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Religious Taboo on Menstruation Affects Reproductive Health of Women
November 01, 2007 at 7:10 PM
Women Health News
"A woman's body is considered as the site of community and family honour. Talking about religious fundamentalism, a woman's body is supposed to be guarded for the sake of family honour and in order to punish the other community, their women can be violated against," Dasgupta said. Dasgupta said fundamentalists opposed a woman's right to choose her sexual partner. They believe that sex education, the right to be aware of issues that can cost one's life, is against Indian culture.
"The concepts of fundamentalists are weird. They see abortion as foeticide. They don't think that a woman has the right to choose whether she is ready for a child or not. "In the same breath they don't do much in preventing the hordes of female foeticide that go on in front of their eyes," she said.
Menstruation is again a time when a woman is made to feel like an untouchable, bound by different rules like not being allowed to enter the kitchen, she noted. "When the movie 'Water' showed the condition of Indian widows, who were sexually exploited but not allowed to re-marry, the fundamentalists fiercely opposed it. That's because truth stings," Dasgupta remarked.
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