Općenito, žene mogu imati menstruaciju nakon početka menarhe i do vremena menopauze. Žene koje nemaju menstruaciju uključuju žene u postmenopauzi, trudnice, žene s amenorejom i trans žene.<ref>{{Citiranje knjige |last=Rydström |first=Klara |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_68 |title=Degendering Menstruation: Making Trans Menstruators Matter |year=2020 |publisher=Springer Singapore |isbn=978-981-15-0613-0 |editor-last=Bobel |editor-first=Chris |location=Singapore |pages=945–959 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_68 |editor-last2=Winkler |editor-first2=Inga T. |editor-last3=Fahs |editor-first3=Breanne |editor-last4=Hasson |editor-first4=Katie Ann |editor-last5=Kissling |editor-first5=Elizabeth Arveda |editor-last6=Roberts |editor-first6=Tomi-Ann}}</ref> Tijekom trudnoće i neko vrijeme nakon poroda, menstruacija se ne javlja. Prosječna duljina postporođajne amenoreje duža je tijekom dojenja; to se naziva laktacijska amenoreja.<ref>{{Citiranje časopisa |last=McNEILLY |first=Alan S. |last2=Tay |first2=Clem C. K. |last3=Glasier |first3=Anna |date=1994-02 |title=Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Lactational Amenorrhea |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb30394.x |journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=709 |issue=1 |pages=145–155 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb30394.x}}</ref> Trans muškarci mogu, ali i ne moraju imati menstruaciju, ovisno o njihovim individualnim okolnostima.<ref>{{Citiranje knjige |last=Frank |first=S. E. |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_7 |title=Navigating the Binary: A Visual Narrative of Trans and Genderqueer Menstruation |last2=Dellaria |first2=Jac |year=2020 |publisher=Springer Singapore |isbn=978-981-15-0613-0 |editor-last=Bobel |editor-first=Chris |location=Singapore |pages=69–76 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_7 |editor-last2=Winkler |editor-first2=Inga T. |editor-last3=Fahs |editor-first3=Breanne |editor-last4=Hasson |editor-first4=Katie Ann |editor-last5=Kissling |editor-first5=Elizabeth Arveda |editor-last6=Roberts |editor-first6=Tomi-Ann}}</ref>
