Menstrual Health of India | Sinu Joseph | TEDxMSRIT

Sinu Joseph talks about the Menstrual health of Women and girls in India and she also compares this scenario with the urban and rural areas of India after a long period of study.

Sinu Joseph : Managing Trustee , Mythri Speaks
Sinu has worked on various issues in the social space over the last few years as an educator, a counselor, a writer, a project coordinator and when need be, an activist. She started her journey in the social space as a volunteer in 2009 and later joined Youth for Seva as a full time coordinator . In 2014 she co-created a trust called Mythri Speaks which works on issues pertaining to women and children. Mythri Speaks works on issues keeping in mind an exit plan.

[झू.टूभ.येकाउंट]

I like her more now. Discovered her through that research of her on Sabrimala Temple & menstruation connection. Saw that episode on The Conch channel. Like her because she has विवेक(capacity to know) about Ayurved & Sanatan Culture. People with comparatively evolved विवेक r so hard to find these days. Plus she is so beautiful, with her intelligence grace & प्रमाणिकता.
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Respect women who r into Sanatan. 🚩🔥🔴

[skumarr]

Big corporations decide what we wear, what we eat, and what we use. Its time to reinvent our lost consciousness and understand better who we are.

[jeanbruller]

Dear Sinu: You are beautiful on all counts: in person, in intellect and in spirit. You are doing a great job for the women of India. Forge ahead ! Be Blessed . With love and deep appreciation !!

[kamalgupta]

At 15:20 to 15:37 she explained in very simple words what is called # IntellectualSubversion, a very powerful term that is good to know and apply to understand our present condition...

[ankurupreti]

Dear Sinu, I totally respect you for showing us a different perspective on menstruation. At the same time, I do not believe in generalizing that the menstrual health of rural Indian women is good. I am a city dweller, but have started my life in a village, have seen my mother being sent to one corner of the house and nope, not to rest, but after doing all the chores or extra chores actually because others were 'scared' to touch her even indirectly during those days. So, during periods, she and many other rural women used to end up doing more work than usual. I have encountered not one, but many such cases.
So, I agree that the capitalist market has changed our conception about our own body issues. I agree that the traditional medical practices showed us a positive way of dealing with our bodily issues. But, the way these traditional practices are taken up by any community/society has multiple aspects attached to it. The society evolves with time, and during that evolution, while some societies take the positive turn, some also take the negative turn. In your well articulated video, I sense you have only used the examples of the former category.

[Tukkanomist]

I've fallen for this lady. She is calm, confident, intelligent, speaks well, having clarity of thoughts, charming, cute smile, glowing eyes, a great body posture and language, so Indian, looks so beautiful. I am in awe for this lady.

[vishnupriyagupta]

I Truly loved your speech ....Its disheartening how detached we are from our rich cultural....

[AncieFW]

Brilliant talk! Yes, v need to rethink our approach to a lot of issues!

[miayana]

Sinu, I love your work and your mission. The following questions are asked with the intent to understand, not to critisize.
1)How exactly do you measure pain. The surveys done were all based on self reporting. It could be just the different cultures have different thresholds for pain. The hardy, tough women of rural India may brush off pain that would seem crippling to an Australian teenager. I would want to see a standardized way to measure pain.
2)There's also the idea of shame that is associated with periods, particularly in rural India. Women are discouraged from complaining about menstrual pain, there are superstitious beliefs surrounding these things. So how do we know that the women who claim to not experience pain are not just keeping silent because they believe it's not proper to talk about it?
3)My third question is about the data. I want to know if the sample sizes taken from different countries were equivalent enough to consider this kind of comparison.
4)The celebration of menarche was done to advertise that a girl was of marriageable age - the girl's positive memories weren't really considered. In fact, every period, women were separated from the people in the home and treated like untouchables. We glorify this now, justifying it saying it was so they can rest, because they carry negative vibrations and to maintain hygiene.

[Noob]

She is so attractive, both in appearance as well as in the way she carries herself.

[kaiwalyamuley]

India have very rich cultural, it's only that we ourselves has failed to appreciate and study it and take advantage of it. Every Indian should spread awareness about his or her culture throughout the world.

[vineethae]

Here women suffering a lot... they won't complaint because they are un aware of their own health issues. Im a doctor workiing iin rural kerala. That is the reason for this statistics.

[princesspat]

As an indian girl thats lived my whole life abroad, i wish i had more knowledge about my roots and culture. Ive only started doing this after turning 17 and i feel like india has so much wisdom thats being lost and a lot of young teens abroad don't want to listen to it ( i was like this before ) because its not "scientific" or because we're narrow minded ( its odd because we feel very open minded except to our own culture ). I'm not saying everyone is like this but it's a common pattern i've noticed among teens because a lot of us felt shameful about being indian and our parents didn't teach us the culture without inflicting notions of shame, restrictions, ...If parents taught us culture without so much shame and pressure, i think a lot of us would want to learn more about it.

[katyayiniadipudi]

An eye opener for all those who are fed negatively about rural India

[margaretfreeman]

I feel like the issues with painful periods in the US are the products used, pads, tampons have been found to affect the hormones, to many chemicals used in the processing, this is why it's important to opt for organic

[sheetalmore]

Thank you for a wider perspective into ourselves.. Thank you!

[Vijisha-dp]

Tradition is the treasury of knowledge, here I am point out the far sight view of traditional community people from Kerala, they were restricted all kinds of work on that period even household work, and practised these through customs and beliefs.

[jasvinderjc]

its also the food the rural's and urban's are taking. the ancients squad on earth during menstruation. This gives them energy and able to survive the rest of the days of menstruation. The earth balances the negative and positive ions. Magnesium is essential for good menstruation and menstruation is Good.

[skinnydee]

The very first time that I had my menstrual period I only had pain for a few minutes and never again! God bless one of my friend's who advised me to drink Aloe Vera juice on mornings after breakfast and Turmeric tea at nights during that week. I took her advice and every month I had my period I drank those two things!
By the way, I worked every day during my menstrual period; I had NEVER taken rest or restricted ANY KINDS of food; I ate anything and everything I wanted!

[joysaha]

Wow that was an eye opener and a real myth buster ...
Thanks Sinu madam I really appreciate