And I´m oh so happy you don´t know me.

 I can see that I will have to wait for Catwoman to come here and give a convincing and considered reply to my questions.  You don´t seem able to be able to actually debate this issue with anything substantial but prefer to throw jibes....sad for you

 Exactly what I´m thinking for 163 posts long.

 Great contribution to an important discussion

Not to mention how disgusting it is!  What man (don´t say!) would want to have sex while a woman is menstruating or what woman would want to have sex while she is menstruating  ............. I put this in the same category and other bodily functions performed during sex. 

 The other factor to this is that historically women WERE unclean during this time!!! Sorry to write such a shocking thing but it is true!   Even now, unless you are lucky enough to be born in a rich country where you can purchase decent sanitaryware, you ARE "unclean".  I watched a great series on TV recently where western women had to live with African tribal women for one month.  In one particular episode she went to sit on a stool that a tribal woman had been sitting on and noticed it was covered with blood - the woman was menstruating and they had nothing to use, so the culture was to just "let it flow" ....!!! 

These women were completely unaffected by any other culture, were amazingly independent and strong and yet CHOSE to keep away from men during this time.

 I saw that too.  And I think it is Nepal where women live in a special hut during their periods away from the rest of the family because of the problem of sanitation and cleanliness during that time.

I do not think you know what you are talking about here.

In my country, some women still call themselves ´ben kirliyim´ -I am dirty- when they have their period.

You sound suspiciously like Queent !!  

You got it completely WRONG again

So in scotland your version of  interpretation is different than many muslim countries.. Eh?

 Good job you do, you are such a mine of information when it comes to anything to do with women  

Perhaps you should realise that women in the UK would also think of themselves as "dirty" and probably still do to some extent depending on their mothers views and it was /is a very taboo / embarrassing  subject for many people.  It was often and probably still is the brunt of many a school boy playground joke, with many derogatory terms denoting a girl having a period.

I really don´t see the point to your reasoning about certain people being excluded from fasting.  At the time the Quran was written, menstruating was a messy and dirty thing - like it or not!  You might find it offensive that it is still considered to be so in modern times, but the fact is it really doesn´t affect you personally, or me.  If you have even just a cold you are excluded from fasting - is that discrimination too?