The slides from my April 2022 Brighton SEO talk on Menstrual Health in SEO.

1. Menstrual Health in
SEO
Chloe Smith | Blue Array
SLIDESHARE.NET/CHLOESMITH123
@CHLOEIVYROSESEO

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🩸What are we chatting
about?🩸

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How the hell are you
qualified to talk about
this?

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🩸Why menstrual health?🩸

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Conversations about
menstruation have
been hushed,
reinforcing stigma
and shame

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Roughly 30% of people
who menstruate have
a reproductive health
condition
Source: Public Health England

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🩸The language of
menstruation🩸

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By using gendered
language, we
exclude trans and
non-binary people
who menstruate

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"Feminine hygiene" or
"sanitary products" vs
"Period products"

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For most, period or
menstrual products is
preferred

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🩸How can
menstruation affect
work?🩸

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Physical & mental
symptoms

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Social impact

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Career progression

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🩸This level of fear and
shame is unfair and we
need to do something
about it🩸

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So, I surveyed 188 SEOs
and Digital PRs to get
their experiences...

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…and got some abusive
responses. Naturally.

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Of 185 legitimate
responses, only 30 (16%)
were non-menstruators

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Men outnumber women
2 to 1 in the SEO industry
Source: https://moz.com/blog/seo-gender-gap

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The rest of the
responses were
immensely helpful

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53%
of menstruators have taken at least one day off sick
because of menstruation.

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69%
of menstruators surveyed have gone into work instead
of calling in sick with menstrual health issues.

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£15.1 billion
Source: CIPD

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55%
of menstruators surveyed had lied about the reason
they were off sick when experiencing menstruation.

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54%
of everyone surveyed feel that they cannot talk to their
line manager about menstruation.

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50%
of everyone surveyed said their workplace does not
provide period products.

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🩸What can workplaces do
to make their environment
better for people who
menstruate?🩸

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Educate your
employees

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Source: Dan Lapham

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Provide free period
products in the office

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Source: OmniCalculator

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Introduce menstrual
health days

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🩸So, to summarise…🩸

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Language matters

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Foster an open
and honest
environment

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Educate employees
and lead by
example

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Provide free period
products in offices

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Create a menstrual
leave policy.

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