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Senator Orwoba not the first person to try and turn ridicule into honour

Senator Gloria Orwoba. She was asked to leave Parliament for showing up in blood-stained pants. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

There are times when the inconvenient compels people to reflect on given assumptions and to downplay certain realities because they are embarrassing.

Senator Gloria Orwoba attracted attention by wearing 'blood stained' white pants in Parliament in order to 'walk the talk' of fighting what she called period shame.

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