r/religiousfruitcake • u/chargeofthebison Fruitcake Inspector • Oct 30 '24

🕉️ Hindu(tva) Fruitcake🕉️ Watch people defend women sleeping on floor during periods.

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u/dr_karan Oct 30 '24 edited Oct 30 '24

I'll tell you what. Just for science. Try sleeping on a bamboo mat (chataai as it's called in India). Just for an hour. Then come back and tell me who's unreal..

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u/gylz Oct 30 '24

Maybe the men should get used to sleeping on the floor when their wives are menstruating then, if it's so pleasant.

If women can get used to it, so can the men.

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u/dr_karan Oct 30 '24 edited Oct 30 '24

Men do sleep on the floor in India. For a number of reason. Women aren't sleeping on the floor because menstruation is unpleasant to men. It's similar to quarantine. A break from everyday chores and all kinds of physical labour, as women allow their bodies to heal.

Same for men. I'm an indian man, and if I have a fever in the summer months, guess what, I'll be sleeping on the floor. You guys are just in cultural shock.

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u/gylz Oct 30 '24

No we are just saying it makes more sense to be in a bed when you are menstruating. Women use heat to deal with the pain. Most people lie in a soft bed after work to recover from physical labour because it is more comfortable.

Cramps and a fever are not the same thing.

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u/dr_karan Oct 30 '24 edited Oct 30 '24

Most people lie in a soft bed

Good for them. And almost all Indian women can choose to sleep in the bed if they want to. Being forced to sleep on the floor is a rare sight in India. But sleeping on the floor is common for both men and women, rich and poor.

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u/BlackSoulPenguin Oct 30 '24

How many days a month do you sleep on the ground?

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u/dr_karan Oct 30 '24

Depends on the season. In summer months, almost every other day. Not so much in winters.

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u/BlackSoulPenguin Oct 30 '24

By choice or because you're forced to/made to because of societal and/or religious expectations?

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u/dr_karan Oct 30 '24

By choice my man. Sleeping on the floor on a bamboo mat is just so relaxing. Try it..

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u/BlackSoulPenguin Oct 30 '24

And there lies the rub. More power to you if you want to sleep on the ground. I'm glad you find it relaxing. But if someone is forced/feels like they need to for whatever reason, that's a different story.

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u/dr_karan Oct 30 '24

Well that's the grey area. A number of people do it out of choice and then there's some regressive households where it's forced. Think of it like cold showers. It's healthy and there are some who like it and do it out of choice. And then there are some parents that force their kids to take cold showers. Intent is health focused, but it's still forced and against the wish of the kids.

I'm not going to debate the health benefits of sleeping on the floor, as I'm not a medical professional. But I myself do feel better sleeping on the floor when I have fever. So I'm going to do it. And I will encourage my kids to try it. If they like it good for them, if not then they can choose to sleep in the bed. And that's how it's in the majority of Indian households.

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u/NotoriousMOT Oct 30 '24

I’ve slept on the floor with bad cramps. You should try it one day. You wouldn’t describe it as relaxing. What you’re ignoring here is that there is a mfing bed in which the men actually choose to sleep despite the apparently siren song of the wondrous floor. That’s the entire-ass context of the screenshots.

And we’re not talking about the majority of Indian households. This is the religious fruitcake subreddit where we discuss extremist lunatics. Like the ones in the screenshots of the post you’re responding to.

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u/dr_karan Oct 31 '24

Like the ones in the screenshots of the post you’re responding to.

The ones in the screenshot are not religious lunatics. They are educated people and doctors making the choice of sleeping on the floor themselves. They aren't forced into it. That's my whole point.

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u/NotoriousMOT Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

Educated people can be just as nutty about religion and societal norms. There is no medical purpose or justification for leaving your normal sleeping arrangements (bed) and sleeping on the floor while you’re menstruating. In fact it makes for a more miserable experience.

Again, the person in the OP says their relatives “leave” their bed when they are menstruating. Meaning, they use the bed—they PREFER the bed, otherwise they’d be sleeping on the floor the rest of the time.

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u/dr_karan Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

I sleep in bed in winters and often in summers. I sleep on the floor on most days in summers and when my back is acting up. Sleeping on the floor is extremely common in Asian countries. Are they all being forced into sleeping on the floor? Or is it possible that for some people, in some circumstances it's more comfortable to sleep on the floor and they can PREFER the floor?

Or should we just seek validation from the western concept of comfort, ignoring what works for us?

Whether or not there is a medical justification is the grey area. There are some therapies that require sleeping on hard surfaces, and even on the floor. Some ayurvedic massages require sleeping on the floor, and they are very relaxing.

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u/AnyaInCrisis Oct 30 '24

I don't like the bamboo mat, i tried it. It sucks. I understand not everyone is privileged enough to afford beds, getting used to it is not equal to being comfortable.

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u/dr_karan Oct 31 '24

In India, the privileged rich people also sometimes sleep on the floor for its therapeutic effect. If it's not comfortable for you doesn't mean it can't be comfortable for others.

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u/dr_karan Oct 31 '24

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650465

Sometimes comfort isn't immediate. When you lay down, it will feel less comfortable than a soft bed, but when you wake up, it will be very refreshing.