The silent, stigmatized issue of menstruation has long been an overlooked aspect when it comes to health and well-being, especially within the men/boy front. As poor as the legislation might have been, it would still be beneficial to simply raise awareness among men and boys about menstrual hygiene in order to create a more open-minded and compassionate society. Breaking those taboos will help normalize conversation and management of menstrual health for everyone.

What Is Menstruation: Understanding the Nuts and Bolts of Your Periods

Menstruation is a natural biological process that happens in girls, every month. It causes the uterine lining, which is what we see as our period blood. Although menstruating is a natural and healthy function, many myths or misinformation seem to encompass its complexities. But when men and boys are told the basics about menstruation it takes away this mystery surrounding what women go through every month, creating somewhat of a knowledge base from which they can make significant efforts to ensure that there is an informed approach in supporting.

• Value Education: The curriculum of our schools should teach how students can help with empathy, and be willing to understand the experiences girls/ women go through just because they menstruate. This empathy can contribute to increased emotional support and tangible help, such as distributing menstrual products or being accommodating.
  
  
• Stigma and Shame: Period stigma affects individuals who menstruate, making them feel ashamed or embarrassed about their periods. Normalizing discussions about menstruation can also help decrease stigma, and men as well as boys have a strong role to play. Having a conversation can break down these stereotypes and promote an accepting culture.
  
  
• Promoting Gender Equality: Menstrual hygiene education is a way to promote gender equality. Men and boys who understand menstruation are more likely to endorse menstrual health-supportive policies and practices. As well as encouraging access to low-cost period products, this legislation provides resources and guidance for school ghosting facilities, menopause in the workplace training with a focus on good practice menstrual care at work.
  
  
• Public Health Benefits of Education: Knowledge about menstruation is essential for better public health, so it's an important process in improving the quality as well. If it is available to more men and boys in the community, those who understand menstruation can promote public health by being vigilant with hygiene practices which will eventually reduce infections as well as potential health problems. This awareness can also have a positive effect on more sustainable menstrual product disposal habits.

Applying to education-inclusive curriculum,

Here is a detailed guide on how schools can introduce an inclusive menstrual hygiene health component in their syllabus, and boys must be informed likewise. The biological part of menstruation, practices related to menstrual hygiene and their social and emotional dimensions should be covered under school education.

• Community Workshops: Community invites organizations that provide workshops and seminars for men/boys to male-friendly places where they can raise queries, with no fear of asking questions on menstrual health. These can involve guest speakers, doctors, expert lessons or materials that are education based, activities that get them out interacting.
  
  
• Media & Campaigns: Media is extremely powerful and can shape views. Movies, TV shows and advertisements can be a certain way to show what it looks like when developing more positive periods of menstruation in these media. In addition to this, social media campaigns and influencers can also help make people more aware of Menstrual Health and Management to get them out of their mental uninformed state.
  
  
• An Open Conversation at Home: It is a prerequisite to start an open conversation about menstruation in the families. Parents should feel free to talk about menstrual health with their sons or guys as that would cultivate a much supportive and understanding environment.

Conclusion

Information provision is one aspect, educating men and boys about MHM should also be wider into creating a supportive culture and empathetic gender-neutral support of sensitive ideas for equality. There is finally a growing awareness and conversation around menstrual health that was long seen largely as an extension of negative gender constructs, pushing sayings like "all life is women's suffering" into extinction. In order to prevent menstruation taboos from travelling down the generations, educating men and boys about periods is quintessential for having a healthy, stigmatized free future.