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Today is #MenstrualHygieneDay. The primary focus of this day is to create awareness about the importance of good menstrual hygiene management... however, I would like to draw your attention to how some of the major religions in India are Obnoxious about Menstruation.
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#MenstrualTabooInHinduism
"In the middle of the menstruation period, in the three days on which Indra incurs the sin of Brâmicide, the body of the sinful begins to form.
The mother of one returning from hell is regarded on the first day as an outcaste woman"
- Garuda Purana Ch 6.
"In the middle of the menstruation period, in the three days on which Indra incurs the sin of Brâmicide, the body of the sinful begins to form.
The mother of one returning from hell is regarded on the first day as an outcaste woman"
- Garuda Purana Ch 6.
#MenstrualTabooInHinduism
"After menstruation the women should be avoided for four days. Their face should not be seen during that time, lest sin should arise in the body.
Having bathed, and washed her clothes, a woman becomes pure on the fourth day... "
- Garuda Purana Ch 15.
"After menstruation the women should be avoided for four days. Their face should not be seen during that time, lest sin should arise in the body.
Having bathed, and washed her clothes, a woman becomes pure on the fourth day... "
- Garuda Purana Ch 15.
#MenstrualTabooInIslam
"And they ask you about menstruation. Say, 'It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah... ' "
- Surah Al-Baqarah 2:222-223
"And they ask you about menstruation. Say, 'It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allah... ' "
- Surah Al-Baqarah 2:222-223
#MenstrualTabooInChristianity
"Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening. Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean
"Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening. Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean
# #MenstrualTabooInJainism
"Digambaras also believe that women are inherently himsic (which is best translated as harmful). This comes partly from a belief that menstrual blood kills micro-organisms living in the female body."
"Digambaras also believe that women are inherently himsic (which is best translated as harmful). This comes partly from a belief that menstrual blood kills micro-organisms living in the female body."
The only religion which does not consider women as 'Impure' on the basis of menstruation is #Sikhism.
"Only they are pure, O Nanak, within whose minds the Lord abides. " Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 472
"Only they are pure, O Nanak, within whose minds the Lord abides. " Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 472
And lastly, on #MenstrualHygieneDay .. let's remember #PayalTadvi and her concern for issues that matter.
#JusticeForPayal https://twitter.com/tadvi_payal/status/792711242783817728
#JusticeForPayal https://twitter.com/tadvi_payal/status/792711242783817728
