A Chinese student says he should have “take off pants” for a period of vacation

The Beijing College found himself at the center of public rage after asking a student to prove that he was in his period to qualify for sick leave.

A viral video, shot inside what it seems is a clinic and posted on social media this month, shows a young woman who asks an older woman: “Do any menstruation have to take off her pants and show you before they can get a sick note?”

“Generally yes,” the older woman replies. “This is a school rule.”

Local media have identified the location of the video as a clinic at the University College of the Genddan Institute, which later stated in a statement that its staff had “followed a protocol”. But social media users have described the meeting as a serious invasion of privacy.

Neither the student nor the Gengdan Institute immediately responded to BBC News’ requests for comment.

Both the student’s video and the school’s statement seem to have been downloaded, although screenshots and fragments are recycled online, including state media.

In its statement of May 16, the Genden Institute reported that the videos of the incident, distributed online, were “distorted” – and that the institution has the right to take court action against those who “misconductly spread false videos.”

The statement also said that the staff followed the correct procedure during the meeting, such as “initiating clinical work after obtaining a student’s permission” and did not use tools or conduct a physical examination.

In the video, the staff member did not answer when the student requested written evidence of the school regulation to check the students’ menstrual status. She subsequently asked the student to go to hospital instead.

In social media, the incident caused anger and sarcasm to the rules of the school.

“My head hurts, do I have to open my skull and call it a day?” He wrote one social media user.

“Let’s just take out the sanitary pad and put it on a sick note,” said another Wibo.

A member of the Gengdan Institute told the local exit Dute News that the school may have created the rule of demonstration of menstruation to deter the students from false periods to receive hospital notes.

But this argument is hollow among social media users.

“If they are worried about students who use their periods as justification several times a month, why not just do it? It’s not so complicated,” a Weibo man wrote.

The state media also joined the debate.

“Menstruation is already an intimate topic for women.

The Gengdan Institute is now joining a list of senior institutions across the country, which have fled for what many consider to be suggestive and attempts with a fist to control their students.

Last year, some universities were criticized to ban the use of bed curtains in their hostels. Curtains are often used by students for community privacy students, but school authorities have said they are a risk of fire and safety.

In addition, during the popular festive season in May last year, some universities have issued strict guidance for students who planned to travel. They included avoiding self -trips, travel trips or safety cycling – which many saw when institutions exceed their authority in students’ privacy.

On the social media website Xiaohongshu, a user who claims to be a student at the Gengdan Institute, said “the school clinic deserves all the critic he receives.”

“From some older students, I heard that such things have been going on for a while. Some girls have talked before, but nothing has been done,” the consumer writes.

“I’m glad this time made the current topics. People didn’t keep silent.”