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Question: What Did Cave Women Do When It Was Their, (time of the month) You know!.!.!.!?
It must have been awful!.!.!.and don't ask why i asked this question, just curious and i tend to think these things what with being a woman myself =]
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No one really knows what cave women did, because they didn't leave any records, but what most primitive societies did (and do) is segregate the women during that time of the month!. They go off to live in a special hut!. And they used moss, dried grasses, pieces of soft tanned hide that could be washed and reused - there are many things that can be used to contain menstrual flow!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

tbh , i think they just used rags (and got an infection lol)
they'd be hard to wash , but in developing countries that are less better off than us and don't have the health care and attention that espeicially ladies over here get they probally just use rags !. they don't even have condoms thats why AIDs is so common over there !.
shame really !.
or maby the cave woman didn't care !.!. idk if they even wore clothes , oh and who ever was asking the time of month is ment by a menstrual period haha !
(or ToM/ToT(e)M)
hope this helped !.!. abit !

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To start with we are not talking Raquel Welch in a cute leopard skin bikini like 2001b!.c!.
I doubt there was any concept of personal hygiene and females just carried on with their normal business!. Doubt that anyone, male or female, ever washed, they just got on with staying alive!. By modern standards they were all ugly and looked like monkeys and they didn't float around with a flower in their hair, and just nobody cared!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Was just reading through your answers, and when I came across Stephen S!.!.!.!. 'the outcast' I thought how inventive !! whether that's true or not, it sounds plausible, and really inventive!.

The answer, no idea, except in Roman times, they used 'rags' rolled up, and I expect that some sort of hide from an animal skin would have been used, or even as one answer said 'moss'!.!.

Interesting question though Cherry!.

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They didn't have baths, soaps, clothes, or toilets back then, so i dont think it would have made that much difference to their hygiene just letting it run out, as gross as that sounds

By the Egyptian and Roman times things got more sophisticated, they did a similar thing to what we do now, they'd put a roll of cloth up there, take it out, wash it, and use it again!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Rags and moss were most likely used!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You'd be suprised!.!.!.!.Cave women didn't wear cloths, instead they covered themselves in a protective coating of mudWww@QuestionHome@Com

Believe it or not, even today there are many women in Africa, and probably other places as well, who cannot afford proper protection!. They can be seen with the blood running into their clothes and drying there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

They used to spend the whole week sliding down branches of trees!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

They killed a sabertooth tiger with their bare hands and skinned itWww@QuestionHome@Com

They pissed off males! Think about how easy it would be for a predator to catch the scent of blood!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

they got really grumpy and snapped at their cavemen folk for no reasonWww@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know if you'll believe me or not, but I had a discussion about his with my friend!!!!

We just can't figure it out!!! Those poor cave women must have been so embarrassed! It must have been awful, I agree!Www@QuestionHome@Com

grunt and throw rocks at the men!.!.!.!.
No different from now days!.!.!.!.
They probably had rags :S!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

a leaf!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah, terrible!. Still, those days have gone now!. Onwards and upwards- oh, sorry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

got on with it!.no probs!.nobody bothered!.they got on with it!.untill made to feel guilty!.today!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

They carried on with their lives or curled up if the cramps got too unbearable!. Fast-forward to the Middle Ages in Europe and the women are still spending their time sitting on a haystack!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Each cave dwelling had a smallish hole inside it called a 'Cast' and each month the females were made to sit in the 'cast' away from the group!. Thus the phrase 'Outcast'Www@QuestionHome@Com

omg ive thought about that too!!

ewww it must have been nasty!.!.!.!.so i'll probably say that they used the same thing they made their babies diapers with!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!?!?!?!? whatever that was!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Good question!. I don't know but if I was a cave woman I would ride on a mammoth all day so it soak up my blood!. HilariousWww@QuestionHome@Com

What do you mean!? I need more info!. Maybe they cooked for the men or something!. I don't know what you're talking about!.Www@QuestionHome@Com