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- In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.
This film from director Rayka Zehtabchi and producer Melissa Berton won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.
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Broke my heart when those boys called periods a disease
That's what many indians do!!
yesss!!! me too. are they not taught about reproduction system in school ?? it makes me sad knowing the way they said it like it has no meaning at all.
@@selvioktiviya we do learn about reproduction in school. here, they are talking about rural areas where women education lies in minority. but it is getting better, trust me.
@@selvioktiviya It's taught in schools. But it's in the rural areas where proper education about menstrual health is not given.
Infact that school girl called it -"it's a girl PROBLEM "..
I mean really???? My god... 🥺😲
"Because the goddess we pray to, she's also a woman just like us" this statement is so powerful in its own way
Ikrrr
Irony😓😭
That's what exactly what I say when anyone say something about periods and God. Like seriously, all the goddess must also have periods so come on now yr.
@@MuskanGupta-zp1tv not all godesses do but there is one 'kamakhya devi' also 'the bleeding godess' who does bleed every month for 3 days and in those 3 days the temple is closed.
@@nitupanwar61 but then goddess also have children and you can give birth if you do have periods. Well I am talking from science perceptive. But ofcourse I respect them all, I respect all our goddesses❤️
“I want to go in police force”
“Why?”
“To escape from marriage”
This just broke my heart 💔
abhi koi bhi ladka ched k chala jata h..
jab police m chali jaungi toh sbko jawab dungi..
Same here👌👌
Most girls feels the same
An unmarried woman means there's a happy single dude 😀 somewhere with his wallet intact..
It breaks my heart that my mom yelled at me for being shameless when i loudly said i dont feel good because of periods in front of my family.... She always thinks period is something you should not talk about men as if they dont know it.... I wish parents would be a bit more forward and talk about this openly with their kids In most parts of India
Well done. Speak even louder next time... Some changes require difficult conversations.
Keep fighting girl...without being a rebel, no big change ever occurred in our society!
same here
Sorry to hear that, we are in this generation where we can help get the education out there.
@@samity7849 awe no! Maybe tell him when no ones around good luck!
This is why education is important. When I say education I don't mean just learn mathematics and what not, but learning about REAL LIFE. Unfortunately my mother also grew up having to think that she needs to be ashamed of her period and she too used cloths.
My friend use cloths . It's really sad …❣️❣️
Sunita Sen is it bad if you used cloths??
@@shahadshd5165 yes it leads to rash, unhygienic plus leakage
@@shambhaviarun2261 Pads have been around for 100 years (1921), they are not new at all.... Even Tampons are a good 40 years old.
Yae sex education is very important here
Much much respect to this Indian man and his ambition to help providing women with pads..much love!!!
There are secret saint's all over the world ♡
He just sold his pad machine to them
Liz Aquino he also taught them how to make the pads
@@rasikakokate8858 Great! So, what I said wasn't the only thing he did. That's good
theres a movie about his story called pad man. you should watch it its soo good.
When my periods first started my mother was on her work in her office... I was in home with my Dad and literally that time he was the one to tell me about periods and tell me how natural they were in a girl's life and also how to use a pad... Later I talked with my mother on phn after she was free from her meeting... I see my father as an ideal man and of course he's my best friend... Definitely we need more people like my father.... I feel so blessed to have parents like them.... ♥
Edit:- OMG thank you for so many likes.... Its my highest on any of my comment till now ❤️
wow 🙏 im so happy your dad was such a good support for you ❤️
Which anime is that? Your profile picture?
I was about 8 and I asked my mom, that what is Stayfree and why every time when girls throw some blue water on it, they become so good at outdoor sports, then she told me what girls go through (she didn't tell me about the sex part coz, 8 saal ka ladka jo abhi bhi susu, potty jokes pe hasta hai vo sex samjh nahi paata, but she told me all that girls go through). When I found about it then I thought ki ye TV ads vaale kya galat portray krte hain, as a kid I used to think they are some sort of Energy Drink.
you are exception in india its rare
@@salmanbehen4384 wow, now I can understand how easily these ads can be misinterpreted
In Kerala, most school and colleges have pad vending machine. Even men buying pads to his friends or family. It is nothing to be a shame. It is protecting our ladies from their toughest time.
Knowledge
You see the literacy rate dude.... Highest in India around 95% I guess not sure, sorry. The more educated the place is, the more is the understanding among people.
@@adhirapatel6199 95 % according to 2011 census. Next census 2021 it will be 98%. Then do you think why keralites with high literacy keep way BJP from Kerala? Keralites thinks like human being, that humanity is 1st and 2nd is country and 3rd is religion. Other states 1st is religion 2nd is country 3rd is humanity
@@stealth9176 Thats such a good ideology. Humanity before anything✊✊
Education.
