Anthology The Research: ISSN: 2456–4397 RNI No. UPBIL/2016/68067
Vol.-6* Issue-1* April-2021)
Paper Submission: 03/04/2021, Date of Acceptance: 16/04/2021, Date of Publication: 25/04/2021
Bhagya Preet Kaur
PDF Scholar,
Dept. of Home Science,
Lucknow University,
Lucknow, UP, India
Abstract
Hygiene is a concept related to cleanliness, health and
medicine. It is as well related to personal and professional care practices.
In medicine and everyday life hygiene practices are employed as
preventative measures to reduce the incidence and spreading of
disease. Menstrual hygiene is a sub- category of hygiene, an extremely
important step for women. “Menstrual hygiene is the window of
reproductive health”. Female cannot get good reproductive cum general
health without healthy menstrual cycle. The Menstruation is a normal
biological process in adolescent girls which indicating about beginning of
reproductive life of girls, but sometimes due to lack of knowledge it
becomes a problematic phenomenon in the Indian society for adolescent
girls. In India the menstrual hygiene mostly depends upon the girl‟s
educational status, socioeconomic status, and cultural status of family.
However, the lack of adequate guidance and social support, maledominated decision making, on-going gender inequality and taboos
around menstruation leave girls in numerous problem like experiencing
shame, fear, confusion and discomfort. The achievement of good
menstrual health has an impact on general health and wellbeing,
education, socioeconomic outcomes, dignity and gender equality. The
objective of this conceptual paper is to problematise the unhygienic
menstrual practices among Tharu women.
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