Never really got why the boys were not taught anything about being polite about the subject. And arent they ten? Isnt that a little young to be menstruating? I thought 12 was sort of the norm. I also do not understand why she does ot know about it? She was not raised by wolves.
sharethey were in the fifth grade, that's about 11, but the period could be at 10. i thought only one girl really had it, some moms probably wait until it happens before talking to their daughters.
shareSome girls start as early as 8 years old but the majority I know started at 11. In reality leaving it till 10 is leaving it a little late. But this was the 1960's. Back then women barely talked to each other about their bodies, these conversations were short and infrequent. Mothers used to leave 'becoming a woman' style books in their daughters rooms and that was the education provided.
They don't inform boys about periods at that stage because they might (will) tease girls about it. For a girl learning about this thing that's gonna happen to you every month for the rest of your life is AWFUL. You didn't ask for it, you don't want it, and you certainly don't want boys asking and mocking you about it.
Why do people so frequently get told to read the book on a movie database?
Don't you think they should be taught about it before it happens? Remember what happened to Carrie White...
Anyway the girls weren't all menstruating, just the bigger ones, which was explained in the film.
When I was a kid in the 70s boys weren't taught anything about it formally.