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A Hull mum has opened up about why she has taught her four-year-old son about periods - telling him "some men have them too".

Milly Bhaskara, who is well-known for her social media posts about mental health and body acceptance has shared a post on Instagram about men's periods which has now gone viral.

The post shows a picture of her son, Eli, holding a pin board with a message which reads: "Some men have periods too. If I can get it so can you."

The body positive influencer explains in the post that her son has known what periods are since he was two years old, and she said she was always careful to be inclusive and tell him that it is "not just women" who bleed every month.

The powerful image was posted on Milly's public Instagram account where she has 173,000 followers.

Milly questions why some people do not understand the concept, when her four-year-son can understand it.

She explains that some non binary people and some men have periods and wanted her son to learn that from a young age, instead of growing up believing it was just women who had periods.

The mum-of-one says it was easy for Eli to accept what she was saying, because he did not have to "unlearn to engrained societal norm".

The married blogger said: "Eli has been told about periods since he saw blood on my pants a couple of years ago (I no longer have them now and tbh it is sh*t when it’s seen as like the ultimate feminine superpower because I’m still a woman).

"I didn’t use the language of women have periods because it’s not entirely inclusive.

"I told him that SOME women, SOME non binary people and SOME men have periods.

"It was easy for him to accept as he hadn’t had to unlearn the engrained societal norm but if a 4 year old can grasp it I’m sure most of us can have a crack at unlearning transphobic/misinformed norms and open our minds... ya think?"

Her post comes after Always announced it would remove the feminine symbol from its wrappers - to be more inclusive.

And Milly goes on to explain that she endorses the move and describes it as a "nice gesture".

She said: "Trans men may have ‘female’ sex organs and still experience periods and some non binary people have periods too therefore removing a female logo off the front of sanitary products helps include us all. Isn’t that wholesome and a nice gesture?"

The comments on the post, which has been liked more than 6,000 times have now been switched off.

However further comments by Milly suggest there were initially some negative comments on the post.

She wrote: "Why in the name of Lizzo should that affect ANY of us... it’s not insulting to women, it’s not discrediting women, it’s opening up the community to make it a safe space for those who don’t identify as women but still have periods.

"Stop being a asshat. Grasp it."

Other viral posts on Milly's account include ones about anxiety and depression, sexuality, cellulite, stretch marks and body hair.

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