The years before and after the menstrual years are vestigial: the only meaningful condition left to women is that of fruitfulness.

The years before and after the menstrual years are vestigial: the only meaningful condition left to women is that of fruitfulness.

经期前后的岁月已经逝去:留给女性的唯一有意义的状态就是硕果累累。

-- Ursula K. Le Guin 娥苏拉·勒瑰恩