A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
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Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#2Stuff 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.
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#3Question 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?
Do you think this sort of policy feeds into wage gap stuff, or fights against it?
As a reasonably feminist guy, I can't decide how to feel about this. It seems like it's implying women can'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.
Do you think a policy like this works better (only?) in a predominantly female company?
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#4That's sexism though.
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#5interesting. If this ever became law, it would incentivize hiring men over women because you'll get 5% less value out of hiring a woman employee.
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. 248/260 = 95.4%.
very interesting indeed.
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#6That's sexism though.
My thoughts exactly.
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#7Stuff 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.
Or allow flexible scheduling around periods.
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#8Stuff 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.
But doing that doesn't get the same PR credit for fighting sexism, and it costs a whole lot more money, so "what's the point?"
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#9That's sexism though.
What's wrong with being sexy?
Re: A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off during their periods
#10well intentioned but this could lead to "tests" for women that have issues in that area when the boss thinks she's cheating the system.
but giving them 2 extra days to take at their leisure isn't a bad idea imho.
but then that would lead to less pay in some instances.