Paid 'Menstrual Leave' For Women: Special Treatment Or A Necessary Benefit?

[sloppy_joes]

[QUOTE=Hardsurface;44868811]It's been fine for the last 100 years, why change it now?
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not that I agree with this idea, but what you just said is probably the worst excuse ever.

[lavacano]

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44871110]Ouch, I did not realise periods disfigured, sterilized, and possibly killed you![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;44873564]If that's the case you REALLY should visit your doctor and most likely change your diet.[/QUOTE]

Too literal.

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;44871570]Weird, your flag says USA, but you're obviously from Exaggeration Land?[/QUOTE]

Well it's not every woman but this is clearly the extreme end from all the bitching I've heard.

[Zephyrs]

[QUOTE=itisjuly;44879735]Make a law that says at least x% of workers must be women.[/QUOTE]

I can never tell if you are serious or not.

Quotas go beyond stupid, and well into the realm of fucking asinine. It's guaranteed to cause bigotry and sexism along the lines of "She's here just because she's a woman. Wouldn't make the cut otherwise."

[RayvenQ]

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;44880721]How about we just make it so women with terrible menstrual cramps will just get it noted as a chronic illness and then be done with it. While it is a problem it's not like half the female population is unable to work because of these cramps - only a few (from a personal experience I'd say maybe 3-5 out of 100, but this might be totally misguided, I'll admit) is actually incapacitated, and a broad extension of sick days might fuck up women's job prospects even more.[/QUOTE]

Guess what people with chronic illnesses have to use if they can't come into work but don't want to lose money, regular sick days. (May vary from company to company but still) they don't get special extra days off aside fomr regular old sick days because of their illnesses