Seeing this makes me realize how lucky i am. I’m Indian and my mom talks about this to me so casually and comfortably. I’m in America so that most likely why, but it breaks my heart seeing girls the same age as me being taught to see their period as a sin
Same! I'm from India and my mom didn't make a scene about periods
She educated me well about that topic and she teach me and my sister how to maintain personal hygiene during that days ! And she allows me into all rooms including pooja room which is in our bedroom and I sleep with them normally like casual days ! And she pampers me and treats me like a baby during that days because I usually have terrible TERRIBLE cramps ! And I'm glad and grateful to have a mom like her 💕
India is a diverse nation with lots of culture, colour and perspectives. There are women who shudder to say the word period and independent single moms who do face adversity but will raise stronger women. I am an Indian. I have lived my whole life in India. But not even my Grandma feels embarrassed to talk about periods.
I just wanted to say this cos I felt bad being in india for a sec.. And then I was like this is our country. We are diverse but we have the capability to help each other out. And there is nothing to feel ashamed of.
Same I’m Indian but my family has been in South Africa for a few generations this really made me so grateful and for how my mum speaks about it to me too
I am Australian but indian
Rebekah darling , while I understand your sympathy , please be informed that not everybody in India lives in the stone ages. India has one the worlds biggest population index. The people shown in this documentary are clearly from a rural area that is not developed at all. Not all indian girls are taught this is a sin . In fact I’m a normal girl just like you dude ..the only difference is that I live in my home country and you live elsewhere. What I’m trying to say is you’re not lucky just bcuz you were born in America. We’re lucky bcuz we were not born into poverty.
"the strongest creation created by God not the tiger not the lion, the girl" love that
that lowkey made me cry. Hes so sweet for that
Bless that man's heart 🖤🥺
If you would put that girl in a cage with a lion she would’ve been that meal
@@shrekwithawillsmithface465 and if you give that girl a gun, the lion would be the meal. your point?.
@@shrekwithawillsmithface465 at this point, you're just embarrassing yourself.
Neither we need a patriarchal society nor matriarchal society , we need a society where men and women can understand eachother's problem and encourage each other and there is no ground of inequality in between them .
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Enby people be like: am I a joke to you?
We need equal humans. Let's stop at that. But knowing India... It's too far fetched but whatever
@@nithi9638 YES omg preach
Yea and it’s called feminism
@@nithi9638 ikr :') I mean this is India, people don't even treat binary people (girls) fairly. How are they supposed to treat us, enbys, with equal rights.
Just how many women call it bad blood is just so saddening honestly.
I believed the same because of my mom but then I found internet.
Well it stinks. So you can call it bad blood. Coz generally bllod doesn't stink.
It is bad blood(If you mean it is dirty) because it has lots of waste and dead cells.
@@methcat5005 dead skin cells indeed but the way people denote it, it's as if the person is untouchable or dirty in the bad sort of sense, in a manner that the menstruuating person is meant to be distanced from etc... Whilst in more open minded parts of the society it isn't the case and there is nothing to be ashamed or to shame someone of it.
@@korviscapetrova5269 Yes that is not unacceptable but you know some people dont know and do say stuff like its just normal blood (buzzfeed where they painted from period blood) Just saying it in that context
I love sneha.... Just a normal women... With ambitions....staying strong...I will pray that she makes it to police force....and create a huge difference for girls in her village...
thankyou, I love you too
I can literally see her doing that.
i hope she’ll achieve all of her dreams 🥺
its a disease because it makes the places of worship impure.
Sneha and suman has lost their jobs after return from oscar
"Why do you want to get into the police force?"
"To save me from marriage"
this is so relatable.
It's not myth maybe it may actually not be allowed to go to mandir ... I don't know know much but most people don't wash their head in period s claiming it's unhealthy... I don't believe it cause when I heard it from a freind I asked a doctor...
@@shrutis people think they would get cancer and stuff if they bath whole including head during periods... So they don't wash their heads for 7 days!! When I heard that I didn't belive it and asked a doctor about it she said it was just a myht so I don't believe in the myth
@@khadijah5488 even in cities, the hindu families dont let their daughters and females enter in temples and im saying this because i have many of my hindu friends and a few muslim too. I just try to change their mindset, but it just doesnt change.
@@yashikayadav8435 Exactly
This is fake SSC Delhi police me written pahle aur physical bad me hota h jabki us Teacher ne ulta bol Diya and Delhi police me SI banana ke liye SSC CPO nikalana padta h jo ki bhut hard exam mana jata h..
That lady talking about ills of patriarchy and feminism in rural India, fills my heart with pride!
patriarchy is gay
Pehle uske father ke nam se usko jante the par ab uske nam se uske papa ko jante hai. Hats off sis. Aap life mai bhut aage jaoge.
