Prayar Gopalakrishnan runs a Hindu temple and wants to keep women who are menstruating from entering his place of worship. He longs for a “purity machine” that can scan the women to let everyone know that they are on their period so that they will not be allowed inside. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“The new Travancore Devaswom Board President, Prayar Gopalakrishnan, who took charge just two days ago has stoked up a controversy on the issue of impurity of women who, if menstruating, are not allowed to enter the Sabarimala temple, which has roused the ire of women across Kerala state.

In Kerala, Sabarimala temple authorities have long stuck to an archaic principle that militates against gender equality by denying menstruating women entry into the temple. Menstruating women are considered unclean and impure by the temple authorities.”