Every month for three days my mom would sleep on the floor. She would not do any household work and rest. She also would not let anyone touch her. If we kids did touch her by mistake we would have to go take a bath. That used to be the custom in my society twenty years ago. As a kid when I asked her why we couldnot touch her,I was told that she had stepped on dog doo. Later I found out it was the period. And for a long time i thought women get periods when they step on dog doo.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When i was litttle i used to believe that if a had a long enough ladder a could touch the sky.— Sarah Howell
- My sister told me not to touch hail stones because they were radioactive. — Mary K
- I used to believe that eyes where just like bubbles and if you where to touch them they would pop.— Adam
- If you touch your bellybutton, it will get infected.Anon
- i used to believe that virginity was a disease that you cured by letting a boy touch u for a few minutes— heather
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon