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The blood of Christ, represented by red wine by Catholics with communion. Shakespeare's symbolic bloodletting in his play Macbeth. The isolation of women in tribes across the world during menstruation for fear of evil taint. Cross-culturally, blood is a powerful symbol. In many cultures, the context in which blood appears changes how it is perceived. Women's menstruation in some tribal cultures is seen as a taint, while other cultures perceive or did perceive it as an extremely powerful but volatile force that could inadvertently hurt men, leading to the isolation of menstruating women. Ch...