Menstrual Knowledge in Young Women (Ethnographic Studies in Kampung Aur Village,, Medan Maimun District, Medan City,North Sumatra Province)

Abstract

This study examines how the knowledge and behavior of adolescents in Aur village are related to menstruation. The purpose of the study is to describe young women's knowledge and behavior during menstruation. Whether there is an environmental influence on adolescent social behavior, how parents play in providing menstrual education to their daughters, and how the rules exist in society limit young women's sexual behavior. The research method used in this study is a qualitative approach. With pre-field research, fieldwork, data analysis, and ending with the writing phase of the research report. The result of the study is that menstruation is understood as something related to maintaining the cleanliness of reproductive organs to avoid disease. The conversation about menstruation also concerns sexual intercourse conducted by men and women. Usually, parents give education in the form of straightforward advice due to the limitations of parents who do not know much about reproductive health. Meanwhile, the local community also gives moral reaction in the form of censure, syndicate for deviant young women.