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| Those Three Days.. |
I had been to a nearby Medical Store couple of days ago, to buy
few thermometers. Since I wanted minimum
Ten of them, the shop-keeper kept me waiting for sometime while the owner arrived to explore thermometers in the midst of all the pharmaceuticals in store. A girl, looking to be in her early 20's came to the druggist asking for a pack of
Whisper. I did realize later that it was an embarrassment for her to ask for what she wanted, since me, a guy was there around. She literally did '
whisper' while she asked for the '
Whisper'!
Up to the best of my remembrance,
Whisper is the first product of its kind to gain popularity in the market. Manufacturer named it
Whisper - the very trade name is indicative of it being something of high-class secrecy and shouldn't be spelled aloud. Being in the Medical Profession, I somehow am not convinced with it being named so; guess it isn't something to
whisper about. I strongly suspect if it was the name '
Whisper', which made the product all that popular to begin with in the first place.
Giving the pads to girl, the Chemist at shop wrapped it inside old newspaper and packed in a black polythene cover. Still I wonder, why should a
fresh pack of napkins be wrapped in a newspaper and given hidden inside a black polythene cover? Isn't it actually the way of disposing used pads off?! However, like many others, even that girl was so used to receive and carry such a packaged product, slipped herself off the place with it being placed in her handbag.
Menstruation, is as natural process as Salivation in physiological consideration, but definitely isn't an easy phase in life to get along with. I guess it wouldn't be easier for
Men either to remain and claim physically stronger if made to bleed regularly at least for
Three Days a month, continuously for thirty long years; losing up to 80 ml of fresh blood every time - it's seriously scary! Counting this on, am almost totally convinced that
Women are the strongest creation of God on Planet Earth.
Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome following physiologic hormonal changes are not the easier ones to have felt; predominantly being tension, irritability and unhappiness. It often is also commonly associated with non-specific symptoms like anxiety, mood swings, increased emotional sensitivity, stress, difficulty in falling asleep, painful cramping in abdomen, back & upper thighs, cyclic acne, joint pains etc. Going through all such things for almost more than half of their lives, it really is a challenge every
Women has to face by chance; which they have been doing pretty well, in '
Silence'.
Modern Women in the Civilized World do enough to express their consideration of Menstruation as a
Curse. This cannot be termed obstinate, but fact is that they see it as one of the major shortcomings for them to be equivalent to
Men. It is a misconception in the minds of young
Women that Modernization is all about enjoying equal status as
Men do in the Society. Wise is to perceive Modernization as a drift in the Society wherein
Women are not deprived of their basic necessities & rights, and are given enough opportunities all over.
I personally feel,
Periods shouldn't just be deserving a
Whisper ; instead, they truly should be obliged with a call aloud for Social Responsibility, initiated at the basic unit of Society - the
Family. It should become an assumed obligation on every member of the family to help
Women midst them to get over the physical, physiological and psychological challenges of Menstruation. Just a word of love and a hug of care would make a huge difference than those acts which make them feel a sort of
untouchable and
inauspicious. In this present Virtual World where we are making a successful living, it shouldn't be impossible for us finding various ways to virtually share this pain of Women, isn't it?? It's only then the campaign -
have a happy period from
Whisper would be a reality.
