap shot.

But.....here is the story. I have several Grand Neices, and I was surprised today to see a Face Book photo of two of them, each entering Grade six, but one is much taller, developed than the other.

Because of that height difference, in ignorance, I had assumed there was an equivalent age difference......but nah.

So, I rang to get clarification. Yes, same age but the taller one has just commenced her 'period.'

Bloody hell....at age 11??????????????????

But.....that is not the point. So.....it seems that, contrary to my times, there is now this thing called "Period Parties."

FMD....what a pile of total crap and it must be harmful to some of the peer group. Gawd....what next....."I am pregnant at age 12 Party?"

Link.

Did not take a nano second.

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How about you discuss the substance, and leave the doxxing crap well alone?

Do not do it here....or your arse is grass, Super Nova.

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Reply #2 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:00pm

OK Aussie, I'll play.

If period parties help take the shame out of a girls first menstruation, then all power to them. Girls these days are very open and just treat it as a bodily function, as it should be.

You may think a period party is over the top but would you prefer this? I reckon anything that moves humanity away from this is a good thing.

Indian students forced to remove underpants to prove they weren't menstruating
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-17/indian-students-forced-to-remove-underpan...

Anyway, watch this and get a laugh, and lighten up about it.

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Reply #3 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:04pm

You might be obsessed with India. I am not. How on this Earth is it okay these days for some Mums and Dads to hold a party like this...knowing that some kids there might well be embarrassed about it.

What is the benefit? Where is the plus? Does the newbie bleeder get really happy about what is nothing more than a simple fact of life? Garbage.

It never happened in my day, so why these days. It is just so bizarre.

What is next......Parties for "Pregnant at 12?"

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Aussie Gold Member Online OzPolitic Posts: 38827 Gender:	Re: "Period Parties" Reply #4 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:09pm "What is next?" Will Mum and Dad have a party for a 12 year old son, and call it "He had his first root" Party?
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Reply #5 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:31pm

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:04pm:

You might be obsessed with India. I am not. How on this Earth is it okay these days for some Mums and Dads to hold a party like this...knowing that some kids there might well be embarrassed about it.

What is the benefit? Where is the plus? Does the newbie bleeder get really happy about what is nothing more than a simple fact of life? Garbage.

It never happened in my day, so why these days. It is just so bizarre.

What is next......Parties for "Pregnant at 12?"

Pay attention, it's a recent story and this has been in the news. The young Australian of 2021 is an activist for menstrual stigma and period poverty.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-26/young-australian-of-the-year-isobel-marsh...

I doubt any girl has been thrown a period party against her wishes.

I reckon they're fine, they're taking ownership of it and taking the shame out of it, and it's a million times better than what occures in the link I provided.

And your analogy of throwing a first root party for a boy is a false equivalency, having a period is a bodily function, having a root is not.

You're an old man with old ideas, move over for the next gen.

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Reply #6 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm

"Having a root" is not a bodily function? Really? Obviously there is no choice with menstruation, and I see little distinction between that and some 12 year old bloke having his first root.

What 'shame' was there ever about getting a period? That is bullshit.

The shame/feeling of difference would be on the female kid who was invited to the 'period party' and they had not yet had their period.............and at 11/12 years of age????????

Bugger orf with this crap.

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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: "Period Parties" Reply #7 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:44pm So you see no distinction between a girl having her period and the sexual act. Carry on.
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Aussie Gold Member Online OzPolitic Posts: 38827 Gender:	Re: "Period Parties" Reply #8 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:49pm rhino wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:44pm: So you see no distinction between a girl having her period and the sexual act. Carry on. Since when did little distinction = no distinction?
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Reply #9 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 10:55pm

I'm with Gordy on this one. It's a rite of passage. Experts have long warned that rites of passage are noticeably missing from modern western culture and drawn attention to consequences of that. There is a stigma about periods. I saw the first ever advert using actual red for blood recently. It was fantastic.

Secondly, comparisons with sex are outrageous. No equivalency. There is nothing sexual about a period. It actually wigs me out a little that you would go there, Aussie.

Thirdly, 11 is a perfectly normal age to begin menses. It is not premature at all.

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If you can't be a good example, you have to be a horrible warning.

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Reply #10 - Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 11:21pm

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm:

Obviously there is no choice with menstruation, and I see little distinction between that and some 12 year old bloke having his first root.

That would have to be one of the stupidest things I've read here for some time.

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm:

What 'shame' was there ever about getting a period? That is bullshit.

Until recently it was something that was just not talked about - in a sense (and shame is a word with a range of meanings) it was (but never should have been) shameful. It shouldn't be like that. there are some cultures that celebrate a girl's coming of age (and, with your talk of 12 year olds having their "first root", please don't interpret that as being a reference to the age of consent).

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm:

Bugger orf with this crap.

I would suggest you take your own advice.

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Reply #11 - Feb 3^rd, 2021 at 7:47am

mothra wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 10:55pm:

I'm with Gordy on this one. It's a rite of passage. Experts have long warned that rites of passage are noticeably missing from modern western culture and drawn attention to consequences of that. There is a stigma about periods. I saw the first ever advert using actual red for blood recently. It was fantastic.

Secondly, comparisons with sex are outrageous. No equivalency. There is nothing sexual about a period. It actually wigs me out a little that you would go there, Aussie.

Thirdly, 11 is a perfectly normal age to begin menses. It is not premature at all.

I agree there is lack of direct equivalency. However, arguably, the two are a rite of passage etc.

How about "Ball dropping parties."

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Reply #12 - Feb 3^rd, 2021 at 7:50am

Wolseley wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 11:21pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm:

Obviously there is no choice with menstruation, and I see little distinction between that and some 12 year old bloke having his first root.

That would have to be one of the stupidest things I've read here for some time.

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm:

What 'shame' was there ever about getting a period? That is bullshit.

Until recently it was something that was just not talked about - in a sense (and shame is a word with a range of meanings) it was (but never should have been) shameful. It shouldn't be like that. there are some cultures that celebrate a girl's coming of age (and, with your talk of 12 year olds having their "first root", please don't interpret that as being a reference to the age of consent).

Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:39pm:

Bugger orf with this crap.

I would suggest you take your own advice.

I have no issue with that. Sure, if it is regarded as shameful (and I do not accept it is) then that should be addressed.....but not with a bloody (pun not intended) party which is basically a boast about something which happens without talent, other than gender.

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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: "Period Parties" Reply #14 - Feb 3^rd, 2021 at 12:49pm Aussie wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:49pm: rhino wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2021 at 6:44pm: So you see no distinction between a girl having her period and the sexual act. Carry on. Since when did little distinction = no distinction? Something seriously wrong with you.
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