There was a thread by AlmostAtheist illustrating how the WTS could interfere in the sex lives of JWs.
This is a topic from the 6/1/2006 WT Questions From Readers:
In the Mosaic Law, why were certain natural sexual functions viewed as making a person "unclean"?
God created sex...for the enjoyment of married couples...In chapters 12 and 15 of Leviticus, however, we find detailed statutes concerning uncleanness ascribed to...menstruation.
(Leviticus 15:19-24) 19 "‘And in case a woman is having a running discharge, and her running discharge in her flesh proves to be blood, she should continue seven days in her menstrual impurity, and anyone touching her will be unclean until the evening. 20 And anything upon which she may lie down in her menstrual impurity will be unclean, and everything upon which she may sit will be unclean. 21 And anyone touching her bed should wash his garments, and he must bathe in water and be unclean until the evening. 22 And anyone touching any article upon which she was sitting should wash his garments, and he must bathe in water and be unclean until the evening. 23 And if it was upon the bed or upon another article that she was sitting, by his touching it he will be unclean until the evening. 24 And if a man lies down with her at all and her menstrual impurity comes to be upon him, he must then be unclean seven days, and any bed upon which he might lie down will be unclean.
Such laws given to ancient Israel fostered a healthy lifestyle, upheld lofty moral values, and stressed the sanctity of blood and the need for atonement for sins.
The Mosaic Law's requirements concerning sexual functions promoted, among other things, the general health of the Israelite community. The book The Bible and Modern Medicine (1953) states: "The observance of the menstrual cycle with the prescribed period of abstinence from cohabitation proved to be an effective preventive agains certain sexual diseases...and also a definite deterrent in the formation and development of cervical malignancies."...the emotional health of God's people was also involved. By obeying these laws husbands and wives learned to control sexual passion.
So a woman is unclean during her menstrual cycle and if her husband has sex with her at that time, he becomes unclean. Based on this too, menstruating sisters should stay home from the meetings.
20 And anything upon which she may lie down in her menstrual impurity will be unclean, and everything upon which she may sit will be unclean
and for seven days.
And what happened to Israelites who deliberately disobeyed this law?
(Leviticus 20:18) 18"‘And where a man lies down with a menstruating woman and does lay bare her nakedness, he has exposed her source, and she herself has laid bare the source of her blood. So both of them must be cut off from among their people.
Does this mean this is a dfing offense? It is so ridiculous for the WTS to apply the Law to Christians.
Blondie