After watching this year's Oscar's best documentary short film "Moon Affairs Revolution". It is difficult for Chinese to translate the puns in the English name "Period. End of Sentence." A group of women in northern India obtained a low-cost, artificially manufactured sanitary napkin machine, which is a great boon for areas where sanitary napkin use is scarce and lack of physical education. What they have suffered is that they are not allowed to pray during menstrual cramps and are basically isolated from the community before the end of their menstrual cycle. Many young women even drop out of school shortly after their first menstrual period. Unable to admit that the physical reality is the reason why sanitary napkins are regarded as luxury goods, so women choose less. Patriarchal customs are frustratingly obliterating women’s health and self-esteem. They are stigmatized because they have to experience the natural cycle of the body. Dealing with men will not have any effect, so women rely on their own strength to create what they really need. Although it is embarrassing to bring up this topic, the Indian women in the documentary are still trying to resolve with optimism. This kind of brightness is very exciting in the face of widespread ignorance and extremely inconvenient health measures: facing is not conducive to social progress. Culture, women are making positive changes. The 25 minutes without too much editing was used to straightforwardly convey a story liberated from shame, and the viewers had to be encouraged by the clarity and efficiency of this narrative.
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