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"Perhaps more than any other aspect of rabbinic literature, the laws about and discussions of menstruation have polarized current discussions of gender relations in Jewish culture. Is the designated impurity of menstruation sexist? ..."
This text offers a perspective on rabbinic discussions of menstrual impurity, female physiology and anatomy, and the social and religious institutions those discussions engendered. It is set in the context of Jewish and Christian culture.