Abstract
This chapter explores how modern workplaces, though seemingly gender-neutral, are often built around standards that overlook the biological realities shaping many women's professional lives. By focusing on menstruation, maternity, and menopause, often overlooked yet deeply influential stages of womanhood, it examines how biological realities shape participation, productivity, and well-being at work. Using a socio-legal and feminist perspective, the chapter analyses labour laws, workplace policies, and cultural attitudes in India with comparative insights from other countries. It introduces the idea of cyclical equity, suggesting that true equality emerges not from treating everyone the same but from creating systems that respect human rhythms. In doing so, the chapter offers a compassionate and forward-looking vision of workplaces that value dignity, care, and inclusion.