Open AccessThe laws of niddah as a means of controlling female sexuality
Author(s) -
Hila Nadav Carmel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
humaniora
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-3145
pISSN - 1233-0388
DOI - 10.14746/h.2019.1.5
Subject(s) - menstruation , human sexuality , perspective (graphical) , power (physics) , judaism , psychology , social psychology , law , gender studies , sociology , political science , medicine , philosophy , art , theology , physics , quantum mechanics , visual arts
This article presents how the laws of Niddah in Judaism are influenced by the cultural attitude to menstruation and how the cultural attitude to menstruation is related to the social status of women. The laws of Niddah are consider in historical and contemporary perspective with special interests in attitudes to women menstruation and sexuality. The social and biological domain are analyzed to understand the connections between power struggles and behavior regulations.