When Bella Hadid said, “Working on your period should be illegal,” the internet didn’t erupt. It barely reacted at all. There were barely any headlines, no viral debates — just silence.
Because who cares what some scatterbrain z list celeb spouts off about? Thankfully for once.
Which, ironically, mirrors the way society has long treated menstrual pain: something to be ignored, minimised, and endured in silence. In the same British Vogue interview, the supermodel added: “We should literally ban women working on the week of their period. And the week before, to be honest.” For some, it may have sounded extreme but it touched on a very real, often invisible crisis: the chronic pain and shame many people who menstruate are forced to carry alone.
Note that she's not demanding womrn who suffer this shouild be given the right to request time off - no, she demandsa blanket ban on all women! Hardly reasonable, even by crazy sleb standards.
According to a recent Superdrug study, 36 per cent of Gen Z women would consider leaving a job due to poor menstrual health support.
Genz & the world of work is hardly a good fit, whther male or female...
One in five say their period has already held them back professionally. Just 31 per cent feel comfortable telling their employer they need time off for menstrual symptoms. Nearly half feel pressured to power through severe pain for fear of being seen as unprofessional.
You just know who is going to want a piece of this action should any kind of leniency be brought in, don't you?
Only recently has the UK government started to acknowledge the scale of the problem. A report from the Women and Equalities Committee last year found that “medical misogyny” across the NHS, education and the workplace has fuelled widespread ignorance around gynaecological health.
Medical misogyny certainly exists, but it reveals itself in far worse ways.
Meanwhile in Spain, menstrual leave is already enshrined in law.
Ah, Spain. That powerhouse of industry.
