{"id":2238,"date":"2005-09-19T01:19:40","date_gmt":"2005-09-19T06:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2238"},"modified":"2005-09-18T23:44:03","modified_gmt":"2005-09-19T04:44:03","slug":"nepal_takes_ano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/19\/nepal_takes_ano\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal takes another step into the modern world"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t understand the practice of hiding women away somewhere dirty while they’re menstruating. Men say a woman’s “impure” then. Hello? If she didn’t bleed, you never would have been born. If you’re going to have a segregation practice, shouldn’t it at least be something nice for a woman, like a Mikvah<\/a>? <\/p>\n\n

Women’s rights activists in Nepal have hailed a Supreme Court order to end discrimination against women during their menstrual cycle. 
Women in poor villages in much of western Nepal are forced to stay in dirty cow-sheds outside the home for four days during their monthly period. They are often given unhygienic food and suffer verbal abuse.
<\/strong>The Supreme Court has ordered the government to declare the practice as evil<\/em><\/strong> and given it one month to begin stamping the practice out. [Link<\/a>] <\/blockquote>\n\n

That’s plain wrong, just like hitching a woman to a plow<\/a>. You’ve still got a long way to go baby, and honestly, a legal change is just the first step. <\/p>\n\n

p.s. Take it from me, Nepali men, yelling at a woman who has the cramps is just not a good idea. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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