This paper revisits the concept of medicalisation and considers its value as a framework for
understanding the ongoing development of new reproductive technologies, and their impact …

This article revisits women's accounts of menstrual suppression and considers the value in
using material feminist theory to discuss the concept of nature in this context. Whilst a …

In what terms do women speak about menstruation, and what does this mean for (power in)
the relationship between expert/lay (wo) man and medicine/society? In this article the …

Social science and public health research has pointed to, firstly, the challenges women face
in terms of the management of menstruation and, secondly, to the negative symbolic …

In the last decade initiatives related to menstruation have multiplied and diversified to
include workshops on the experience of menstruation and alternative management of …

In this section, I use Foucault's work on discourse to explain the significance of the
production of menstrual knowledge as oppressive to women. First, I will discuss Foucault's …

When we pay attention to menstrual health and its potential to inspire political resistance, we
tap into a complex and enduring project of loosening the social control of women's bodies …

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Qualitative research was conducted to determine to what extent, if at all, the experience of in
vitro fertilisation could be explained by radical feminist theories. Ten semi‐focused …

Within contemporary Scottish policy guidance, abortion is routinely configured as evidence
of a resolvable problem with the healthcare provision of contraception. This article draws on …