They should “sell” them in schools so that the girls will feel more comfortable buying it in private if that’s what it takes
Easha Ahmed Its really good idea but problem in rural India is that, unless they convince elderly no girls would be able to buy in school despite easy access. Sad but its reality.
They are sold at govt schools for Rs. 6/pack or 0.08$/pack
Where I stay now in colleges and schools there is already a machine that drops one in every girls washroom, don't need to buy but it's different in rural areas.
They do now in gov schools
my school has a vending machine for pads, we have to bring at least 5 rs everyday in case we get our periods
It's near the restroom so it's convenient
It's nice that our school took this initiative, I mean they had to, we are an all girls school loll
my mom,is fully educated...but still she believes some of myths like i cant go in mandir and i cant wash my hair during periods...education is a great solution,but its literally embedded in everyones mind ,what i want is atleast we dont pass on these myths to next generation.
Even my mom too is the same...but she just try not to get me in these orthodox.... And let me do whatever i want too...
@@taniyaraokallepalli8727 hair wash is somewhere connected with health. So it's mythological but at the same time scienctifically proven
Same here cant go kitchen and sit in the corner doing it rn😔
Aashima Rawat yes my periods always become irregular if i wash my hair during periods. N my mom is like ‘ told u so ‘ hair washing n periods are indeed connected.
@@aashimarawat3587 really, what is the myth? I've never heard it before
I literally can make a whole presentation in front of my class without getting shy and nervous and im a boy. Those kids are not educated at all and they don't know what period is, they think it's a disease.
We are proud of boys like you! We need more such people! May God bless you!
@@riaopedia thank you❤❤❤
@@AAAAAAAAAAAAAa644 my pleasure✨
It’s good that this is on TH-cam. Not everyone can get Netflix. But most do have access to TH-cam but smartphones. Even a farmer in rural India can watch information on the smartphones.
This made me cry... Seriously... In the modern cities, the life we lead, the gender equality drama...everything is just a fairytale for them.
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Gender equality is not a ‘drama’ in urban spaces, these discourses on equality and feminism first began in urban areas when women exposed to the city life personally exeperienced these inequalities and disparities in various sectors. The fight for gender equality is a big one and has many layers to it, sure women in rural areas do not enjoy such freedoms as women in cities do, we have a long way to go. But this doesn’t mean we should invalidate anyone’s eperiences by calling it “drama”.
fiza dhillon thank you
@@fizadhillon3968 exactly calling it drama is highly ignorant
Gender equality isn't a "drama". We need more women to be educated especially in India. We need more working women, equal pay. A necessity is a government with equal men and women.
This isn't drama.
Wow, I'm so happy they put this up on TH-cam. It shows what's possible with a little innovation. These women rock and will inspire many 🙏🏻 They've inspired me to cover the work my sisters do in my wife's villages in Haryana and Rajasthan. I'm gonna share this with my sisters in our villages now 😊 Jai Hind 🇮🇳
Hey @karl rock I saw ur ig story 😊
@@emmanueladdotei637 great Bro! I hope you enjoyed it
Thanks bro for sharing it on ig ! This is far better than shitty overrated Bollywood movies!
Karl i can here from ut story!!..thankyou
@@techbucks7339 True
Watching this short docu makes me feel really sad. To be raised in a society where having a period (a natural experience that all girls go through from as early as 10), is seen as SHAME, a DISEASE, a SICKNESS, a TABOO, is beyond frustrating and soooo sad. I love this project and the goal that man has to change the thoughts and opinions of all Punjabs/Indians in India. Much love from Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹
This is rural India, it is not the whole society…
Salute to that man ! We need more good people like him . I am an indian boy & i understand these things . I have a sister and whenever she needs my help ,i do . I even buy sanitary pads for her . Thankfully she doesn't have to get ashamed . We need education related to it more .I want every girl to live in her own terms with safety . Have a nice day to you !
“Now her fathers known by his daughters name”... incredible
My mom was progressive with regards to teaching her sons about a woman’s period. In fact I remember being sent to Walgreens to buy her pads on many occasions, it never was (and shouldn’t be) an embarrassing experience.
kudos to your mom! and it shouldn't be just for women in understanding this but the whole society
This is heartbreaking. Women and girls have endure so much pain and abuse all around the world...
this winning an oscar was necessary for more people to know about it
My mom never actually taught me about periods, all the knowledge I got was from school. All my mom told me is that I shouldn’t go to the temple or touch anything that belongs to it when I’m on my period.
Like me, my mother was so.. when I first got my period she didn't talk to me for a month and I asked her but she didn't even tell me what are periods.. my elder sister told me all about periods and shared with me her first time experience..
