Cultural Beliefs and Practices of Reproductive Women about Menstruation

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 41 - 49, 31.07.2022

Tuğba Dündar Hilmiye Aksu

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, üreme çağındaki kadınların menstruasyon dönemi ile ilgili kültürel inanç ve uygulamalarını belirlemektir.
Yöntem: Analitik-kesitsel tipteki araştırmanın örneklemini, Instagram’da yer alan bir sayfayı takip eden kadınlar ve yakınları oluşturdu. Veriler, soru formu aracılığı ile on-line anket yöntemi kullanılarak toplandı. Elde edilen bulgular tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve ki-kare ile analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan kadınların, %26,5’inin adetli olduğunu erkeklerle paylaşmadığı, %13,5’inin adetken bebek görmeye gitmediği, %79,3’ünün adetken Kur’an okunmadığı, %23,7’sinin bu dönemde turşu yapmadığı/el sürmediği belirlendi. Menstrual döneme ait en sık uygulanan davranışların en az Z kuşağı tarafından uygulandığı saptandı (p<0,05).
Sonuç: Araştırmanın bulguları, kadınların menstruasyon döneminde uyduğu bir takım sınırlamalar olduğunu ve bu sınırlamaların en az Z kuşağı tarafından uygulandığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

menstruasyon, sosyal ve kültürel uygulamalar, tabu

Supporting Institution

Bulunmamaktadır.

Cultural Beliefs and Practices of Reproductive Women about Menstruation

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this analytical cross-sectional study was to determine cultural beliefs and practices of reproductive women about menstruation.
Method: The study sample comprised women following an Instagram account and their relatives. Data were collected with an online questionnaire. Obtained data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Chi-square test.
Results: Twenty-six-point-five percent of the women did not talk to males about menstruation and 13,5% did not visit newborns, 79,3% did not read the Koran and 23,7% did not pickle/touch pickles during menstruation. The most frequent menstruation-related practices were least frequently preserved by Generation Z (p<0,05).
Conclusion: The findings of the study show that women have some menstrual taboos and that the taboos are least maintained by Generation Z.

Keywords

menstruation, social and cultural practices, taboos

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