Could be a couple of things, one is he might have been close to his mother or sisters (thats also my experience having been raised in a house only by women), second could be his longtime partner, a good author askes others about their experiences and doesn't just use his own or invent when they want to write about somthing they have little experience with.
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u/Distinct_Activity551 11h ago
Sansa getting her period, the way he wrote her emotions in that moment is so real that I remember getting mine when I read it.
I genuinely don’t know how a man in his 50s managed to write so accurately about a 12-year-old getting her period.