Rydström Klara
Mölndal, Sweden
Rydström works within a post-constructionist framework to critically explore the nature of menstruation, which many perceive to be a strictly female bodily function despite many scholars’ recognition that menstruators are of various gender identities. In challenging menstruation as a cisnormative phenomenon, the author explores various menstrual experiences among trans people and argues that cis and trans menstruators come to matter differently. More specifically, menstrual activism, public bathrooms, menstrual products, and the healthcare sector are problematized as areas wherein trans menstruators are Othered. Finally, Rydström calls for a recognition of the multiplicity of menstrual experiences as they exist and a degendering of menstruation as phenomena.
里德斯特伦在一个后结构主义框架内展开研究，批判性地探讨月经的本质。尽管许多学者认识到经历月经的人具有多种性别身份，但很多人仍将月经视为一种严格意义上的女性身体功能。在挑战月经作为一种顺性别规范现象的过程中，作者探索了跨性别者的各种月经经历，并认为顺性别和跨性别经历月经的人受到的对待有所不同。更具体地说，月经维权行动、公共卫生间、月经用品和医疗保健部门被视为跨性别经历月经者被边缘化的领域而受到质疑。最后，里德斯特伦呼吁承认现存月经经历的多样性，并将月经现象去性别化。
