How menstruation works - Emma Bryce
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At this moment, three hundred million women across the planet are experiencing the same thing: a period. The monthly menstrual cycle that gives rise to the period is a reality that most women on Earth will go through in their lives. But why is this cycle so universal? And what makes it a cycle in the first place? Emma Bryce gives a primer on periods.
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- Educator Emma Bryce
- Director Tolga Yıldız, Serin İnan
- Animator Tuncay Çetin
- Composer Cem Misirlioglu
- Narrator Susan Zimmerman
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