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Summary:THE SERIES INVESTIGATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN, RELIGION AND TABOO AND H OW RITUAL IMPURITY - WOMEN AS UNCLEAN - PERMEATES THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE. P ART 2 OPENS WITH BEN ELTON MUSING ON HOW IT WOULD BE IF MEN HAD PERIODS. IN THIS PART JEWISH WOMEN TALK ABOUT THE MIKVEH, THE RITUAL BATH OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM. IT HTEN EXPLORES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD TABOOS IN JUDAEO-CHRISTIANITY.
Description:EXPLORATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS IS CONDITIONED BYDEEP UNDERLYING BELIEFS IN THEIR IMPURITY.