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#NotAllMen, from sympathetic, to toxic.

 In this era of people (here, women) facing harassment, eve-teasing, rape by men, post their issues anywhere socially always are reverted by the statement, not all men or say #NotAllMen. Social media is seeing this hashtag for the past 10 yrs. and this phrase is older than your great grandfather. How? Miss Wardle: Men are such deceivers. Mr. Tupman: They are, but not all men. This is the scrape from the popular novel 'Pickwick Papers' (1836)  by Charles Dickens. Whenever any crime against women takes place anywhere in the world, men, who do not get involved tend to be a 'good man' impose the same hashtag also abbreviated as NAMALT. They consider this as their defense mechanism. Feminism has always focused on equality among everyone despite gender. Even feminists initially found it worthy and this phrase was also part of 'The Feminist Movement'.  Whether it is about the 2015 Bengaluru mass gathering and molestation, murder of a woman police officer in America by ...

A Folklore of Menstruation

Menstruation is still considered taboo among Hindu (many other) cultures. However, Hindu Literature or Vedas has no mention of anything bad about this biological process.  Women are barred from entering public places, touch food, and are also not allowed to see any man during periods. History says that seeing a man on the day of menses may make her pregnant.  This Navratri, are you willing to hear an astonishing story?  A long long time ago in the Satayuga , when Raja Daksha  was unwilling to accept the Shiv-Sati love, then Sati on wrath, burnt herself to death. Shiva with the loss of her beloved, filled with both rage and grief. With no other option left, his yearn made him lift the perishable body of goddess Sati and do his ' Tandava'. And pledged not to stop until the body decays.  On the other hand, Vishnu was terrified because the rage of Shiva was gonna destroy the universe. He then used his Sudarshan Chakra and split the corpse into 51. This resulted in ...