Written By: Shaloo Tiwari | Published : October 11, 2017 1:42 PM IST
Menstruation continues to be a taboo topic. A woman from the UK was period-shamed at work. She had a hot water bag nestled in her lap to combat menstrual craps she was going through, but this normal thing didn't go well with her supervisor and he reported it to the HR. Even when she explained to him that she had that hot water bottle in her lap to soothe her menstrual cramps, it didn't stop him. The woman posted the incident on Mumsnet (A British parenting site), anonymously. This caused a huge uproar on Twitter by people. Take a look:
^^ This still blows my mind. Why is it socially "acceptable" to say you have a migraine or flu but you can't say you have period pain? pic.twitter.com/gorlGfl8Re
Gemma Tomlinson (@OMGgemma) July 12, 2017
"Guy is extremely uncomfortable and it's unprofessional". Yes. It IS really unprofessional of Guy to be this uncomfortable about periods. Emmeline May (@RStarDinoPirate) July 12, 2017
This bloke is just clearly an arse. An ignorant arse.
Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) July 12, 2017
People menstruate, Guy. Imagine being so immature that you complain to HR about someone on their period pic.twitter.com/53LWog94ED scream egg (@anygirlfriday) July 12, 2017
Women have a tougher time at work compared to men. Right from sexism to menstrual issues women have it all, and all this apart from the normal workload. Menstrual leave was recently a big topic of discussion in our country when a company in India, Culture Machine, offering paid leaves to its female employees on the first day of their periods. Some were against it and some really showed support towards it. Menstruating at the workplace does get difficult. Check out our 'walk of shame' video that depicts the shame that we as women have regarding menstruation. We can't even go to our office loos without hiding our pads like it is some sort of crime to have periods:
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