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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by TedDoesntTalk on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @10:16PM (#31175513)
Probably considered unclean -- some religions still believe this (Islam, Judaism). You can't clean and cook if you're unclean? I don't know.
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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by tsol on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:51PM (#31176105)
In Islam and Judaism women can still do housework. It's a ritual purity, not an actual physical one.
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