Ancient texts do not support the tradition of
treating menstruating women as spiritually unclean
Dina G. McIntyre
The idea of whether or not menstruating women are spiritually unclean in our religion has been the subject of discussion in which historical facts are conspicuous by their absence. We have a lot of opinions, a lot of ancient sounding words thrown about (many of which are not Avestan) but few facts in support of this tradition. Yes, we have such a tradition in Zoroastrianism. But no one seems to have examined when and how this idea came into being in the long history of our religion.
Over the centuries, the underlying idea has resulted in many different practices in dealing......