Guest guest Posted September 30, 2001 Report Share Posted September 30, 2001 > On Ab Fab tonight (not one of my favourite programmes but DH likes it) they > had a " Jewish " couple on and he was a " rabi " and she was wearing a wig, which > she did remove at one point. She said been a Jew was a bore as she could > only make love once a month through a sheet? What is she talking about? > > Now totally confused! > > Trisha Oh brother not that hoary old chestnut of a myth again! It gives Judaism a bad name, and makes us look ridiculous ( Sexual relations do have limitations; we aren't allowed to be intimate when the woman is menstruating, and for seven days afterwards,(known as her seven clean days) she then purifies herself by immersing in a " Mikveh " or ritual bath. It usually works out that husband and wife are " together again " for her most fertile time, about 12-14 days after her period begins. So the once a month thing isn't true, but what is true is that have restraint on intimacy for about 12 days per month. The sex through a sheet thing is nothing but a myth, there is no basis in truth in it at all. It keeps coming up and I really have no idea where it originated from. HTH! Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2001 Report Share Posted September 30, 2001 Ruthie wrote: > The sex through a sheet thing is nothing but a myth, there is no > basis in truth in it at all. It keeps coming up and I really have no > idea where it originated from.>>>>>>>>>>>>. Thank you Ruthie and glad to hear it is just a myth - it seemed so stupid, but then again from what I could gather the couple were " Jewish " so they got invited to the best parties! As I said I don't watch it normally but DH was watching. I thought we would have had a mention about the sheet at some point as we seem to have discussed the sexual side of been Jewish before! (Not meant unkindly it is always interesting to hear about other religious points of view). Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2001 Report Share Posted September 30, 2001 - as we seem to have discussed the sexual side of been Jewish before! > (Not meant unkindly it is always interesting to hear about other > religious points of view). > > Trisha Not taken unkindly. I just wish I could put this enduring myth to rest once and for all. Even some Jewish couples believe that's how we do sex! I remember my cousin, just before her wedding, in complete ignorance of our sexual practices, panicking at the thought of sex through a hole in the sheet, and, in complete silence, another myth she had heard. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2001 Report Share Posted September 30, 2001 In message <9p7c4p+umt0 (AT) eGroups (DOT) com>, ruthie@... writes >The sex through a sheet thing is nothing but a myth, there is no >basis in truth in it at all. It keeps coming up and I really have no >idea where it originated from. I've come across this but only in conjunction with writings by the strictest of Latterday Saints. But then again - this is from academic anthropology published in the 60's so could be just of much of a myth! -- Helen Armfield helen@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2001 Report Share Posted October 1, 2001 I first heard of this myth in relation to (a) puritans and ( strict muslims..... Whiffs of Irish/Seikh/Armenian/Belgian/Viola player/Essex etc jokes... Caro > >The sex through a sheet thing is nothing but a myth, there is no > >basis in truth in it at all. It keeps coming up and I really have no > >idea where it originated from. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 > I first heard of this myth in relation to (a) puritans and ( strict > muslims..... > Whiffs of Irish/Seikh/Armenian/Belgian/Viola player/Essex etc jokes... > Caro But not Jews, and it's about time someone came out of the woodwork and said that we don't *have* any really weird sexual practices, unless you count our separation during menstruation as weird. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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