Modern Day Menstruation

A Study of Myths and Manipulations

Abstract

The world suddenly unites when it comes to inflicting pain on women. One of the most common instances of the world uniting and inflicting pain upon women is seen in case of menstruation, a time when the body of a woman is already going through a lot of physical pain. Instead of providing women with minimal care the society comes forth with a list of absurd rules that the women are expected to follow. These rules end up making the physical menstrual pain a psychological one. The women have been made victims and an object of shame for centuries based on the bodily fluid that flows from within her every single month. Though the women earlier followed these absurd rules. The modern day women question these age old notions and demand scientific proof for the mentally burdening acts carried on the women every single month until menopause. This analysis aims to explore the various myths and manipulations that the Indian women have been expected to follow and also highlights how the perception of menstruation has finally evolved and matured in the current items.