What stops women from using a menstrual cup, shame or practicality?
LOVE the museum. I’ve been sending the link to my guy friends and they’re FASCINATED. One small comment, though: From this page of your site: http://www.mum.org/CupPat1.htm “Most women must overcome many barriers, some very practical, before they will put their fingers into their vaginas.” I think you put a bit too much emphasis on shame and not enough on the “practical” barriers to using a menstrual cup. I get a real sense of “those women who go ‘ewww’ and don’t want to put their fingers THERE”– but considering I’m the kind of woman who is fascinated by GYN exams and brings a mirror so I can see what things look like inside, I don’t think it’s shame that’s made me less likely to use a cup. My previous workplace had several hundred employees, and thus we had a multi-user “stall” bathroom, where the toilets are in lockable stalls and the sinks are across the room. Imagine you are a woman using such a toilet stall. You’ve just changed your menstrual cup, and depending on your level of e
