Young Women and Girls in Florida Have a Message to Politicians: Leave Our Periods Alone
glamour.comin fifth grade. The 20-year-old Miami native knew her mom and older sister developed early, but when it came, she was scared. “I thought I was in trouble for getting it early.
I thought it was something I had done wrong,” Rios told Glamour. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m not supposed to get it yet,’ as if there was a certain time when it was supposed to come.
But I think that just comes from a lack of education about it,” she said.Rios is one of the many Floridians who got her period before sixth grade.
Now, as Florida legislators debate whether or not —referred to as the “Don’t Say Period” bill and meant to limit sexuality and health education in the state's schools—would prohibit young girls from talking about their periods in the classroom, young women like her have a message to their elected officials: leave our periods alone.While the bill doesn’t explicitly mention menstruation, an sought to limit health education before sixth grade.
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