Photograph the world as it is.
~ Mary Ellen Mark
Nothing’s more interesting than reality.
American – Photographer March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015
Porte Ponderings:
Many birds start out one colour then mature to another. Juvenile Blue Herons are white and often confused with great white egrets. White Ibis start out as brown and change to white as they mature.
Young women go through many changes as puberty progresses.
In the State of Florida it will be illegal to talk to girls under grade 6 about menstruation (unless they may show signs of it) and human sexuality . So how many young girls will undergo traumatic bodily changes without knowing what is happening? or be sexually abused without knowing how to describe intercourse? What a major step backwards in a forward thinking country. How many girls will get pregnant without knowing about their own body functions? And in a state where they are trying to make abortions illegal? Even the morning after pill will no longer be available in Florida.
Girls can start menstruating as early as 9, but you can’t teach them about their monthly cycles until Grade 6 (they are 11). Women everywhere should be outraged by this law.
At the same time you have commercials during prime time about the size of tampon required?
Wake up and smell reality people.
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