Friday, April 3, 2015

Living A Woman ; Happy periods :) Happy womenhood

Today I read an article about "Let’s talk about it. Period" an article featured in Times of India, which inspired me to write this article. 

I have heard about similar stories told by Twinkle in the article , not as extreme as being isolated in a room but rather considering it unholy. I have had  conversation with a female Islamic friend through whom  i came to know that while women are on their menstrual days they cant pray/fast or for some they don't have to pray/fast. Why does a menstrual cycle has to do with remembering god? 
for women who have prolonged periods they cant pray to god for the 5 to 6 days or a whole week???

I have stopped wrapping my sanitary pads while buying it. It is a biological fact that I am a woman and once in 28 day i get periods and if any one has problem accepting it,then they can better be ready to call them selves from another planet. I don't mind checking new sanitary pads and reading labels on them while some creeps giggle or laugh behind my back just because the function of the Pads are safe  does not mean i can put some angels between my thighs (Whisper with wings). 

Next is not in terms of period but still in context of Living  A Woman. I was immediately taken back to a time in my past when i  was a very inquisitive young teen. I was at neighbors place early morning and their family was packing up to go for an archery game. (Archery is the national game of Bhutan). I saw my neighbor cleaning and polishing his compound bow.  He then put it on the table to go get something from the other room. I had never touched a compound bow before so  I picked it up in my hands and was admiring it. That piece of gadget was heavy buy very beautiful.

My admiration ended by a very soon high pitch scream "AHHHAAA , "Why did you touch it ? I cannot hit the target today" don't you know women are not suppose to touch the men's bow, its bad luck? "I was asked to go back home. I was so scared i thought i did something so wrong by touching it. he acted as if he was a cupid and my touch would  
Then,  of course i  would have said 'I did not now because no one in my family or any one i know played archery" but growing up i was asking my self , how could he have missed the target by me just touching his bow?It was my first time touching something so amazing and was ruined. i could not connect to that game after that although it is our national sport.

I also have an answer for his screams now. If a woman hand were unlucky then Tshering Chhoden   ( A female archer representing Bhutan in 2000  and 2004 Summer Olympic Games called Harry Potter for help?) 

Religiously or culturally women are made to go by a sets of written or as Back street boys lyrics say "I want it that way" societal policies. 
Aman should be able to go buy sanitary pad for a woman when she was able to go buy you a condom. (for those who do...kudos :)).

She is a very most powerful pronoun. She does not transfer to Lucifer on her periods.


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