@@cherrylvrs3342 Actually most of the mothers don't know the logic behind this menstrual cycle. If they would've studied things would've been better for the next generation. Urban areas have progressed but in villages still they are lacking and by which next gen too would face this.
So sad, phew that my mom told me about periods from a really young age
@@cherrylvrs3342 when i got my first period my mother was crying about that will i be handle the pain during periods
Hey ash, I’m not sure if this is a good way to explain it , but back in the days where everyone was subjected to doing yoga and a lot prayers, women weren’t allowed to pray or touch those objects because they contained a lot of energy/ vibration due to the prayers, as a woman’s uterus is sensitive at this time of the month, they believed that the intense vibration and energy from prayers would disrupt the cycle and turn hormones upside down,but that was a long time ago. Nowadays not many people pay attention to prayers or religious, but still follow this ritual as a lack of understanding. My mother doesn’t let me enter the mandir at home as well because we still practice prayers seriously but she lets me go around the house , and since I only menstruate for 3 days, she lets me come to the temple/ touch religious objects after the period has ended as the uterus is less sensitive.
As a someone in a super religious family, I’m glad that my mother is someone who only follows “superstitions” if they have a plausible explanation, and also the males on her side of the family are very understanding and know what a period is (to the point where I was surprised that not many men know about it ) so I feel comfortable around them.
I have a Netflix account and I never even saw this. Wow. This has showed me a lot of things I overlooked
Same. They probably giving away this content on youtube because of the global lockdown.
Maybe but Netflix shows preferential regional content to its users, so this documentary would have been mostly shown in Indian Subcontinent only.
Shravan Kumar didn’t this win an oscar?
@@maxaustin3377 Probably too late a reply, but it did
Same
Once I was buying a pad and asked the shopkeeper to just give it to me without wrapping it as I hate it when they wrap it like I am buying some illegal items or something. And he gave me a look as if I am carrying drugs and started laughing so I taught him a lesson . And the fact that I was a 12 year old kid at that time and he was a fully grown 45 year old man, clearly tells us that knowledge does not come with experience
its really sad how real life heroes are never given there due respect they deserve by indian media, people only know about such people through some biography made from a famous superstar...😢
15:58 is the point where boys were said to go from there . See this is the biggest problem everyone wants men to understand this topic but they also don't want to tell them about this . This is where the problem starts . Boys and girls both should be educated about this topic together.
Kudos to those who created this documentary and funding for it. Looking forward , everyone understands this and not look at periods as some taboo or sin .
Great work done Netflix giving free access to this free content .
Love♥️ from India🇮🇳🇮🇳 .
I agree a 100% with you and definitely think that men should be told about menstruation, but on the other hand, the boys we are talking about have no clue about what a period is, these boys have lived in a small village and have no education, same for the gils, they think of periods as a taboo and would probably have gotten extremely shy and uncomfortable if men were there. They need to be taught that periods are not a taboo, rather a thing that 50% of the population goes through.
Exactly.
As an indian girl who grew up in the city and never had to go through these problems, this is absolutely inspiring. The struggle that these young girls have for something that was never a bother to me really opens my eyes. There is a lot that needs to change and the taboo around menstruation in my country needs to go away. This makes me proud to see a positive step in the right direction. We need to start conversation and educate ourselves. Thank you Netflix.
city girls should look upto such women instead of making people beyonce the feminist icon read about savitri bai phule
who's Beyonce
@@stevestiffler8875 Ah yes, invalidate, abuse, and give women no rights to help with your egos. Seriously shocking how you people are so insecure that giving people equal rights makes you feel less of a person. If you’d like to go to the 1950’s, remember, men used to work 12+ hours a day, never really seeing their kids besides one day a week, essentially buying their wife a house which they never are at, along with spending much of their money on the family/her.
During my biology class ,once i ask my bio sir about menstruation. I was so normal and then utter silence came in class. My sir answered it perfectly and also told that most of people do not want to talk on that. Really, i was later praised by everyone for asking question
My classmates knew from inside that menstruation is not a shame but as you know you need guts to speak on that. And i guess i developed it in some of them.😌
As a girl/women, we should not transfer the myths to our next generations and have a open talk about menstruation. Women should support women. Automatically, men will.
All my wishes with sneha, I really hope she makes it into the police force like she wants to. And love and pride for all these women for standing up for other women. May we never stop progressing, may we always keep moving forward like this.
Nowadays condition is getting better but I am shocked that there are still places in India where people treat periods as disease
I agree you
Yeah still at some remote corners of the country 😔
Oh, all religions believe it is a disease.
@@kwiiin_ it wasn't believed as a disease in our religion not even written anywhere in our religious texts but this kind of thinking is just evolution of patriarchy accumulated mindset
Tiya Bharati Have you read the bible? I have. And it says women are dirty when on their period; you should take them out of your home; everything she touches is nasty, and if you dare sleep with her, you are to leave the place with her. Periods are LITERALLY referred to as „her disease“.
