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Skittles

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11. "Squarepants"

Reply to Writethinker (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 08:28 AM

Mar 2023

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Florida bans school discussions about girls' monthly cycles until 6th grade... [View all] allegorical oracle Mar 2023 OP

Can't talk about anything that makes boys feel icky Walleye Mar 2023 #1

That's as creepy as the Trump administration tracking migrant girl's periods to prevent abortions NullTuples Mar 2023 #29

That's why we call The Florida Fuhrer... appmanga Mar 2023 #42

This is so disturbing ecstatic Mar 2023 #2

How do school nurses figure into this idiocy? hlthe2b Mar 2023 #3

I'm not sure they still exist, but I bet there's a gag order Hekate Mar 2023 #40

What kind of crap is this?.............. Lovie777 Mar 2023 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Writethinker Mar 2023 #5

"Squarepants" Skittles Mar 2023 #11

This is disgusting Tree-Hugger Mar 2023 #6

No sex education means more teen pregnancies? Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #8

Exactly. It's ridiculous. And then there are no abortions allowed. Young girls are trapped. nt allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #23

Also rolling back contraception measures. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #25

Micro managing speech... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #7

More attempts to shame and humiliate females. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #9

even in the 1980s, barbtries Mar 2023 #10

This is a wedge issue for ethnic families. Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #13

this 9-year-old was a towheaded white girl. barbtries Mar 2023 #14

I understand. But the statistics might show that ethnic minorities, as a group, have a higher Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #16

Anyone of any race can start menstruating at nine. The differences between average age of menarche WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #15

No it's not. Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #17

My white step sister got hers at 9. She got hers before I got mine, Crunchy Frog Mar 2023 #20

Yes, but statistically this is going to have Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #21

Wait what? edisdead Mar 2023 #34

Apparently, neither do white women. Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #41

I grew up in a similar setting. Periods were a shameful thing. So agree with you. nt allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #24

Women are people. barbtries Mar 2023 #27

Just want to add a corrected URL EarlG Mar 2023 #12

OH thank you. Don't know how that happened... allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #26

They going to arrest a child for asking for help when she suddenly starts to bleed? Lettuce Be Mar 2023 #18

Just wait until the next school year and someone wil explain it. FSogol Mar 2023 #19

She'd probably be punished for "not holding it in". LudwigPastorius Mar 2023 #22

It was 6th grade for me Tickle Mar 2023 #28

My son had it in 4th grade this year. edisdead Mar 2023 #35

the boys go to? Tickle Mar 2023 #39

Yep edisdead Mar 2023 #43

Trans-boys? Whatthe_Firetruck Mar 2023 #44

Rethugs: fixing problems that aren't problems and don't even exist Takket Mar 2023 #30

My older sister got her period at age 10. She didn't know what Tanuki Mar 2023 #31

I thought it was always 6 in Florida. Of course we already had 4-5 pregnant JCMach1 Mar 2023 #32

Huh. I started in fifth grade. nt LAS14 Mar 2023 #33

"Are You There God? It's Me, Sanctimonious Republican" milestogo Mar 2023 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Writethinker Mar 2023 #37

It seems also Arkansas is catching up to thier insanity. Initech Mar 2023 #38