mean that the gal is in periods?
why is it called so, if thats right?
2007-02-19 19:12:03 · 15 answers · asked by **hunk** 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
"being on the rag" means that the girl has her period. it comes from the time way before sanitary napkins were manufactured. women would use rags made from sheets as menstrual pads. they had to wash them to use the next month. in the old days, women who were having their periods often were not allowed out of the house. they were conveniently "indisposed." i think, based on the horrid cramps that we get, that we should do that now, we should lie on sofas, indisposed. but, just to let you know:
when you marry, have sex with your wife when she is on the rag and daily just before it. it does wonders to alleviate those terrible cramps!
2007-02-19 19:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by Louiegirl_Chicago 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well it is a crude way to say she has her period, not is in periods, and the rag today really is a sanitary napkin. Back, way back in the day, rags were used until sanitary napkins were invented. Later, the term "being on the rag" was used instead of saying she is menstruating. Kapish?
2007-02-20 03:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by curious ma 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yup, Back in the day women used rags because there were no tampons or sanitary napkins
2007-02-20 04:42:25 · answer #3 · answered by Oops! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes..it does mean that but mature people don't say that anymore. Ages ago, before there were feminine products sold in stores, women used "rags" during their period.
2007-02-20 08:09:22 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day, women used to use rags instead of pads, tampons, etc. to remain sanitary.
2007-02-20 03:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by natwood 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Way back when there were no tampons or pads, women used household rags to absorb the period stuff (blood). So nasty but true.
2007-02-20 03:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by chrissy757 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes that is slang for a girl being on her "period". there are lots of things girls call it and i think it is just because it sucks and i dont know a woman alive that actually enjoys being on there rag
2007-02-21 17:52:13 · answer #7 · answered by spacelee666 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that she is on her period not on the rag, that sounds so sickening.
2007-02-20 03:45:57 · answer #8 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. From way back before they had pads and tampons.. women tied rags on their panties and the washed and reused them too!
2007-02-20 03:32:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yep!! In the old days women used to use rags as there wernt sanitary items. eww!!
2007-02-20 03:20:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