title: Metaphors of bleeding in women.
abstract: All women experience bleeding throughout their life cycle, usually in a normal context. However, throughout history bleeding has been described metaphorically in negative ways. This paper presents an anthropologist's viewpoint concerning the presentation of bleeding in the literature.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008593:Menopause; D008598:Menstruation; D012098:Reproduction; D013561:Symbolism