But First, A Brief Anecdote About (Fake) Murders and Period Blood

Last Halloween a friend of mine, Chase, came dressed to the office as Jason. Or Freddy Kreuger. Or one of those types of characters. He had a plastic knife strapped to his belt and fake blood smeared on his face and body. It was a pretty aggressive costume for the office, but also pretty rad.

Chase just goes for it.

Near the end of the day, a female colleague who hadn’t seen Chase said to him as she walked by,

“Wow. That time of the month at home, huh?” to which he responded, “Oh man… that’s over the line, don’t you think?”

I don’t blame him for thinking this. I kind of thought this, too.

Even as you read this, you might have even thought to yourself that her comment was pretty gross.

Murder blood or menstrual blood: which is more disturbing? The non-debate rages…