‘Working Woman is a Myth’: Kangana Ranaut on Smriti Irani’s stance against paid leave for women on periods

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has extended her support for MP Smriti Irani for her recently made comments on menstruation leaves. Talking about the menstruation leave, there is none in India while some other countries provide leaves for the first two days of the cycle. Meanwhile, Irani, the Union Women and Child Development minister said that menstruation is not a situation of being a handicap.

Speaking in Rajya Sabha in response to a question, Smriti Irani had said, “As a menstruating woman, menstruation and the menstruation cycle is not a handicap, it’s a natural part of women’s life journey…We should not propose issues where women are denied equal opportunities just because somebody who does not menstruate has a particular viewpoint towards menstruation.”

Working women is a myth: Kangana Ranaut

For her statements, Irani, a former TV actress had been trolled on social media. However, she has gotten the support of Ranaut, who recently appeared in the movie named Tejas. The latter said that the women have never stopped working despite experiencing the cycle every month.

Kangana wrote, “Working woman is a myth, there has not been a single non-working woman in the history of mankind. From farming to house chores to raising kids, women have always been working and nothing has come in the way of their commitment to their families or community or nation. Unless it is some specific medical condition, women don’t need paid leaves for periods, please understand, it is periods, not some illness or handicap.”