Margaret Cho Quotes

Men have periods too, they just don't bleed.

Well, menstrual hygiene is a cause that is close to my heart.

I told my parents that I wanted to work on menstrual hygiene because I believe a girl can achieve everything if she is healthy.

I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so... I ignored it for a few hours.

You know in sixth grade, when they made all of us girls go into this other room and watch a video about getting our periods and stuff? I bet while we were gone, the boys were watching a video about how to look at each other in that infuriating way.

I was doing some research on menstruation for a column. I read about Arunachalam Muruganantham's life and work, and his story gripped me, and that is when I sat down, wrote the first few pages, and sent them off to my editor to have a look.

The government should include menstrual hygiene in the curriculum.

My wife was gone, all other girls failed to cooperate, so I decided to wear a pouch of animal blood myself and test out my pads by wearing them myself. The discomfort I felt for those five days cannot be explained in words; I bow to every woman on earth for going through this every month.

Every father, brother, and husband should know about menstruation. It is not just about women; it is about men, too.

Before anyone else, women need to accept that neither does life stop, nor does it change for those few days in a month.

Mentioning the word 'menstruation' has always been a taboo in India. People always shy away from talking about menstruation hygiene, and the awareness about the topic is very dismal.

Precisely what menstruation is, is not yet very well known.

My project for menstrual hygiene is about empowering girls.

I already have a pet project called Project Shakti and it aims on educating women on menstruation cycle.

Wherever I went and spoke about menstrual hygiene, I was beaten up by people. I used to cover my cheeks with both my hands whenever I went to speak on the subject, so how could I ever imagine that someone would make a film on such a topic?

Menstruation is a natural phenomenon and it is neither dirty, nor a taboo.

The taboo regarding menstruation exists across the world, even among the educated.

You can't escape your own period. Whether you take sides for or against, you're always in it.

Women are venomous during the time of their menses and so very dangerous that they poison beasts with their glance and little children in their cots, sully and stain mirrors, and on some occasions those men who lie with them in carnal intercourse are made leprous.

We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through them.

My vision is to make India into a 100% sanitary-pad-using country. Menstruation is no more a taboo.

As we know, menstrual hygiene is an issue women have been facing over the years. It's great that the initiative to provide low-cost sanitary napkins has been undertaken. It is an empowering step for many women.

We have to stop using words like 'that time of the month' or other such variations. Say it: I have my periods. There is nothing to be shy or embarrassed about.

It was tough to cope with the pressure of having to talk about menstruation, but now with 'Newsweek' splashing it as the cover story, I thing the point I wished to make has found its mark.

There should be awareness on menstrual hygiene among men as well.