Hey, I am an menstrating woman and it is nothing like that, nor has it ever been for me. Yes, some women do get terrible cramps, but the reality is that for the majority of women that is only an occasional thing. So you don't need to exclusively refer to it as "the curse." And when I first got my period in fifth grade I did not think of it as "the bane of my existence," nor have I ever. I will also inform you that when I switched from being a meat-eater to a vegitarian I noticed no change in my monthly cycle. And for the record, women have been bleedling ever since there were women. And in fact, it isn't even blood. Nope. It's just nutrients. If you are a woman, you know what I am talking about; the only thing that makes it look like blood is the fact that it's red, and there are plenty of things in the human body that are red. So it can't be referred to as bleeding and it most certainly isn't accurate to refer to it as "hemmoraging." Though I do agree that girls are starting their periods ever earlier now, menstrating is not unnatural; women had their periods even before the "western diet," which I agree is awful; but take it from me, forsaking the western diet will not open up glory grace and end periods or make them less noticable. Because I already did. And they're still here.