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Manifestor_of_Light

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15. Keeping menstruating women out of a temple.

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 02:21 AM

Mar 2013

I'm not sure which religions keep menstruating women out of worship services.

Orthodox Jewish women having to go to a mikva (communal bath at the synagogue) after their period to purify themselves, and then wait another week to have sex. They don't use birth control and have large families. Exactly two weeks after your period, assuming you have a standard 28-day cycle, is the fertile time. They have the compulsory reproduction thing down more scientifically than the Catholics, with the extra week waiting period.

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Why is the religious right obsessed with sex? [View all] pinto Mar 2013 OP

My theoretical idea about this is that they are caught in the "forbidden fruit" syndrome. ladjf Mar 2013 #1

They were damaged by years of bad information and fear Drale Mar 2013 #2

Yeah, and BTW, I never got that whole "childhood innocence" thing either. Ligyron Mar 2013 #7

To me it appears to be 2naSalit Mar 2013 #3

Because they ain't gettin' none? RevStPatrick Mar 2013 #4

You beat me by 4 minutes. louis-t Mar 2013 #5

If you were limited to only the missionary position you might become obsessed with sex too Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #6

Control. silverweb Mar 2013 #8

^^^THIS^^^ cleanhippie Mar 2013 #9

You beat me to it! pink-o Mar 2013 #17

A few reasons jeff47 Mar 2013 #10

It's not just sex that's taboo. It's all your animal functions: eating, excreting, bathing, and dimbear Mar 2013 #11

You can't lump them all together as 'taboo' muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #12

What I should have said was that all these are laden with taboos, ridden by taboos. Of course dimbear Mar 2013 #13

Washing the hands is a part of all the Aramaic rituals, I think. pinto Mar 2013 #14

Keeping menstruating women out of a temple. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #15

Because they've been brought up to only want sex when they want a child... jmowreader Mar 2013 #16