Home and Away’s Sophie Dillman shares her support for ‘menstrual leave’ at work: ‘If it were men, they wouldn’t have to work’
Home and Away star Sophie Dillman has cast her voice behind the push for “menstrual leave” in the workplace.
The 29-year-old star spoke to The Daily Telegraph on Thursday and said women should be given paid leave for period pains.
“We didn’t ask about periods, let alone period pain,” the actress told the publication.
Home and Away’s Sophie Dillman, 29, (pictured) expressed her support for “menstrual leave” when speaking to The Daily Telegraph on Thursday
Sophie added that women are taught to just “grin and take it,” but things would be different if men had periods.
‘[I] Bet money that if men were on their periods they wouldn’t have to work those days and they’d get vacation time every month on those days,” she told the publication.
Sophie also revealed that she suffers from endometriosis and said her colleagues at Summer Bay have always been supportive of her condition.
!['[I] Bet that when men were on their periods they wouldn't have to work those days and would get paid vacation days for those days every month,” Sophie said. Here on the set](https://www.spamchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1655387818_748_Home-and-Aways-Sophie-Dillman-shares-her-support-for-menstrual.jpg "Home and Away's Sophie Dillman shares her support for \"menstrual leave\" in the workplace 4")
‘[I] Bet that when men were on their periods they wouldn’t have to work those days and would get paid vacation days for those days every month,” Sophie said. Here on the set
“Everyone will hold my hot water bottle between takes, wardrobe support that my costume needs to change because I’m bloated, people dump me when I have to,” she said.
Sophie is nominated for the Silver Logie in the Most Popular Actress category at this year’s Logies and says it’s an honor.
“You’re one of the biggest names in Australian television,” Sophie said of the other actresses nominated in this category.
“I never thought I would ever meet these women in my life let alone have my name next to them, so the nomination is really the big thing,” she said.
Sophie said it was an honor to be nominated for a Logie this year, having played the character of Ziggy Astoni in Summer Bay since June 2017. (L) Patrick O’Connor
Sophie is nominated against Deborah Mailman for Total Control, comedian Kitty Flanagain in Fisk and Home and Away’s Ada Nicodemou.
“The Logies is shaping up to be one of the biggest events this year.
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