Menstruation: In India, it is believed that "touching" the "unclean" woman during her period has made her unclean.
In India, unclean women are sent to huts Global New News Desk - In India, unclean women are sent to huts and they have to stay in a hut for five days every month according to the custom. Not only that, these huts are located just outside the village, on the edge of the forest. In other words, this time they have to be in 'one room'. They are not allowed to cook. Water is not allowed to be drawn from the village well. The women of the house have to spend their days drinking food and water given to them by their relatives. If a man touches them, the man has to take a bath immediately, because the "unclean" woman is considered to have become "unclean because of touching him." Women and teenagers are evicted from their homes, The women of Kanal Tola village are forced to stay in this slum during menstruation. There is no door, no way of life. In the Indian state of Maharashtra, thousands of women and adolescents are still evicted during their menstrual periods.