The director of the Bristol-based
Coexist, Bex Baxter, said it was
a necessary move to counteract
taboos and acknowledge the
unique physical challenges that
some women face ever month. “We wanted a policy in
place which recognizes
and allows women to take
time for their body’s natural
cycle without putting this
under the label of illness,” she told the Guardian. For some women, periods can
cause debilitating pain that
makes it challenging to go about
a day’s work—yet they feel they
cannot take sick days each
month without being seen as unproductive. But Baxter says
she wants to break down that
negative association. “If you work with your
natural rhythms, your
creativity and intelligence is
more fulfilled,” she says.
“And that’s got to be good
for business.”
