Bathing during menstruation is safe. Bathing helps you stay clean, fresh, and comfortable. Good hygiene can prevent infections. Warm water baths can also relax your body and reduce period pain. This belief may come from the tradition due to a lack of appropriate washing facilities and insufficient water supply in older times. If you don't have access to sufficient water for taking a bath, try to at least clean your genital area with the available water and change your pad regularly.

Menstruation doesn't make women's touch dirty or harmful. As menstruation is a normal biological process, touching somebody during menstruation is not unsafe. Touching during menstruation does not spread any disease unless the person already has another communicable disease. No special cleaning is needed if touching occurs.

Washing bedding material after menstruation is for hygiene, not because it is impure. Menstrual blood is not injurious to others, but washing bedsheets and clothes helps keep them clean and fresh. Hygienic bedding material keeps you relaxed and healthy.

Menstruation is natural, it doesn't spread from one another, and also not impure. It's safe to touch children and family members during menstruation. There is no authentic reason to avoid contact with others during menstruation. This restriction is only valid if a woman is suffering from any communicable disease. This old belief may have started to give women rest during menstruation. Contact with family members during menstruation helps women to feel better.

Mothers' love and menstruation are both pure and natural. Menstruation never makes mothers touch unsafe or impure for their babies. Touching children during menstruation is safe unless the mother already has another communicable disease. She can hold, cuddle, or feed the baby regardless of the presence or absence of clothes on the baby. Mothers touching to baby's clothes doesn't contaminate or infect the clothing.

Restriction on sharing utensils is a common preventive measure in conditions that involve a chance of infection. Menstruation is a natural and non-infectious process. Menstruation doesn't spread any disease. It's completely safe to share utensils during periods. Menstruation doesn't make utensils impure or contaminated.

Menstruation is not an illness; it's a natural biological process. Girls can attend school, play, or travel during menstruation safely. Staying active can even help you feel better and fresher. However, if you feel exhausted or have pain, take a rest. This belief may come from the tradition due to a lack of appropriate sanitary products, privacy, and insufficient washing facilities outdoors in older times. Now, with the use of clean menstrual products like sanitary pads and by practicing good hygiene practices, girls can join outdoor activities even during menstruation.

There is no valid reason to avoid touching flowers, plants, or animals during menstruation. Touching plants or animals by menstruating women doesn't cause any harm to each other. Earlier, women had to do activities related to agriculture and animal husbandry. This belief may have come from old traditions with an intention to give women rest during periods. During menstruation, being in nature can make you feel relaxed and happy.

Menstruation doesn't spoil or alter the food. There is no scientific evidence to demonstrate that menstruation makes food unhealthy or unsafe. The initiation behind this belief could be to give women rest during periods from doing household activities. If you feel good, you can enter the kitchen and cook the food. However, if you feel tired, let others help you and take a rest.

Menstruation is natural; there is no scientific reason to stay away from celebrations and gatherings during menstruation. Attending social and cultural activities brings a sense of togetherness and keeps you happy and connected with society. However, the intention behind this belief may be the encouragement of women to rest. It is an individual choice if somebody feels well and comfortable can enjoy participation in socio-cultural events.

The beliefs about this restriction are very strongly rooted in traditions, which also vary among different cultures. Menstruation is a natural and healthy biological process that signifies the capability to create life. Keeping yourself involved or away from spiritual activities during periods depends on your own beliefs, values, and preferences. If you feel confident, you can pray and meditate. Praying could be done from the pure soul at any time. Spirituality begins in the heart, not the body.