26-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
China university criticised for requiring student to lower pants for menstrual pain leave
A university in China has sparked public outrage after a student who requested sick leave due to menstrual discomfort was asked to pull down her pants to 'prove her condition.'
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On May 15, a student at the Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology, located in the capital, posted a video online claiming that she was asked to undress at the campus clinic to verify that she had her period when she applied for sick leave.
The Gengdan Institute is an independent and private undergraduate college affiliated with Beijing University of Technology, one of China's top public universities.
In the viral video, the student, whose name was not disclosed, asks: 'So what you are saying is, every woman on her period has to take off her pants and show you to get a leave note?'
The student in question was asked to undress by a member of staff at the university's campus clinic. Photo: Shutterstock
A female member of staff responds: 'Basically, yes. It is not my personal rule, it is a regulation.'
