Why isn't menstrual leave a thing? : TwoXChromosomes

(UK) I took the day off work yesterday as I had a particularly heavy day, was feeling very tired, dizzy, just needed to rest. Used a day of my sick leave.

Some months I don't need to take much of a rest at all, and can keep working, other days, I need the time to rest and recover.

Seems reasonable, that's what sick days are for

Got me thinking how amazing it would be to have menstrual leave in the UK. I think it would normalise that periods affect women physically and mentally, and sometimes we aren't ok to carry on working.

Wait, don't only misogynists acknowledge that women can act different mentally on their periods?

Yes, I know initially it would result in some organisation not hiring women. But, I do think that with enough time, the organisations that didn't offer menstrual leave or weren't hiring women would lose out. Likely due to gender discrimination anyways (as you can't just not hire women).

She acknowledges this would make women unemployable, but that's OK because laws will force companies to hire women lmao

Another pro of menstrual leave: My boss (male) has a habit of saying "hope you're ok? Is it stress, is there anything I can do?" which get quite awkward if it's related to gynae issues . If I just said I needed to take a day of menstrual leave, life would so much easier.

Anyways, that's my mini-rant for the day.

Yes, one menstrual leave please Much less awkward than taking a sick day.

The comments are somewhat reasonable, but most seem to focus on this making only making women appear to be less valuable than men in the workforce and not literally less valuable, lol. Also a few agreeing with the idea.