Totallynot hating on women.
I'm from India. In my school, usually if teachers have to make some announcements they do it during assembly time. During assembly all the students staffs and teachers will be present.
But whenever it is something related to periods(like not disposing pads properly) female teachers ask boys to return to their class and every male staff and teacher go back to staff room. Only female teacher and girls will be present. Also they won't talk abt it with mic. Bcs boys will hear.
I honestly want this to change.
I’m from the UK, it’s the same thing here…
I met the director of this film, and let me tell you she and her small crew worked tirelessly to make this beautiful film. This is a must watch.
Which microphone system was used in this documentary film to record audio
India is a diverse nation with lots of culture, colour and perspectives. There are women who shudder to say the word period and independent single moms who do face adversity but will raise stronger women. I am an Indian. I have lived my whole life in India. But not even my Grandma feels embarrassed to talk about periods.
I just wanted to say this cos I felt bad being in india for a sec.. And then I was like this is our country. We are diverse but we have the capability to help each other out. And there is nothing to feel ashamed of.
I completely agree with you, I am a foreigner who lived in India, in Punjab to be precise and it was easy to find pads on the store in the small village I used to live in, but then I went to a city called Nainital in Uttarakhand and I went to the drug store and I wasn´t able to find pads on display, the person in charge was a man and asked me to ask a woman to get the pads because it turns out they were in a separated room. No wonder why this girls are shy about it and don´t dare to ask for pads, the guy kinda judge me and the lady who help me was nice but she was also kinda awkward. But then again when I was visiting Kerala and all the pads were easy to find. It´s just diverse like you say.
@@carolinarojas4078 yeah I had kind of similar experience , when I visit some small parts of west Bengal my grandmother doesn't allowes me to talk about this in open but when I come back to Gujarat in my city Surat some of my male friends would also carry or bye pads for me I mean it's too normal here and both the states are parts of India so you see that is because of cultural diversity I guess
@@carolinarojas4078 Yeah... Basically I am born in South India and I've never faced a situation like the one u mentioned. Also, to my knowledge in southern india, our culture is different and we greatly respect women. It is imposiible here to find a drugstore that hasn't displayed pads in the entrance. But I also strongly believe it is possible to bring about a positive change in this matter throughout the whole of India. Couldn't agree more with ya
I agree. I belong to a family that talks of all women stuff quite openly.
Salute to Netflix for uploading the video on TH-cam without any ads but with the right intention that the video must be watched by many people than their own subscribers. thank you for that.
The problem is people think "menstruation is a problem or a disease". Surely menstruation is annoying in many ways for us but that is just a part of system of our body. Just like digestion , respiration , its a part of reproductive system. Education is the only way to remove such stigmas and make people aware of its biological aspects
I am so proud of my father and mother. I didn't know about menstruation. When I was 11 years old, we girls had a workshop in school in which they taught us about it. I told my mom about it. She gave me more information about it. And my father even talked about it. He told me what all things girls should do when they were on period. When I was 12 I started bleeding. I went home. I told my parents that my periods started. They were so happy that they called my uncle, aunt, grandparents and told about it. My brother didn't know about it. But I told him about it. Whenever I get cramps, my father and brother helped me alot. We talk about these in class as well. We learnt more about it in 8th class. We were having online classes and I was so proud that boys of our class were taking step to talk about this. We should never be ashamed of talking about Periods. Its natural. Girls should talk about this. And boys should help girls whenever they face this problem.
This situation was a common thing in my days. Parents were shy to educate their girls on menstruation. It's a hush hush topic. The only saviour were the schools where biology was compulsory and female teachers came in handy to teach girls on sanitary hygiene. Such ignorance. Thank God society is much more open now
Proud to know that this one won oscar...
I’m from Kerala..my father used to buy the pads for me since my early teens and here its a normal thing that people discuss in public without shame because its a natural thing..here its not a taboo..
After watching this i felt blessed that i can talk to my father about periods openly.He always helped me out during my periods.
ayee same. but all hell breaks lose when i go for holiday in india cuz i have to throw away my pad without my 4 cousins and 2 uncles knowing (wtf dude the dustbin is OUTSIDE my house ugh) but anyways my dad just said nevermind u can go throw it nth to be ashamed of. those traditional men are clueless
i am from india . yes there are men who curses periods but there are also men who are changing their minds and breaking these so called old norms. thanks for your reply .
when they talk about periods in school, why can't they kep the boys in the same room?? see, the education system is dumb and that's where everything starts!
exactly, these ppl r conservation minded for f's sake
Exactly.
