How menstruation serves as a lens to interpret social relations and power

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Menstruation functions as a mechanism to regulate women's bodies through legal and social institutions. The Supreme Court is reviewing its 2018 Sabarimala temple decision allowing menstruating women entry, while declining to mandate nationwide paid menstrual leave. The court noted mandatory leave could discourage employers from hiring women. Menstruation remains intertwined with biology, law, and gendered power dynamics, historically used to justify women's subjugation and social segregation.

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