{"id":3181,"date":"2017-08-20T03:17:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T01:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/08\/20\/period-of-change-the-women-fighting-to-break-hong-kongs-menstruation-taboo\/"},"modified":"2017-08-20T03:17:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T01:17:31","slug":"period-of-change-the-women-fighting-to-break-hong-kongs-menstruation-taboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=3181","title":{"rendered":"Period of change: the women fighting to break Hong Kong&#039;s menstruation taboo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion of the issue is rare in Hong Kong but a small group of women is using workshops and Facebook to break the silenceIn a sex-toy shop nestled in the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong\u2019s Causeway Bay, a quiet revolution is taking place.Amid the usual paraphernalia you might expect on the shelves of Sally\u2019s Toys is a stack of menstrual cups, a clue to the outlet\u2019s second life. Once a week, the shop hosts education sessions for women on a taboo subject: periods. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/aug\/20\/period-change-women-hong-kong-menstruation-taboo\" target=\"_blank\">Period of change: the women fighting to break Hong Kong&#039;s menstruation taboo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion of the issue is rare in Hong Kong but a small group of women is using workshops and Facebook to break the silenceIn a sex-toy shop nestled in the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong\u2019s Causeway Bay, a quiet revolution is taking place.Amid the usual paraphernalia you might expect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}