What did women in primitive cultures do about menstruation?

[XemaSab]

I'm talking cultures where they don't even have what we'd call "cloth."

Well? :shrug:

[TOhioLiberal]

1. Let it all hang out...

...so to speak?

Oh and IBTL!

[XemaSab]

2. Seems like that would be messy

But some cultures did have huts that the women would go in... maybe so they could be messy together? :shrug:

[Drum]

3. Dunno for sure, but I've heard they "went away"

ie out to the bush or woods or jungle or tall grasses, until their (overt) period was past. I cannot cite, but recall reading/hearing this from what I'd consider anthropological sources. There were superstitions about menstruating women, and I think that they were "encouraged" or pushed away for this time in their cycle.

Or...I am full of crap, the more so for passing on mis-remembered info
:shrug:?

Surely the Web can tell us....

[XemaSab]

5. Seems like you'd be at risk from animals there

:P

[Drum]

6. yes, especially then, right?

[LadyoftheRabbits]

4. I'd read Anita Diamant's

"The Red Tent." Offers an interesting perspective on (I think actual) Old Testament practices for women. :hi:

[lavenderdiva]

7. Locking

Please do not post threads about bodily functions. Thank you.