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PERIODSSSSS.
BLOOOOOOOOOOD.
MENSTRUATION.
Welcome to Biology 101.
Today we debunk myths about periods.
Question 1: Will Mata Devi be annoyed if i enter the temple when i'm on my period?
Answer : No, Mata Devi doesn't give a fuck.
Question 2: Is a menstruating woman impure and evil?
Answer : Possibly, because her period led to your birth.
I don't know. I am a lucky girl, i live a society which is somewhat accepting of the bodily processes of a female. But I recently read this rather disturbing article on the state of menstruating women and how they are treated, and the reliefs available to them. This ill treatment is not concentrated to any one area, but infact is one of the most pressing issues of underdeveloped and developing countries. The saddest part is, it's not even recognised as a problem.
to be honest, it's infuriating. How backward we are about certain issues. I realise that it's probably the lack of education that leads people to blindly follow nonsensical traditions and engage in preposterous taboos, but lack of this education also does not justify these actions. The way some women are treated during those days of the month is inhuman. It is outright inhuman. They are banished from their houses for those 5 days, and they are expected to stay there irrespective of the kind of conditions outside. They are attacked by animals and men, who conveniently decide that while a menstruating female is impure, it is okay to rape her. They don't have access to sanitary napkins and are treated like untouchables. They are fed only boiled rice and this food is thrown to them like garbage in a dustbin.
Periods are a thing. They are natural and healthy. They are a GOOD thing, even though it may not seem like it at times. Periods are nothing but disposal of the inner lining of the uterus that the body creates to prepare itself for child birth. Lack of periods would mean that this lining is not formed in the first place.No periods, no childbirth, no continuation of the human kind. Each and every woman, irrespective of her caste, social status, residence, of it all, is brave to go through it. It is about time that this fact was celebrated, and people stopped treating women like shit for everything.
PERIODSSSSS.
BLOOOOOOOOOOD.
MENSTRUATION.
Welcome to Biology 101.
Today we debunk myths about periods.
Question 1: Will Mata Devi be annoyed if i enter the temple when i'm on my period?
Answer : No, Mata Devi doesn't give a fuck.
Question 2: Is a menstruating woman impure and evil?
Answer : Possibly, because her period led to your birth.
I don't know. I am a lucky girl, i live a society which is somewhat accepting of the bodily processes of a female. But I recently read this rather disturbing article on the state of menstruating women and how they are treated, and the reliefs available to them. This ill treatment is not concentrated to any one area, but infact is one of the most pressing issues of underdeveloped and developing countries. The saddest part is, it's not even recognised as a problem.
to be honest, it's infuriating. How backward we are about certain issues. I realise that it's probably the lack of education that leads people to blindly follow nonsensical traditions and engage in preposterous taboos, but lack of this education also does not justify these actions. The way some women are treated during those days of the month is inhuman. It is outright inhuman. They are banished from their houses for those 5 days, and they are expected to stay there irrespective of the kind of conditions outside. They are attacked by animals and men, who conveniently decide that while a menstruating female is impure, it is okay to rape her. They don't have access to sanitary napkins and are treated like untouchables. They are fed only boiled rice and this food is thrown to them like garbage in a dustbin.
Periods are a thing. They are natural and healthy. They are a GOOD thing, even though it may not seem like it at times. Periods are nothing but disposal of the inner lining of the uterus that the body creates to prepare itself for child birth. Lack of periods would mean that this lining is not formed in the first place.No periods, no childbirth, no continuation of the human kind. Each and every woman, irrespective of her caste, social status, residence, of it all, is brave to go through it. It is about time that this fact was celebrated, and people stopped treating women like shit for everything.
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