“Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up, the fruit of trees fall off, the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled, hives of bees die, even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust, and a horrible smell fills the air; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison.” Pliny the Elder
I am reminded of Ruby Ridge. Remember that from 20 years ago? Where a family of racist Nazis got away with killing a cop and were awarded a $3 million bonus for it. It was a FEDERAL cop so it was okay.
The star of that show was Randy Weaver who in his Idaho compound refused to allow his wife and daughter in his home when they were menstruating. The were required to reside 24/7 of the durationin Mr Weaver’s ‘birthing shed” with dirt floors, no power, no water or toilets, so not to dirty or sully or drip blood on his floors. Good Christians. Pleasant Libertarians. Typical gun enthusiasts. NRA. Cliven Bundy. Tea Party. Aryan Nations. Children wearing Nazi armbands shooting up the neighborhood. The Republican Base.