57% of people who suffer from period-related health issues have lied about why they are off sick.
Further to that, period care company Yoppie found that 26% of females fear that their period pains or other PMS symptoms will not be considered a legitimate illness and therefore not a good enough reason to miss work.
It can feel easier to call in sick with a “bad cold” or something that doesn’t draw on the thought of bleeding out of your vagina, and this isn’t OK. Verity, 31, tells GLAMOUR that she almost lied to her employer this morning about her period discomfort, but opted to power through and work with a hot water bottle on her lap instead. “But previously I’ve told work that I’ve vommed in the office so I can go home and curl up in a ball,” she adds.
“I was often afraid that I would be perceived as ‘weak' and ‘not able to perform my duties’ if I was honest about my,” she told GLAMOUR of her experiences in a previous job. “Most of the time, I simply said that I was ‘unwell’ but at the same time, I was worried that my manager would notice the recurring frequency of such messages and would put two and two together, so I had to be a bit together and mix it up with ‘I'm coming down with something’ or that ‘I have a really bad migraine’.
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