A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods

Stuff like this, while done with good intentions, can threaten to entrench discrimination by having different sets of rules and expectations for people based on their gender. A better solution would be to give 12 extra holiday days per year to everyone, but make it known that it's acceptable to take them under those circumstances.

Nobody is going to take advantage of this because &quot;Oh btw, I&#x27;m on the rag so I won&#x27;t be in today&quot; isn&#x27;t exactly the message you want to broadcast to your coworkers.<p>Then there will be the people who take advantage of this on Mondays and Fridays leading into long weekends.<p>Then everyone will hate the policy.<p>Then they&#x27;ll extend the extra 12-days to everyone because you can&#x27;t take back something like this when you market it this way.<p>Then nothing will get done on Mondays and Fridays leading into long weekends.

Question for the women ou there: Do you perceive this as a magnificent idea or as implying women have a periodic weakness that impacts their performance every month?<p>Do you think this sort of policy feeds into wage gap stuff, or fights against it?<p>As a reasonably feminist guy, I can&#x27;t decide how to feel about this. It seems like it&#x27;s implying women can&#x27;t work one day of every month, and also seems like a great idea because dealing with office folk while in pain is not fun.<p>Do you think a policy like this works better (only?) in a predominantly female company?

Half the women in my office have their schedules synced up. A policy like this could create a monthly ghost town

In an ideal world where employer and employee trust each other it would be a great option for women who need it (not all women do) and a right thing to do. In the real world, where the level of trust is low, and sexism (both male and female) has become an extremely toxic topic, I don&#x27;t see how this can work. Maybe only in small family-type companies.

Geez. Completely wrong direction (and probably just marketing) with underlying sexism.<p>Female here. Just want to state that it is not nearly as bad for most women most of the time. And effects vary quite a bit, quite a few even get an energy push around day one. (Disclaimer: Your or your friends&#x27; mileage may vary.)

I fully support letting people go home when they are objectively counterproductive.

Why not give women 12 extra days of work from home (when applicable) for a year and see how it goes rather than setting up different rules for different genders? Or am I missing something here?

interesting. If this ever became law, it would incentivize hiring men over women because you&#x27;ll get 5% less value out of hiring a woman employee.<p>the math: lets assume that there are 260 working days in a year. women get 12 extra holidays per year for their periods, which means they only work 248 out of the 260 days. 248&#x2F;260 = 95.4%.<p>very interesting indeed.

My wife has two very bad and painful days (the first two) every period. I am not sure how she would handle if she had a job.

well intentioned but this could lead to &quot;tests&quot; for women that have issues in that area when the boss thinks she&#x27;s cheating the system.<p>but giving them 2 extra days to take at their leisure isn&#x27;t a bad idea imho.<p>but then that would lead to less pay in some instances.

That&#x27;s sexism though.

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My wife would love this if it were implemented here.