Those participating in Tampaction believe that tampons and menstrual pads oppress people who menstruate. The time in which a lactating woman does not menstruate is called lactational amenorrhea. She also developed amenorrhea, failing to menstruate for three years. Affected females reach puberty, develop secondary sex characteristics and menstruate at the usual time. Although Barbin was in puberty, he had not begun to menstruate and remained flat chested. Shortly after Beatriz begins to menstruate for the first time. Jacky begins to menstruate, and mistakingly believes that she will soon die. The concept that women can choose when and whether to menstruate has been debated. Augustine begins to menstruate after this incident. These children were all supposed to be girls and would not menstruate like their mother.