Firstly, we like to protect the innocent as there are younger people who may enjoy decentraland that we would like keep being able to enjoy
Menstruation is taught to children as part of health education in school, and children also deal with it themselves as young as elementary school age.
Secondly, yes women do deal with menstration but being covered in it like your model is, is not normal.
I created a wearable that makes avatars menstruate in a “normal” way (whatever normal is) but that was also rejected (see below)
One of the meanings behind the piece is to address the taboo and stigma surrounding menstruation. To allow for it to be visible and to prevent it from being something that is seen as shameful or secretive - this social stigma has been used to oppress and marginalise women and their health needs.
Films, television, and other forms of cultural representation are trying to address this and convey the importance of menstrual health (which is overlooked alongside other issues of female health) and the problems of menstrual stigma in society.
Even television advertisements surrounding menstrual products no longer censor the use of red-coloured menstrual blood. Menstruation and menstrual blood are even represented in PG-rated Disney/Pixar films (Turning Red) and as an emoji.
If the depiction of menstruation is censored in Decentraland, the Metaverse risks reinforcing these negative ideas, perpetuating the very stigmas and exclusionary practices that have been overcome in more traditional cultural representation…?