Thank you so much for writing this! I experience period pain every single month and sometimes have to take a day off to just let the pain go away — but I always feel guilty of doing so because I feel like I must be spoiled to ditch work for such an insignificant nuisance. While a lot of women are lucky to not experience the pain while menstruating, there are plenty of us who do. We need to have a flexible system that doesn’t frown upon this type of absences.