With all due respect, your response appears contradictory and paradoxical. On one hand you want to insist that menstrual fluid is not a source of Miasma, but then on the other state that modern sanitary products and hygiene practices will protect, shield, or reduce the exposure of a woman to the miasmic effects of that same menstrual fluid.

Also stated was the lack of evidence clearly identifying menstrual fluid as a source of Miasma. As I noted in our forum conversation, lack of evidence is not evidence. Looking at what Robert Parker writes on the subject, while he also make note of the fact there is no specific documentation, he makes several observations… (1) that menstruation not being a source of Miasma would have been very unusual compared to other neighboring cultures… (2) menstruation is rarely brought up outside of medical records, suggesting it could have been so “secret and shaming” that even sacred law required purity from it… (3) menstruation was described as a form of purification for women, and therefore the waste and discharge should be expected to be impure.

This is not just idol speculation on my part, but a reasoned conclusion given the fact that blood and other bodily fluids and excretions were considered Miasmic. Considering your personal belief all natural fluids are unavoidable, and you seem to want to imply cannot therefore be Miasmic, I can understand your opinion, but your opinion is based on your own personal feelings rather than an actual understanding of Miasma.

There is simply no logical reason to exclude menstrual fluids, especially if menstruation was/is considered a purification process, which we could argue it is even from a modern medical viewpoint, and a woman needs to keep herself clean of it. With all the focus on hygiene and cleanliness, I don’t see how this gets a pass. Of course, in this day an age, and with the availability of good and effective hygiene products, I can’t see any real argument for women needing to abstain from worship either, in so long as they they are keeping themselves clean, which you oddly agree with while still claiming menstrual fluid is not a cause of Miasma.

You seem to want it both ways. You admit your feminist ideology will not allow you to accept menstrual fluid as a source of Miasma, but at the same time insist on rules for handling menstrual fluid be observed.

I posted a response to this on my blog and just thought I’d give you a heads-up as a courtesy.

- Annyikha