Period Myth
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Oh! Hi Rekha Why do you look so exhausted are you sick?
- Not sick, just got my period today! So really exhausted with the cramps and the pain
- Oh my god! Why did you step out of your house? You are impure right now! You'll spread bad luck everywhere
- Wait what?
- Yeah in my house menstruating women are not allowed to step out because they bring bad luck and are cursed by god during those days
- Raj, Menstruation is the natural part of the reproductive cycle for a woman. It is a natural process.
- and there is nothing impure about it, that's a myth
- Calling menstruating women impure and isolating them is a patriarchal stereotype to restrict women. According to a survey by Nielsen, an estimate 23% of girls in India drop out of school when they start menstruating because of these myths around menstruation. Our good friend Raj has understood to not believe the myth and break the taboo surrounding menstruation. Have you?
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