Editing Menstruation (section)

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Some countries, mainly in Asia, have [[menstrual leave]] to provide women with either paid or unpaid leave of absence from their employment while they are menstruating.<ref name="Matchar_2014">{{cite news|vauthors=Matchar E|date=16 May 2014|title=Should Paid 'Menstrual Leave' Be a Thing?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/should-women-get-paid-menstrual-leave-days/370789/|work=The Atlantic|access-date=21 June 2015|name-list-style=vanc|archive-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429054951/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/should-women-get-paid-menstrual-leave-days/370789/|url-status=live}}</ref> Countries with policies include Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and South Korea.<ref name= "Levitt_2020">{{cite book | veditors = Bobel C, Winkler IG, Fahs B, Hasson KA, Kissling EA, Roberts T | title = The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies | vauthors = Levitt RA, Barnack-Tavlaris JL | chapter = Addressing Menstruation in the Workplace: The Menstrual Leave Debate | year = 2020 | pages = 561–575 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 978-981-15-0614-7 | doi = 10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_43 | pmid = 33347190 | s2cid = 226619907 | chapter-url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK565643/ }}</ref><ref name= King2021>King S. (2021) Menstrual Leave: Good Intention, Poor Solution. In: Hassard J., Torres L.D. (eds) ''Aligning Perspectives in Gender Mainstreaming. Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being.'' Springer, Cham. {{doi|10.1007/978-3-030-53269-7_9}}</ref> The practice is controversial due to concerns that it bolsters the perception of women as weak, inefficient workers,<ref name="Matchar_2014" /> as well as concerns that it is unfair to men,<ref>{{cite web|vauthors=Price C|date=11 October 2006|title=Should women get paid menstruation leave?|url=http://www.salon.com/2006/10/11/menstruation_4/|access-date=16 March 2016|website=Salon|name-list-style=vanc|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123049/https://www.salon.com/2006/10/11/menstruation_4/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Menstrual Leave: Delightful or Discriminatory?|url=http://lipmag.com/culture/menstrual-leave-delightful-or-discriminatory/|access-date=16 March 2016|website=Lip Magazine|date=4 August 2013|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090204/http://lipmag.com/culture/menstrual-leave-delightful-or-discriminatory/|url-status=live}}</ref> and that it furthers gender stereotypes and the medicalization of menstruation.<ref name="Levitt_2020" />