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School authorities at Shree Sahajanand Girls Institute in Gujarat (India) forced a group of 68 undergraduate students to congregate in the restroom and individually strip so teachers could inspect their undergarments for evidence of menstruation.
It happened because of a complex tapestry of Hindu religious and cultural taboos around menstruation, which ultimately result in prohibitions barring anyone currently menstruating from entering a temple or a kitchen. They are not even allowed to touch others who are not menstruating.
This is because the menstrual period is traditionally considered a time of “ritual impurity” in Hinduism.
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Sometimes you wonder........were these people born idiots or did they take lessons on how to become one? %@?£¥€§><
CuddyCruiser
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Feb 15, 2021
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Some people are born a bit less able than others, perhaps, but for a real idiot you have to start training them from birth.
Religion , in general, IS a course in stupidity. We were all born ignorant Athiests it takes training to become either stupid religious or informed Athiest.
Religious stupidity. On one of the flights my daughter may be assigned, her airline requires telling flyers who ask if menstrual so the flyer - Hasidic Jews- can choose another attendant. One of her friends had the best response, "Honey, I'm always going to be on my period. You don't want me to serve you, just wait for someone else when they have time."
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