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This woman's powerful Facebook status about period stains is going mega viral
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ANUSHKA DASGUPTA WAS on her way home last week when she noticed lots of men “ogling” her and women urging her to pull down her t-shirt.
Only when a woman offered her a sanitary towel did she realise why she was on the receiving end of so much attention: she had a period stain on her pants.
The reaction to the stain angered Dasgupta and inspired her to write a lengthy Facebook post about why no woman ought to be ashamed of their period.
Anushka Dasgupta / Facebook Anushka Dasgupta / Facebook / Facebook
First she had a message for the women who instructed her to hide the stain.
And then she had a message for all the men who stared.
Before addressing the kids who had remained oblivious to the stain.
The powerful status has received over 10,000 likes and has been shared thousands of times with people praising Anushka for shedding light on what remains a taboo topic.
As for Dasgupta?
She hopes it “asking uncomfortable questions, and having uncomfortable debates, and getting into uncomfortable conversations so that the discomfort finally disappears.”
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