I’ve been speaking to quite a few of my friends recently about periods and using sick days.
I have personally before experienced the typical being told a period is not enough to miss work.
What does everyone else think?

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I was sent home yesterday cause they saw I was unwell. I never told them it was my period, for me is very painful lately. So it depends, not everyone goes through it the same way. Just don’t mention is your period

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It’s such a shame though that as soon as you mention it’s a period it’s seen as invalid, but before they knew it was fine to go home!

A period itself shouldn’t be a reason to miss work but context is everything.. eg people with certain medical conditions (that may not be diagnosed yet as typically it takes years for a diagnosis) will suffer crippling symptoms at the time of their period which would absolutely be a reason not to work at that time

It’s so difficult because pain is relevant. I agree that a normal healthy period probably isn’t a big enough reason to take time off, but if you’re needing to be on constant pain meds to make it through the day, definitely a valid reason for time off.

It makes me wish that WFH options were available for our period weeks. Even with a normal period, it would be nice to not have to change out tampons, etc in an office restroom. I know that dives down into a whole other rabbit hole where I’m sure men would complain about not getting that week WFH. But a girl can wish

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