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Related: About this forumNepal criminalises banishing menstruating women to huts
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Nepal criminalises banishing menstruating women to huts (Original Post)
shenmue
Aug 2017
OP
A friend showed me his grandmother's old house and there was a special room the
BigmanPigman
Aug 2017
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nocoincidences
(2,229 posts)1. Pointless, if it isn't enforced.
samnsara
(17,635 posts)2. in some cultures in bygone days the Red Tent was the only place....
...women folk could get time alone together without those pesky men folk.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)3. Does this apply on Everest?
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)4. A friend showed me his grandmother's old house and there was a special room the
women would voluntarily stay in during their period because they liked the peace and quiet. It was small and dark but cozy. A "woman-cave" I guess. Maybe that is how the "man cave" got born.
Personally I think any "cave " is BS. Going into a room and closing the door worked well enough before.