Last week, a girl named Anushka Dasgupta got a surprise period. We’ve all been there, mid-commute, fear setting in as we realise TOM has arrived.
Unprepared, Anushka bled through her clothes and ended up with a stain on her pants. She explains on Facebook that many approached her, asking her to cover up.
Anushka shared a special message for those women.
In a post that has now been shared thousands of times she wrote:
“I came home today at four minutes past nine after a long walk, a metro journey and a 10-minute bus ride.
There's nothing unusual about my evening except for the fact that multiple women walked up to me on my way home and asked me to pull my tee shirt down, most men ogled, all the kids I met didn't notice/care. I came to know why I was the centre of attention for the better part of my journey when a woman (well-meaning, I'm sure) offered me a sanitary napkin.
I had stained my pants”.
She goes on to address the issue of period shaming, stating that she is not embarrassed or ashamed of the incident.
“This post is for all the men who ogled at me today, I AM NOT ASHAMED. Check out the big red blotch on my pants all you want, check out my butt, check out the way I move, come touch me if you dare, and I will show you that I AM NOT ASHAMED.
I will take out a sanitary napkin and show you how it works while you can teach me how to pee in public (because clearly you're not ashamed, and neither am I)”.
Anushka even shared a picture of her stained garments and a sanitary pad.
“I AM NOT ASHAMED.
I AM NOT ON MY *period*.
I AM ON MY PERIOD”.
She exclaimed proudly at the end of the post.