Yeah yeah literally the boys were everytime asked to go out of the room. I mean please, don't do that. They need to educated of what's happening to the half od the human population.
ikr exactly
Yep. 2 years ago my school finally gave education about mensuration , but they kept us girls in a separate room. I agree with you that they should keep boys in the same room so we dont pass the "periods are an illness" term to upcoming generations.
18:20 the girl was covering her face in guilt... naturally she was behaving a lil shy...but she didn't know that she is the real hero...
Heroine
@@user-qc7vf7pb3c NO NOT A HEROINE
SHE IS HERO HERSELF
@@_pornessionparapiooedits_6549 patriachy made u say that.
I was so angry to see that the girls were not even able to raise their hand to talk about periods.well,it's not really their fault
"Women are the creator of the Universe"
Just raised my faith in humanity. 🧚♀️
Right women are most strong in the world
I, AS AN 18 YEAR OLD FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO PADS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE INDIA DEVELOPING, BUT WE NEED MORE EDUCATION AS WELL..ESPECIALLY FOR THE WOMEN.
GOOD JOB NETFLIX, KEEP MAKING SUCH FILMS!!😇😇
Its blowing my mind. Less than 10% wearing pads?? Iam 30, from Indonesia and im from a very small village. But iam glad in my village period is not a taboo. We are all wearing pads even my moms generation wear pads since their young age. My mom didn’t exlpain me why is period happen, because i guess she herself didn’t really know. But i got the explanation when i was in junior high school. we can always find pads sold at school. me and my friends were talk about it a lot since youang age, how we got cramps, the day we flooded. And we always had pads everyday in our bag just in case another girl forgot to bring it on their day. Again iam from a very small village that you need to go 15km to get ice creams 😢 so watching this really blowing my mind.
I think he meant 10% of women in rural villages like this, not the entire female population of India. The dude is really great - watch the movie Pad man which is based on his life. In the cities, suburbs, and bigger villages, this is not the case. But, the taboo is still there and had to discussed and needs outreach.
@@iamtenrose7479 yes you are right .He is talking about rural parts of India .
But its true that Periods is still a taboo in various part of India.
I remember, when I was a teen ,i felt awkward to buy pad from super markets and I usually didn't buy pad whenever I was with my male friends ,cause I was too embarrassed.
But now I dont feel shy or hesitated anymore.Period is an identify of being a woman.
Is there any rule in Indonesia that you shouldn't go to holy places during menses.
Its only a taboo in Hindu religion.
@@Stella_louiseW Na I don't think so .It depends on society , class and literacy
I felt so sad when the boys called it a disease and the girls called it a problem. I feel so bad for the women who are told that they can't enter a temple because God won't answer their prayers. Well, God made them and gave them the power to nurture babies, so no one has the right to deny them entry
I wish this had gotten the attention that Tiger King got, it's fascinating, and of course makes me feel so priviliged as a woman in the U.S.
i am proud of every woman in this video
I didn't know that a documentary can also bring tears into your eyes. Don't know if it is worth working for a multinational company as compared to the task of making a village more informed and educated. Roaming around with such thoughts....
I think that sanitary pad ads also hold major role in depicting a completely different thing and a meaning.
I am a boy and before my 8th class I only knew that there is a blue substance coming out of females body and when I asked my mom about this she ignored my question and asked me to complete my homework. I am so happy that my younger sister is aware about this topic and never hesitate to talk in front of anyone.
It's very sad to see the school girls could not speak freely about period.Moerever,when the boys called it a disease.😢 It's natural and we should not be ashamed of this.
That is their reaction for napkins/pads! Imagine how long it will take them to know and use menstrual cups, which are better than pads and more eco-friendly??? 🤯
Hey, I think the pads are relatively eco friendly, looks like they are made from just cotton and paper, so possibly biodegradable. If the women can be encouraged to dispose of them correctly, I think it could be ok. Not to mention that they are produced locally as small, community businesses, not by massive corporations. Also, in places where they have no access to clean water, disposable sanitary products would be far better than something that needs to be cleaned, like menstrual cups. Cloth pads are good options in themselves but not being able to clean them well enough, as discussed in the video, is why disposable products are encouraged.
For some people it is harder to use the menstural cup tho, even if it is more eco friendly
Also tampons/menstrual cups have their own associated stigmas (even in the US) that they take your virginity away (which i don’t agree with) but therefore those would not be accepted
I was thinking of using menstrual cups but I have no idea about them..one day I was Just thinking about how the pads I use get disposed..I still don't know tho. But well cups are not sold here and my mom has no idea about em so I guess I'll have to wait till I earn my own money to buy one
I was thinking that too 😢
OMG I returned to the moment a boy told that menstruation is an illness and mostly affects ladies (2:11) like.... boy-
I feel pissed off at them but it is really not there fault. That’s what they were taught but at least now they know
@@nyshareddy8751 ikr
He annoyed the shit outta smh
They are uneducated on this topic and the worst thing nobody care teaching them. You will be gland India a country with 1.3 billion people living, school don't even give proper SEX EDUCATION 😖. Taking about sex is taboo🙄very ironic.
