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More than half of women workers have experienced period pain that affects their ability to work, according to a survey for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 5 live鈥檚 Emma Barnett programme.

Of those, nearly a third have been forced to take a day or more's leave.

Emma Barnett set up a confessional booth to allow women to speak anonyously about their experience of period pain at work.

One said: 鈥淎t work, some people think 鈥榯here鈥檚 that crazy hormonal lady鈥�. You don鈥檛 want to be perceived in that way.鈥�

The survey of over 1,000 women, conducted by YouGov, also showed that only 27% tell their boss that period pain is responsible. Common reasons given instead are headaches, stomach pains, colds or flu and medical appointments.

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Friday 23 September 2016.