Menstruation not only carries with it the connotation of a productive system that has failed to produce; it also carries the idea of production gone awry, making products of no use, not to specification, unsalable, wasted, scrap.
Interpretation
This quote critiques societal views on menstruation, highlighting how it is perceived as a failure in terms of productivity and utility.
Emily Martin's quote challenges the societal narrative surrounding menstruation, pointing out that it is often framed as a failure of the reproductive system. She emphasizes how menstruation is not only seen as an unfulfilled potential but also as a failed production process, where the natural biological outcomes are viewed negatively, resulting in feelings of inadequacy and wastefulness in women’s bodies and, by extension, in a society that values productivity and utility.
In practice
In a discussion about women's health, this quote can be used to highlight negative societal perceptions of menstruation.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Do you know who will go first on the Day of Resurrection to the shade of God...Those who when given what is right accept it, when asked for something give freely and who judge in favor of others as they do for themselves."
History has blessed us with all the freedom and advantages of multiculturalism. But it has also blessed us, because of the accident of our origins, with the linguistic unity that brings a critically needed cohesion to a nation as diverse, multiracial and multiethnic as America. Why gratuitously throw away that priceless asset? How mindless to call the desire to retain it 'racist.
While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences but in our simple presence in life.
Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.
Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment.
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