A new study suggests that a woman's periods not only cause cramps and pouty behaviour but can also impede her ability to work. Canadian researchers found that women who reported heavier periods were only 72% as likely to have been working during the week prior to the interview as women with normal periods. The study did not discern whether the women missed work only during their period or whether such women were somehow less likely to hold down jobs altogether. But the researchers calculations, the average woman with heavy periods might lose 3.6 weeks of work a year, which could cost her or her employer $1,700 annually - something to really pout about.
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