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Why do mean boys say a girl is on the rag?

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Power or humiliation: Name calling is a form of bullying or power tripping. There is an old notion that when a women is menstruating that she has a short tempered change in personality and becomes a little less likeable. So "on the rag" becomes a way of putting down a woman when she acts out of the norms although frequently that is not the case.

Answered 4/7/2012

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