Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Speculate, would women's cycles be different on the moon than they are on the earth?

How about on Mars or in space unaffected by lunar gravity?

Any speculation, or actual scientific research on that?

3 Answers

Relevance
  • Favorite Answer

    Menstruation is NOT dependent on the moon or any other planet or celestial object. Menstruation is based on the (usually) regular release of particular hormones from the hypothalamus and pituatary gland which direct the ovaries and uterus to prepare for the release of an egg and the ability of the uterus to allow the fertilized egg to attach to its wall.

    There has been this centuries-old myth that menstrual cycles are related to the orbit of the moon around the earth. It is actually coincidental that the lunar orbit is approximately 28 days and most regular menstrual cycles repeat approximately every 28 to 30 days.

    Therefore, assuming an atmosphere which would allow continued life for a woman, there is no reason to believe that her cycle would become radically different were she to live on another planet or to be in outer space.

    Source(s): I'm a physician with over 20 years clinical practice.
  • 1 decade ago

    It would be interesting to see. You know, we all seem to comment about how crazy things are when there is a full moon. Can you imagine how bad it would be to live on the moon during your menses???? Yikes..the men would want to go to another planet just to get away from us for a week...

  • 1 decade ago

    No. I would think they would be the same - just like a man's cycle, but without the crossbar, wink, wink.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.