there is a lot of research on chemically altering the body to not have an actually period but maybe 3-4 times a year. i'm not sure if chemically inducing that is a good idea or not. it is based on quite a bit of anthropological data indicating that "back in the day" women probably had a 19th of the periods women in the west do now due to the fact that their life expectancy was shorter, they were pregnant often, nursing when they weren't pregnant, and often malnourished such that they just did not bleed. there is also general research indicating that having a monthly period, which involves saturating the womb and body in general with tons of "unnecessary" hormones AND the sex organs undergoing a lot of stress to no avail (ie, prep to get pregnant and then not get pregnant) is the root for a lot of female cancers.
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Date: 2006-02-07 01:24 am (UTC)i'm not sure what is the best scenario. :|