Biological anthropologist Kate Clancy dispels some menstruation myths. The person who literally wrote the book on periods sets the record straight.

The book “Period: The Real Story of Menstruation” is available from Princeton University Press.
To learn more about the book, read “Book tackles myths about science of menstruation”
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Clancy is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also a member of the Cognition, Lifespan Engagement, Aging, and Resilience group at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. For more on her work, visit https://clancylabs.com.