Im a feminist. Giving women a day off for their period is a stupid idea.

August 04, 2017 10:47

A campaign in India has urged providing women a day off for the first day of their periods. I didn't take this idea seriously when I first heard it. It seemed like the self-indulgent mumbo-jumbo of so-called post-feminists. To my shock, the issue has become a major point of discussion. One media outlet has even adopted this harebrained policy for its female employees.

Barkha Dutt on period leave. Read the column here.

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