Women Deserve Paid Period Time Off

Periods are painful, and for some women there is a condition called PMDD.

Common PMDD Symptoms:

Irritability & anger
Sadness despair even thoughts of suicide
Tension & anxiety
Panic attacks
Terrible mood and crying
No interest activities & relationships
Trouble thinking & focusing
Tiredness & low energy
Trouble sleeping
Feeling out of control
Cramps, bloating, breast tenderness, headaches, and joint + muscle pain

Does that sound like someone who should be forced to work? Forced to suffer through it?

Furthermore, is that how the people who create life should be treated?

Dismissed, made fun of, joked about, called names?

No.

Paid Period Time Off

This needs to be on the front desk of politicians nationwide.

This needs to be put into contracts from employers.

No longer will these women suffer in silence and be forced to deal with it.

Millions of women pay for everything alone—rent, food, phone, internet, the basic needs—and even a single day of missed work means they could be fired and be homeless!

That means they're working through deep despair simply to have housing and food.

This is cruel.

This is wrong.

It needs to stop.