> [!quote] [[Joel Baden]] on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JoelBaden/status/1422878254306889730) > Leviticus 12:6-8 > > Post-partum purification practices > > Whereas touching forbidden animals created a light impurity that could be dealt with just by washing, childbirth, with its 40-80 day impurity, is rather more significant, and requires a full ritual solution. I should really do an article about how all of this stuff around period and childbirth kind of is better than "go right back to work after six weeks" given how long postpartum recovery took me. Reference the children thing from [[hubertSunkenCastlesEvil]] cultural relativism and how feminist Saudis actually really like wearing the veil and feel it liberated them and also now that Americans wear masks we can see the benefits! related:: [[couvade is a lying-in period for new fathers]] & [[religious rituals that make practical sense]]