This article is about a young woman named Anisha Bhavnami and the discrimination she believes she and other women have gone through due to gender biases in India. Anisha talks about specific experiences she has gone through along with the experiences of friends and women of other Hinduism cultures in India. Anisha states how she hates the belief and hates how women follow it and men support it. It continues on about why she believes this custom is very old fashioned and concludes with how she believes that women of India should not let others looks down on them over a natural event. Overall, this topic that Anisha brings about in this article shows one of the many ways were cultural beliefs and traditions can make women feel discriminated and weaker than the men of said culture. Therefore I plan on viewing this article and the Hinduism culture through the perspective of a cultural anthropologist and archeologist. Cultural Anthropology From this article, it seems the Hinduism culture in India is in the belief that the menstrual cycle is viewed as a negative thing. Anisha’s article assesses this as the norm view of menstruation and how it can be a source of social stigma for women. This for the most part is true but this way of belief is not new or very surprising and is actually a very common taboo among many religions, such as Judaism and Islam. Besides the Kashmiri Hindu culture and some of South India, most Hinduism beliefs portray the cycle as Taboo, impure, and the women must be “cleansed” or “purified” before returning to normal activities. It’s considered the norm for many firm believers of Hinduism in India to not cook or even enter the kitchen, to eat and sleep separately, and to not pray or worship the gods. This also includes not entering the temple. These rituals and beliefs are why Anisha went through that experience and what grew her frustration and hatred of the custom. With that said, Anisha’s frustration