Friday, April 13, 2007

I Won't Answer Your Bloody Questions!

Women in the India civil service are outraged ("gobsmacked" as one woman put it) over new regulations that require them to disclose when and how many menstrual cycles they've had.

As part of their annual performance evaluations, female civil servants must write down their "detailed menstrual history and history of LMP [last menstrual period] including date of last confinement [maternity leave]," according to the newly-issued evaluation form.

After the uproar spread, no one could be reached for comment-- and officials who did speak on the record are already backing away from the whole mess.

Read more details here and here.

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