Women must wear badges to signal when they're on their period
Female staff at a new shop in Osake, Japan, have been encouraged to don the pins in a bid to tackle the stigma around periods in the country.
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A company has asked female employees to wear a badge to signal when they're on their periods.
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Bosses are now "reconsidering" after horrified customers said it was "crazy" and "creepy". The plan was originally bizarrely aimed at "fostering sympathy" among co-workers with other colours of the badges allowing workers to signify if they were irritable, post-period or nearing the time of the month.
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