Adhira Patel i knew this at grade 6 on biology. I wonder what they learn at school tho
It’s a shame how a woman’s biological process gets labelled as evil and “should not be talked about” by the masculine society we live in today.
I hope women across all villages get access to pads so that they don’t contract harmful diseases. Women have always been the stronger gender because unlike men, they chose to face their problems silently. But it’s time for a change and the awareness need to spread. I hope this documentary reaches to every nook and corner of the country ❤️
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her smile when she said it was her first earning, nearly had me in tears.
This is why education is important to know about REAL LIFE. not only mathematics & all. All mens & womens this is for you. Really thank you Netflix for the very real information. Ty
Pads should be cheap so everyone can afford it
I'm so pissed every time I read about the TAMPON TAX, that thing shouldn't even exist 🤦🏻♀️🙄
menstrual hygiene products should be free - it's not a thing we can control so why exactly are we taxed for it?
@@rheasuri1632 exactly
Rhea Suri ya and its taxed like a luxury item too?? Like its a necessary hygiene product that if you didn’t use could cause infections and rashes??? Cmon now people. If not free at least it shouldn’t be so damn expensive
It should be free
I live in an area where people don't know about periods . But I try my best to educate every single person I meet. Although I'm a boy ,I can not explain like girls can . But as a biology student I try my best that they don't get anything wrong about them .
It's really important for a healthy society. Boys don't even know what is this ,same as the guy with the school bell ........... But yeah we all should try so that everyone can understand this . Also not as a problem,but as a part of life .
I love how they are not only helping and raising awareness related to menstruation and the use of sanitary napkins but also they are helping with the women unemployment in India to a large extent
Everyone should watch the movie Pad Man. It does a pretty good job of explaining the taboo of period in India.
After watching this video I feel so privileged that I can use sanitary napkins.
*As a keralite who lives in Karnataka---this stuff has never happend to me. There was no religious ceremony announcing my coming of age or shaming. Literacy with sex education and informing kids about social phenomenon is important!*
this is so heartbreaking hearing those men saying that menstruation is a disease. menstruation is not a disease its how the body of the woman works..
Because of that those boys are in this world
True abhi bhi patani yah taboo kyu hai
Religion,beliefs,illiteracy and patriachy are holding this nation back.
yeah well said
True
Religion is not holding any nation back. It is the ppl
No no don't point our religion 🙏🙏 It's just the people who tells shit naming it a thing in our religion🙏🙏
I can get behind you pointing out beliefs, illiteracy and patriarchy. But religion? That has nothing to do with it. Just how it's twisted to fit the narrative of patriarchy and misogyny, like a lot of other religions I've seen and experienced, like Christianity, Islam and also Judaism.
Now I know 1st hand that this is a worldwide thing. I saw this w my grandma and she told me that in her teens she and other women from her town also referred to their period as an "illness."
Thankfully, nowadays that mindset is part of the past in rural Peru
womans say this our country but ı m not joining that
Ya well this is in rural india too
Let's face it, menstruation is not a totally obvious bodily function, especially as there aren't observable examples in other animals. It's really only education that makes it "normal". Thank god for education!
@@sroberts605 Very true
@Rashmi Bhattarai At the risk of being pedantic, to quote Wikipedia "only ten primate species, four bat species, the elephant shrew and the spiny mouse have a menstrual cycle". So we are not alone, but personally I'm not that familiar with spiny mice! Apparently most mammals reabsorb the blood from teh breakdown of the uterus lining, so nothing to observe.
i come from the state of kerala and i've never seen any taboo surrounding periods in my school , house etc . i usually send my brother to buy me pads and he never had any problem with doing so. and my school has a huge pad dispenser near the bathroom. my jaw literally dropped dropped when i got to know that less than 10 percent of the women in india use pads . i found this video eye opening. rooting for sneha and the other beautiful ladies who work so hard to change this stigma!!
In these modern times not being allowed to go to the temple during periods seems like being stopped from doing things, but such traditions usually have reasons.
In olden times there were no pads at all and getting up early in the morning to do the prayer activities and such may have been difficult for the women. Not to mention other tasks like going to get water from wells and all. From what my dad told me, there was a custom for women on periods to stay in a corner of the house and not roam around to work. Now such methods aren't practical but in those close-knit societies neighbors would help out with tasks like cooking so the women could rest.
