Oh, and as for that detail that the producers like to "track" the contestants' periods ? Caridi had some interesting correlative evidence. Kaufman reported in Bachelor Nation that, early in the series' lifetime, producers would track the menstrual cycles of the contestants. (All the better to manipulate you with, my dear.) Caridi recalled that during one date during her season of The Bachelor, all the girls were on their period. And, they were forced to wear white biker shorts. And, the date was about pheromones — Higgins was forced to smell the contestants' midriffs to determine if they were "chemically compatible." It was a weird date made all the weirder by the fact that the women were all menstruating.