Abstract / Summary
In January 2025 I volunteered with ForWoman, a community group, at a rural primary school in Maoming, Guangdong, and saw how little the girls had, in information and in supplies, when their periods began. A few volunteers can reach only a few schools, so I made three illustrated booklets and a teachers’ guide that anyone can download at yuejing.info and teach without me. In June 2026, before two classes I taught in Yueyang County, Hunan, 93 girls and 29 boys answered an anonymous questionnaire. Attitudes were better than I expected: few girls believed common myths, and most boys chose a kind response. The gap was in where girls turn for help. At the primary school, 30% of girls named a female teacher. At the middle school, 9% did, none named the infirmary, and 81% would borrow from a classmate. Class time lost to period discomfort rose from 6% to 35%. More than a quarter of boys did not know what they would do. Support exists, but mostly between students rather than through the school.