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[Real Reality]

Female Students Allowed to Take Period Leave
Under the policy, female students are permitted to take one day off a month when they have their menstrual period. Their absence will be recognized as an official day off along with other leaves regarding health problems or deaths in the family, as long as a report of absence is submitted afterward.

"As women, we have had to endure the pain of menstruation by taking a painkiller every month, even though it is a physical condition that all women suffer," a female student of the council said. "The period leave policy is designed to guarantee the rest required under the physiological condition as a basic human right," she added.
by Chung Ah-young, Korea Times (September 29, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200509/kt2005092918091312070.htm

[laceylambe]

Wow that's great! Do you think it applies to teachers too???

[Hollywoodaction]

I think it does. I remember reading something about that a long time ago. Bring it up next time your boss wants to dock you a days pay for being sick.

[jaganath69]

Bl00dy nora, what next?

[Real Reality]

Office pressure cited for forgoing female workers menstrual leave
According to the Internet job agency Incruit, 70 percent of female employees say they do not use their monthly day off for "menstrual leave." About 1,300 women were polled; only about a quarter said that they used that vacation occasionally. The majority of the women said they felt indirect pressure from bosses and male co-workers not to absent themselves from the office
JoongAng Ilbo (June 8, 2004)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200406/08/200406080002254809900090509051.html

Schoolgirls to Have One Day Off a Month
by Chung Ah-young, Korea Times (January 13, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200501/kt2005011315281753460.htm

Menstrual illness cited in shoplifting
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that cases of theft committed by women who feel compelled to steal during their menstrual periods should be considered special cases caused by mental disorders.
by Park Jai-hyun, JoongAng Ilbo (June 07, 2002)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200206/07/200206070045040469900090409041.html

[joe_doufu]

On the other hand, maybe Korean universities should switch to a system where 90% of the grade isn't based on attendance record... then it wouldn't matter who skipped a day for what reason, as long as they were working hard and learning.

But that's probably a little too radical for Korea. Let's just give the girls an extra personal day every month. (I wonder, are they cumulative?)

[Zenpickle]

[little mixed girl]

that would have been nice when i was in school.
i missed a day anyways, but that was cuz i spent it bent over the toilet barfing...

[jajdude]

I do this every month which might explain why I am unemployed.