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Bleeding On The Job: A Menstruation Investigation


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Bleeding On The Job: A Menstruation Investigation

Menstruating at the office can sap women’s productivity, but a new breed of startups is working to make it less of a hassle

Nancy Kramer, founder and CEO of the 330-person marketing agency Resource, was sitting in a swanky conference room in Silicon Valley with a potential client. She steeled herself in the moments before her presentation, ready to clinch a multi-million dollar deal. As negotiations heated up, she suddenly felt a trickle between her legs. She performed some mental calculations and realized that her period had arrived early. Unprepared, she excused herself to go to the bathroom only to find that there was not a tampon or pad dispenser in sight. She returned to her seat at the table, trying desperately not to get sidetracked by fear that she might leave the meeting with an unsightly stain at the back of her dress or worse, on the chair.

Kramer landed the contract, but a decade later, she still describes the day as an “emotional ordeal.” And her experience is far from exceptional. In fact, a recent study found that 86% of American women have started their period unexpectedly in public without the supplies they needed. They report feeling panicked, embarrassed, and stressed. “There’s not a woman that I’ve met that doesn’t have a story,” Kramer says

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