TikTok’s period scooping trend shows how little we still understand about menstruation

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Social media has a habit of turning health topics into viral trends. The latest example is “period scooping”, a term circulating widely on TikTok that promises a way to manage or even shorten menstruation.

The idea sounds intriguing, even empowering. In reality, it reveals how much confusion still surrounds periods.

The term “period scooping” is being used to describe several different practices. One involves consciously contracting pelvic floor muscles...