There must be Democrats in China. This sounds like something they would come up with.
Absenses for menstruation and deer season should be allowed.
When I went to college, a semester was four months, like September, October, November and December. So aren't they really just saying two days off for every period that occurs during the semester?
It is a little unfair but, I’m not going to be the one to tell a menstruating woman what she’s doing is wrong. I value life too much.
Gimme a break.
Obviously a compelling reason why women should not be put into positions of responsibility. I’m sure NOW would agree with this policy (/sarc)
I know it sounds unjust, but there are many women whose menstrual periods bring uterine pain that’s not responsive to over-the-counter medications. There may be back pain as well. In severe cases they may vomit and have diarrhea. They get little sleep because of the hormonal disturbance (just as women in the throes of menopause often can’t sleep, for the same reason). A gynecologist will prescribe birth control pills, but these may not work to control the symptoms and can have serious side effects.
Many years ago we used to recognize that some women were indisposed during their periods, and back in my grandmother’s day certain girls just took to their beds. Now women are expected to conquer the world, and a girl who has real pain is laughed and accused of malingering at if she tries to take a few days off. Is today’s system really better than the one our grandparents had?
Shades of Jim Crow
The two truths about this issue are:
(1)Will some female students take advantage of the rule, just to get some extra time away from class? Obviously.
(2)Do some females have a harder time than others during their period, with a few for whom even the medications for the ill-symptoms are not 100% affective? Yes, that is also true.
The only ones who should “feel bad” (forgive the pun) about the rule are those females with a guilty conscience (when the real excuse was either not their period or not an unusually bad one). But they are the exception to the rule meant to help those that really need it.
That may be true in China. I had female students who had no problem using the excuse for missing a test and asking for a makeup exam. The magic word was "CRAMPS".