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Period Leaves Are A Step Towards Breaking The Taboo Around Menstruation.

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Among the million gender stereotypes women brave every minute of every day, the most outdated one perhaps is that which comes once a month to stain our underpants and stigmatise our bodies. Periods. Menstruation is still a taboo in India, a hush-hush affair that travels only across secret female networks through hidden pads and whispers (pun intended). Why do we do that? Periods are painful, messy, special, natural. Shouldn’t everyone know about it?

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1. Period Leave Can Break The Taboo Around Menstruation
In a country where women turn expert smugglers when “that time of the month” approaches, in carrying a harmless packet of sanitary napkins inside a specifically black packet from the shop to their homes, calling periods a “taboo” wouldn’t be an understatement.

2. Taking A Day Off To Care For Yourself Does NOT Make You Weak
It is a flawed argument that taking a couple of days off during your period will position you as someone who is incapable of doing work in equal measure to men, or will disadvantage women by deeming them as the “weaker sex.” This has been an opinion espoused even by journalist Barkha Dutt in the past, who in 2017 wrote an article headlined – “I’m a feminist. Giving women a day off for their period is a stupid idea.” – which claimed that a menstrual leave would only “emphasise that there is something spectacularly otherworldly about a bodily function.”

3. Period Pain Is Far More Severe Than People Think
Period pain has long been dismissed as mere “stomach ache” by people who don’t experience it. But ask the women who menstruate, and some will tell you that they dread that time of the month for the emotional and physical baggage it brings. A medical condition for which painkillers and injections exist can’t be deemed mild, especially when it comes with symptoms like diarrhoea, body ache, bloating, not to mention, the mood swings PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) brings.

4. It Will Create Awareness About The Trans Community
A majority of people are still unaware that the phenomenon of menstruation isn’t limited to women. Remember when author JK Rowling was labelled a TERF for claiming that only women menstruate? With increasing discussions around the LGBTQIA community and their rights, it is only fitting that awareness must be spread about the fact that even trans, non-binary, and queer people can menstruate. Offering period leaves to all those who need it, not just women, is important, for it will inspire inclusivity and sensitivity at workplace.

5. No Uterus, No Opinion
This is perhaps the all-encompassing crux of the argument that can dismantle naysayers with a single finger snap. No uterus, no opinion. The simple fact of the matter is that men, who have long been the forerunners of patriarchal narratives in society, should not make any decisions on part of women and their bodies. No one, except the individual who is menstruating, should be allowed to judge how much pain is debilitating, how to deal with it, or how to express it. Our experiences aren’t up for auction.

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