Athletics and Menstruation Dysfunction

The menstrual cycle is one of the big myths in the dance world. Dancers are sometimes praised for delayed maturation (=delayed puberty); they’re told that this will help them achieve the ‘ideal ballet body’, and are also praised for either not getting their periods in the first place, or losing them again after while. And all of this…is not okay to say to dancers.
From the above blog post:
The human body perceives 3 behaviours as potentially life-threatening. 

1. Overexercising (intentionally or unintentionally)
2. Under-eating (not eating enough to support training as well as all life processes)
3. Stress
   1. There are different types of stress, some being beneficial (eu-stress), but a lot isn’t beneficial for the body (e.g. constantly criticizing yourself, not showing yourself some self-love, not taking care of your body, stressing over a teacher’s comment in class, being told you ‘don’t look the part’). Overexercising and undereating are both stressors in themselves, although they have a multitude of other negative effects as well.