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When my sister was menstruating she’d be in debilitating pain, soaked in sweat and basically in bed for three days. She was a major in the Air Force’s OSI. (The first woman in the OSI.) So, three days of each month she was out sick. And, I mean SICK. I don’t recall that she ever said it was a problem with her boss. Quite frequently, the doctors laughed at her, simply not believing the problem was real. Trust me. It was real.

She is the exception to the rule - the trouble is, once we start accommodating the extreme cases, the gates open and anyone who claims the slightest discomfort gets a free ride on the bus.

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“She is the exception to the rule - the trouble is, once we start accommodating the extreme cases, the gates open and anyone who claims the slightest discomfort gets a free ride on the bus. “

She did get out of bed, dripping with sweat, to supervise murder and suicide scenes. The job always came first.

I suspect that this situation will begin to ease and in another twenty years will be as unknown as death by cholera.