What's the word for the people who menstruate though? Do they share a word? Why don't they have a word yet, after thousands of years and the development of human language? Calling these people "menstruators" seems so clumsy and clinical, maybe even dehumanizing; other mammals could be called "menstruators," so how do we distinguish these folks with a word that humanizes them? Gee, it's just so weird they don't have a word.
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What's the word for the people who menstruate though? Do they share a word? Why don't they have a word yet, after thousands of years and the development of human language? Calling these people "menstruators" seems so clumsy and clinical, maybe even dehumanizing; other mammals could be called "menstruators," so how do we distinguish these folks with a word that humanizes them? Gee, it's just so weird they don't have a word.
Also, I wanna know if "menstruators" are always menstruators, or just when they are menstruating.