Myth: Girls should not enter kitchen and temples during periods.
Superstitious belief: If a girl enter the kitchen during her periods, the food gets spoiled and going to the temple impurifies the place of worship.
Actual reason: Menstruation is common, it happens to every girl but if no one knows about it, everyone finds things and the food cooked normal by the lady who is having her periods. But if they know about it, then they will probably try to keep the girl away from the kitchen. Men and women, both are creations of God and women getting their periods is a gift of God, then how can God or the place of worship get affected due to it? It does not make sense if a person believes in such things. It is relevant enough that girls should not enter the kitchen or temples or be away from home during periods inorder to give them rest as they feel discomfort during Menstruation. So also, there were no sanitary napkins available during our ancestors time when these rules were made. And in the olden days girls were thought to be a burden to a family and if earlier they would know the actual reason, no one would understand the discomfort the girl would go through and ask them to do daily house hold work. And therefore creating such mentality in those days helped the girl although the belief being a negative one.
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Andrina Fernandes.
Superstitious belief: If a girl enter the kitchen during her periods, the food gets spoiled and going to the temple impurifies the place of worship.
Actual reason: Menstruation is common, it happens to every girl but if no one knows about it, everyone finds things and the food cooked normal by the lady who is having her periods. But if they know about it, then they will probably try to keep the girl away from the kitchen. Men and women, both are creations of God and women getting their periods is a gift of God, then how can God or the place of worship get affected due to it? It does not make sense if a person believes in such things. It is relevant enough that girls should not enter the kitchen or temples or be away from home during periods inorder to give them rest as they feel discomfort during Menstruation. So also, there were no sanitary napkins available during our ancestors time when these rules were made. And in the olden days girls were thought to be a burden to a family and if earlier they would know the actual reason, no one would understand the discomfort the girl would go through and ask them to do daily house hold work. And therefore creating such mentality in those days helped the girl although the belief being a negative one.
-SU150097
Andrina Fernandes.
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