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Thu 12 Apr, 2007 11:27 am
I wonder if they ask men how many erections they have or how often they masterbate during work hours? ---BBB
Civil servants asked for menstruation details
By Ramola Talwar Badam in Mumbai
Published: 12 April 2007
Indepkendent UK
Female civil servants in India are furious with new government guidelines that force them to list intimate details, including their menstrual history, on appraisal forms.
Among questions about goals and skills, the latest appraisal form, sent out this year, asks female civil servantsquestions such as "when was your last menstrual period?" or "give details of your menstrual history".
All civil servants routinely undergo health checks, but details of the tests are not supposed to be part of their appraisals.
The form also specifies that "all female officers" must list details of their last maternity leave.
"This is insensitive. We feel strongly about this," said Seema Vyas, a civil servant in Maharashtra. "What will the government do with this information?"
In Mumbai, women angered by the new appraisal form said they would meet next week to organise a formal complaint to the government, demanding the offending questions be removed.
There was no word on whether female bureaucrats in other parts of the country planned to make similar demands, and the federal health ministry said it had not yet received any complaints from female civil servants.
K Ramchandran, a spokesman for the federal health department, said: "A committee had formulated these new rules. But, rest assured, for every problem there is a solution. If things are not proper, another committee will be appointed to re-look at the appraisal form."
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(I've nothing to say except that I support the women protesting.)
Re: Civil servants asked for menstruation details
BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:K Ramchandran, a spokesman for the federal health department, said: "A committee had formulated these new rules. But, rest assured, for every problem there is a solution. If things are not proper, another committee will be appointed to re-look at the appraisal form."
<snork>
The solution to a committee is another committee?
With more people and less brains, I expect.
Famously, it has been alleged that a camel is a horse designed by a committee . . .
Weird.
We just changed health insurance and the companies we applied with asked more questions about my period than they did about any other aspect of my health.
Yeah, but that's because wimmins is known to be evil, and it gets worse when they're ridin' the cotton pony . . .
Cramps?
I thought I'd die.
What's the difference between a rabid pit bull terrier and a woman with PMS?
cosmetics . . .
boomerang wrote:Weird.
We just changed health insurance and the companies we applied with asked more questions about my period than they did about any other aspect of my health.
You should advise them that it's the inverse of frequency, and has nothing to do with amplitude.
boomerang wrote:Weird.
We just changed health insurance and the companies we applied with asked more questions about my period than they did about any other aspect of my health.
R J Reynolds has been known to study the relationship between menstrual cycles and cigarette purchases.