Ease Up, Guys! Indian Comedian Rips Apart Sanitary Pad Taboo

“Do you have an extra…” you must have heard some women ask this question in hushed voices in a public place. Well, with all due respect to people who don’t mind asking for a sanitary pad — by being much more eloquent about it, for many in the ‘sophisticated circles’ it’s still a taboo.

 

Comedian Aditi Mittal finds it extremely irritating when women are discreet about their periods, the names given to sanitary pads and the advertisements showing women wearing white pants during their periods. “Arey kali pant pehen lo. Why do you have to be Jitendar on those five days of the month?” she asks and rightly so.