Overview

• A viral video posted May 15 shows a Gengdan Institute student asked to pull down her pants at the campus clinic to verify menstruation before issuing a sick-leave note.
• In a May 16 statement, the university defended the practice as an established anti-abuse protocol and said staff conducted only verbal assessments with the student’s consent.
• The student later obtained hospital documentation and publicly challenged the policy’s lack of written basis and refusal to adopt simpler verification methods.
• Social media users and former prosecutor Zhang Yongquan condemned the rule as an intrusive violation of personal dignity and a potential breach of Chinese privacy statutes.
• Gengdan Institute has threatened legal action against those it says distorted the footage, as the case spotlights broader concerns over intrusive campus regulations.