@vagina_museum I had 2 older sisters + our mom & at age 12 I knew nothing more than what I secretly read on the sanitary pad boxes in the bathroom. I had no idea what to expect in real life. That "belt". What sort of contraption was that? My mother was awful. I know that's terrible to say, but when I did get the courage to ask, she told me tampons caused pregnancy. Then, while on a family vacation at 13, I started & was too embarrassed to tell anyone. Spent time washing underwear to hide it