Why is my period late? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Rose George

Every day, millions of people ask Google some of life’s most difficult questions, big and small. In a new series, our writers answer some of the most common queries

I don’t know my uterus as well as I should. Who does? We are not, as girls, much encouraged to peer into our interiors or to learn properly about fallopian tubes and eggs. I don’t mean that this wasn’t taught in biology classes, but that it’s not taught in a way that is meaningful or that sticks. Or, if it is, then the meaningfulness of it is weakened and diluted by the everyday context where women’s periods live: in taboo and embarrassment. Even a BBC guide for young women describes periods as “uncomfortable, and [not] very pleasant generally”.

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