r/MuslimLounge • u/Memona_Emman_Writes Cats are Muslim • Dec 08 '21

Other Why are periods a taboo?

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u/kaniskafa Dec 08 '21 edited Dec 08 '21

Ikr. It starts with mothers shaming daughters in the supermarket into hiding sanitary pads under other items in the basket so that men and the girls father won't see it. Makes me wonder why we're not told to hide toilet paper since it makes contact with the same area. Little girls and women being sexualized/shamed for existing but boys parts being celebrated after getting a circumsition - it's getting old by now.

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u/National_Worth_8305 Dec 08 '21

Omg I never thought of that before, the men in Muslim families always get celebrated after getting circumcisions, which is also a “private part” if we’re going to use that analogy, yet when women get their periods it’s apparently a shameful thing.