5 Questions with Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman
Aly Raisman has her fair share of period woes, but the Olympic gold-medalist says she wont take to free bleeding like other athletes.
Raisman, 22, recently teamed up with Playtex Sport to take away the stigma surrounding women and their periods. But the athlete says letting her period flow freely not using a cup, tampon or pad while menstruating just isnt her thing.
I give [women] a lot of credit for being that comfortable, she recently told Cosmopolitan. Thats a really amazing thing. I dont know if Id have the confidence to do that.
Free bleeding has been catching on recently.
Earlier this year, yoga-lover Steph Gongora made headlines after sharing an Instagram video of herself performing a series of moves while free bleeding in white yoga pants.
In 2015, M.I.A. drummer Kiran Gandhi ran a marathon without a tamponto raise awareness about women who have no access to feminine products and to encourage women to not be embarrassed about their periods.
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Still, Raisman has her own way of making period-talk less taboo.
Through her partnership with Playtex, the Olympian encourages girls to continue on insportsafter their get their period for the first time by providing the tools and advice they need to play on.
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I work out a lot with little girls, sosometimes theyll run and [say to]me, I just got my period! she previously told PEOPLE.
I like to think Im not awkward about it, so I think that they can come to me I get what theyre going through so I like tobe that person for them.
source: http://people.com/sports/aly-raisman-free-bleed-confidence/
