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Between 45% and 95% of women and menstruating people feel pain during their period. One in five also suffers disabling pain. However, menstruation and gender inequality entail taboos that lead many women to continue working.
The state of Kerala, in southern India, established the possibility of sick leave due to menstrual pain. It is a pioneering measure that is only reproduced by countries such as Zambia, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and more recently Spain, which seeks to recognize that the period can become disabling.
Despite the fact that some critical voices assure that this type of measure could deepen the stigma that exists around menstruation and women in the labor market, the figures show that 20% of menstruating people experience pain that interferes with their daily activities. Also, between 45% and 95% feel some kind of pain.
Dysmenorrhea, the medical name for these conditions, is often caused by inflammation of the tissues and the contractions and spasms of the uterus as it tries to shed the lining built for potential pregnancy in the walls of the organ. However, there is also the possibility that other health conditions, such as endometriosis, may wake you up.
Over the decades, menstrual pain has been minimized and the associated hormonal cycle has gone unstudied. In addition, the number of scientific articles published on the matter is significantly less when compared to other physiological processes.
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