My grandmother said
It is nothing like what you all have today.
You were doomed if you had them and doomed if you did not
have them.
When it arrived , it would be three complete days of
isolation. Your food arrived through the
window. You washed up all your clothes and there would be heaps and heaps of it.
It had to all dry in secrecy, lest the world know what you have been
upto.
And when it did not arrive yet again, you knew it was time
to hope for one more time.
Ah ! the travails of menarche and pregnancy.
It is nothing like what you all have today.
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How sad about how girls were subjected to that in your grandmother's time. Must have been so humiliating and shameful. Thanks for sharing as I found it very interesting to read about.
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So sad na? But it did happen earlier...and still does in villages no?
ReplyDeleteits so sad what women had to endure earlier... it is still a common practice in rural areas
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its so sad what women had to endure earlier... it is still a common practice in rural areas
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What terrible times it must be for the girls and women then. Though many face this isolation and stigma, still! Wonderful take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThis isolation does exists in some villages. It is wrong and humiliating .
ReplyDeleteThis isolation does exists in some villages. It is wrong and humiliating .
ReplyDeleteGuess, life was so tough in those days and despite everything, they've achieved so much. RESPECT for them. It's such a bad world where women are humiliated at every end.
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