Christians used to force their women into hiding while they were menstruating, because they were deemed unclean.
Yes, societies do evolve. Islam has a liberalization movement already.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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