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Appy: Hey Poo, can you please get me some pickle from the kitchen? I am already half way through and Meera as usual is busy with her bollywood forum.
Yuvi: Wait! i will get some.
House help : Nahi didi aap nahi chho sakti achaar ko!
All three of them looking at the house help.
House help : haw! aapka to undin chal rahi hai na? Aap agar achaar choyoge to kharaab ho jayega.
Yuvika : Got up and hugged her house help.
Yuvika : Aisa kuchh nahi hoge.
All around the world, there are myths and practices born from the superstitious mind of the people, that chain girls up into different unfavourable situation every month. From their eating habits to sleeping arrangements, everything is controlled by such beliefs which sometimes lead to the violation of their basic human rights.
Yuvi: Wait! i will get some.
House help : Nahi didi aap nahi chho sakti achaar ko!
All three of them looking at the house help.
House help : haw! aapka to undin chal rahi hai na? Aap agar achaar choyoge to kharaab ho jayega.
Yuvika : Got up and hugged her house help.
Yuvika : Aisa kuchh nahi hoge.
Menstruation, also known as a period, is the regular discharge of blood from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina.Usually a girl experiences her first period when she reaches her teens, marking her puberty and completes her cycle at her mid-age. Periods occur once in every month except during pregnancy and for some time after childbirth. Though period is a natural process, it's looked down upon several times. Girls who are on their period have to suffer through a lot, including social practices that forbid them from many things and even dejection and isolation. |
Ten of such myths, superstitions and beliefs from all around the world are listed as below,
1) Woman is considered impure when they are on their periods and are forbidden to visit holy places.
2) In parts of India, women are forbid to use their kitchen, eat sour food and simple things such as touching pickles.
3) In Afghanistan, some women are told that washing their genitals when they are menstruating can cause infertility.
4) In some communities in Burundi, it is thought that contact with a woman who has her period can be deadly for family members.
5) In the some of the rural parts of western part Nepal, girls are isolated and are made to stay in barn and feed on less food. The practice is know as Chaupadi.
6) In Ghana girls are given a hard-boiled egg to swallow whole. They believe that biting the egg is like killing your babies.
7) In parts of Japan, women can not hold traditionally male jobs like sushi chef as it is believed that menstruation causes imbalance.
8) In Bolivia, women are advised not to cradle her babies, or they will become sick.
9)In some parts of the world, it's said that if a woman happens to cross the menstrual blood of another woman, she could turn infertile.
10) If you go camping while on periods, bears will attack you.
There may be thousand more myths and beliefs that look absurd and baseless .
But not all myths are incorrect. A few myths were logical during the time they were made. We need to understand if any myth is still relevant or not. Following myths blindly or rejecting it out-rightly is not a good practice
But one belief that all women need to believe in and should always remember is that
"We can play an important role in breaking the damaging silence around periods"
What is period and how often it comes?
How much blood will come out and how many days the bleeding is likely to last?
