Both Benedict and Mead wanted to dislodge stereotypes about women during their time period and show that working women can be successful even though working society was seen as a man's world.
Tanto Benedict como Mead quixeron eliminar os estereotipos sobre as mulleres durante a menstruación, e mostrar que as mulleres traballadoras poden ter éxito a pesar de que a sociedade traballadora estaba vista como un mundo de homes.