Male Healthcare Worker Demands That Female Coworker Keep Her Feminine Hygiene Products Hidden from View After It Makes Him Feel 'Uncomfortable'

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Sienna Varady
Mar 27, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Nowadays, a large number of women work in fields that were once thought to be exclusively the domain of men. Think about the vast field of healthcare. But should there still be a gender disparity now that women have entered the public sphere and have proven their value via perseverance, education, skill, and dedication? Does the gender of an employee impact their degree of competency?

Below is the story of a puzzled healthcare worker. According to the Original Poster (OP), a male coworker decided to search her locker for tampons, alleging that she had left them scattered around the office. After finding the tampon box, the male employee informed their male superior about OP. They came to the conclusion that the best thing for OP to do to comfort her male coworkers would be to hide her tampons.

OP was clearly outraged by this remark, and as a result, she devised a crafty plan to settle the score with her superiors and colleagues. Having said that, read the story below if you're interested in finding out how OP exacted revenge on the men at work! Additionally, don't forget to check out 34 hilarious relationship memes once you're done!

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  • 01
    We have lockers with opaque doors where we're allowed to store our things. When I'm in the office area I leave mine unlocked for easy access and I've started keeping a box of tampons in my locker. I've told my female co- workers if they're in a hurry and need a tampon they're welcome to just open my locker (when it's unlocked and I'm in the office) and take one, no problem.
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    Tell me to hide period products in order to not offend male coworkers? Consider it done.
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    Background: I work in a fast paced healthcare environment where every minute counts and I have both male and female co-workers on my shift. We have lockers with opaque doors where we're allowed to store our things. When I'm in the office area I leave mine unlocked for easy access and I've started keeping a box of tampons in my locker. I've told my female co- workers if they're in a hurry and need a tampon they're welcome to just open my
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    locker (when it's unlocked and I'm in the office) and take one, no problem. I got called into my boss's office the other day because a male coworker of mine complained that me keeping tampons in my locker was "disgusting" and he hated that he could see the box whenever my locker was opened. My boss (a male) told me that some men were really sensitive to "this type of thing" and that I should try hiding them in a different type of
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    box so I wouldn't offend my coworkers. I asked what the point was because my coworkers would see someone reaching into a "crackers/pop tarts, etc" box and taking out a tampon instead of food anyway. My boss got all huffy and told me that it was for the best and I needed to do it. Well, fine. I made a cover for my tampon box that said "Mother Earth's B dy Nutrients Bars: with
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    extra gooey, nutritious filling!" with a photo of ab dy bathtub and placed it on the box. That was two days ago, and I saw the male co-worker open my locker (trying to be sneaky) and he paled when he read the box, got all angry, and I received an email from my boss that my cover "wasn't funny" and that I need to take it down. ... So I emailed our HR person a copy of the email as well as a summary of what happened
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    and photos of the lockers, the box, and the cover. I also suggested that the male coworker sit somewhere where he didn't have a direct line of sight to my locker if it really offended him so much. She thought it was faking hilarious and said I "followed my supervisor's instructions" and so I was fine. Nothing else has been done yet, and I'm mostly angry that my time was spent on something as stupid as this and not on patient work.
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    EDIT: Thank you so much for the support and the awards!! I've documented everything and am encouraging my coworkers (male and female) to do the same. HR is now in the loop and they have told me they have had multiple people come forward saying similar things that they're doing some investigating. So hopefully things change. EDIT 2: Here is the link to the box! I spent maybe 3 minutes on it so it does not look good, fair warning. The Box of Tampons
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  • 09
    Thejmax Will someone ask the co-worker to justify why he went into your locker?
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    TheRecognized Yeah if this dude is sneaking into her locker to look at the tampons that supposedly disgust him I feel like there's way more going on here than just "man doesn't like thinking about menstruation."
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  • 11
    First paranoid thought off the top of my head, he's got some cr py fantasy about her and the tampons/menstruation ruin the fantasy for him.
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    cagnusdei Personally it seems more like he wanted to gloat about his petty "victory" than to "look at the tampons" to me, but I see what you're saying.
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    Weirdbirdnerd I actually thought it was for an excuse to get his inferior female coworker in trouble again for daring to be born a female.
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    bubbabearzle These dudes work in Healthcare but are too sensitive to deal with knowing menstruation is a thing? Yikes.
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    DrMedBayB h OP Seriously. He's also always coming in and bragging about his dates and how much "s x he gets" but can't handle anything about a period.
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    2-5 PhotoKada So let me get this straight. You work in healthcare. The dude works in healthcare. How could he work in the industry if he skipped. biology class because he sounds he did. Also this guy voluntarily opened your locker? Whatever for? Wouldn't that be in violation of company policy right there?
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    DrMedBayB h OP I'd feel like he'd try to play the "but OTHERS are opening her locker" card, but I DID add that to another HR email, so we'll see what happens. And you're right. Guy's very immature.
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    knitlikeaboss Others are opening it in a very specific context. If I tell someone in my apartment sure you can have a drink, the cups are in that cabinet, that doesn't mean everyone who enters my home is allowed to just rifle through my stuff.
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    Gingerbreadman_13 I'm a male and guys that complain about something that a woman has no control over and is a natural bodily function need to grow up or shut up. Seriously men, it's not a big deal. It's bad enough for women when they have to go
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    through that once a month. Imagine how much worse you're making it for them by making them feel insecure about it. It's not hard to be understanding and supportive. Don't be a dk.
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    Waifer2016 ok how in the did that old world kn kle dr ger actually make it into the medical field! i hope he gets ripped a new one
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    singmelullabies1 You work in healthcare and your male co-worker has a problem knowing that women menstrate? SMH.
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    offendedsissy If it makes you feel better I work at a pad factory and it's mainly all men that are making your period products lol :)
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    DrMedBayB h OP It does, thank you!
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  • 25
    Melvinironfist Okay, I'm a male. Did these guys have mothers? Sisters? I agree that things like these probably shouldn't be on desks. Kind of like you probably shouldn't have any hygiene products or prescriptions
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    on your desk either. That being said, they're in your locker behind an opaque, not clear, door. Women bl d, get over it! It's natural. What a bunch of w sy guys.
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    DrMedBayB h OP Completely agreed. Happy cake day, btw!
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    disavowed 1979 Why not make a complaint about him going into your personal locker without permission. Who knows what his reasoning is, maybe he is looking to steal your stuff.
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    AdmiralAdama99 I think your boss is clearly in the wrong here. I hope HR sides with you.
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    Thoreau80 You never gave that male employee permission to open or go through your locker. THAT is something to discuss with HR.
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    DugDog68 You and female coworkers should start taking longer in the bathroom when you have your " Ladies issues" and explain its because you have to find the now hidden products D ED
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