Yeah and now women dont get to rest nor go to temples neither during periods. This culture is going to waste rn tbh
Ok but why am l crying ?
Are you on your cycle?
Z H this can just be sad
Same here
@@glipk Stfu you asshole... A big hug from me to you Z H. 🙏
yeah me too realising how privileged I am
It is really good to see that woman are coming out from their boundaries and setting out to do something , we should even salute the man who is taking the initiative to bring some change that the woman's are facing since ages.
What a documentary!!!! wow!! I am an international student in Canada and during my course in Human sexuality, each student has to watch this documentary and made reflective writing. I'm blown by the fact that the Canadian system is following Indian documentary to set an example and educate their youth with such an immensely educational documentary. I think this system should be followed in India as well. As just showing this one documentary will change a lot. A lot to say but I have to write my reflecting writing so just this much for know.
The fact that they're more comfortable talking about diapers makes me sad :,).
I am crying by thinking how lucky I got that even though I live in the same geographical region as these amazing women I have been blessed with such opportunities and gifts. It breaks my heart to see them struggle but their courage and optimism to change their position in society by pursuing their dreams inspire me to chase mine!
I feel like I did nothing till now.....huge respect to everyone...from the man behind them to all these ladies...
I am feeling such insanity...😓😓😓living in India...and people saying periods is something bad that comes from our body...this is insane...People don't even know how to use this and what it is...heartbreaking...a disease? seriously? 😓 Really shocked by hearing this😓 Hats off to you sir...you really did a great job❤
Why am I crying...It's a reality .Thanks Netflix for uploading this 🙌
I’m so thankful that I belong to a family in which I can talk about periods with both my mother and father but in school every time I talk to my friends about it they ask me to hush down. I really hope that the society becomes comfortable talking about these things without flinching or classifying a natural process like this as a disease. Period.
i feel like its because the boys must be educated... they will laugh at girls who stained their uniform like boy its a natural process we cant contro it...
arsheithaaa ganesh I completely agree! What’s worse is that if you stain your uniform girls laugh at you too! As if they’re not aware of what’s happening. It’s abominable.
Yes this the true reality of rural areas of India due to lack of education we the youth and government should comes togather to resolve this problem and educate the them thank you so much team "period and Netflix" for highlighting the reality
'Bahut Kuchh badalana hai' is so true❤️🍁
It literally broke my heart when those boys said its a illness well its not but if it dont occur to a woman then its dangerous for women ..salute to these women and love from Pakistan 💜
Thank u TH-cam for recommending me this, I will ask my fandom ( BTS ARMY ) To try to do donations for those women in India for pads
Oh that’s a really great idea and a bunch of us would be ready to help ! 😄💜
Yae. Like how we raised funds for floods✊✊. Fighting army✊✊
Oh that's nice. 😊💜💜
Thanks, fellow ARMY
We are here 🙂
This documentary gave me all sorts of emotions. I loved every minute of it.
To all the ladies watching this: Hope you will not impose any period related restrictions on your daughters and educate your sons about period so it is not a taboo anymore. Remember we have the power to shape the future.
I loved that grandmother she was so clear and independent 😀
I teared when I watched this, I want to do more for my sisters in India and around the world. These women are truly heroes and are so powerful. The Indian man who made the machine is a true example of how a man should be, how masculinity should be which is to empower women and give them the freedom to be the best that they can be. 💕
I'm crying this kind of documentaries brings my hope back towards humanity.
No words can describe how beautifully this documentary has been implemented. I appreciate the initiative of Guneet Monga and team for creating awareness regarding menstruation and making a girl believe that there is nothing to shy from it..its a regular cycle that's it. It's really beyond Imagination that a regular menstruation has the power to win the Oscar. More such awareness need to be done to create mental awareness among the living stars.....
Thank you Gurneet ma'am♥... Wish someday I could get an opportunity to work with the wonder women like you.
Tears for so many reasons while watching this. Thank you to everyone who made this possible and for sharing it here.
I dont understand why some women are ashamed of it. It’s a sign of healthy functioning female organs, of fertility. Why one must feel ashamed for being healthy???
Because they aren’t educated about it and Indians don’t have the “ sex talk “
@@garrythesnail1900 If they don't get the sex talk at home, what about school? Like where i'm from we get the sex talk and period talk at school. Which kind of makes it easier for the parents, as the kid already has an understanding of the topic.
Yess, better than having PCOD !!
There's a hindi movie named 'padman' based on this documentary. It's beautiful and there's so much to learn. Pls give it a watch
This documentary acts as a mirror to the society. I urge everyone to share it as much as we can.
In my state, women who are having periods are considered as untouchables and are treated differently. When I was in school, one of my friends had her period and our principal who was a lady suggested her not to touch anything or anyone.
That incident really hurt my friend.