A Room of One’s Own?: Using period trackers to escape menstrual stigma

Open Access

|Jun 2019

Figures & Tables

	First-cycle coding	Second-cycle coding
To seek insight, as a private calendar, to keep notes on bleeding private, to decide who to share menstruation with.	Privacy	→ private data, privacy policy, sharing preferences
To navigate days of pain, to avoid menstruation being used against you, to hide reproductive labour.	Shame	→ menstrual stigma, reproductive shame, shaming others, shamed by culture
To compare length of cycle, to explain unstable emotions (PMS) and physical symptoms (pain, cravings), to gain reassurance.	Reassurance	→ the app as reassurance, coping with negative emotions, PMS

Name	Age	Profession	App	Tracking period
Nana	40	Office assistant	Clue	2 years
Maja	37	PhD fellow	Clue	2 years +
Susan	28	BA in drama	Woman’s Log	2 years +
Sonja	32	BA in nutrition and health	My Days	5 years
Sandra	26	MA in media studies	Clue	1 month
Donna	26	Consultant	Clue	1 year 3 months
Eve	31	MA in natural science	Woman’s Log	6 years
Dea	49	State attorney	Clue	1.5 years
Judith	36	CEO in PR company	Clue	4 years
Ruby	29	PhD fellow	Clue	4 months
Freya	28	MA in Scandinavian languages	Natural Cycles	¾ years
Silvia	28	MA in aesthetics and culture	Clue	2 years

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108

Language: English

Page range: 111 - 123

Published on: Jun 28, 2019

Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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