# How do ultra-orthodox Jews handle the whole "menstruation women" prohibitions?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ultra-orthodox-jews-handle-the-whole-menstruation-women-prohibitions/554640 "2010-09-22T14:05:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ultra-orthodox-jews-handle-the-whole-menstruation-women-prohibitions/554640/220 "2010-10-10T03:01:16Z")

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> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> > [@ZPG\_Zealot](#):
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> > I see a man sticking out his hand at a woman as a man who assumes it’s his right to expect a woman to touch him. I see a man with a hell of a lot of entitlement issues and no respect for other cultures, in other words a jerk.
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> But you’ve said that it’s OK for a woman to offer her hand to a man. She’s claiming the man as chattel. The fact that she thinks she has the right to touch a man disgusts me. I see a woman with a hell of a lot of entitlement issues. In other words, an asshat.

I can’t think of a culture yet that has a history of women raping men or of wives killing or beating or divorcing husbands because they appeared to friendly with other women. If that ever occurs you might have a point. As things are the act of iniating physical contact much like that of deciding whether or not to carry a baby to term belongs to the woman as she has a far greater risk in the situation than a man has.

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