When women cannot afford proper menstrual products, they are more likely to turn to risky alternatives.
If your arsenal has only included Midol and heating pads until now, it’s time to up your game with these period products.
If you think paying for period products and products that alleviate associated symptoms is a pain, remember that you’re fortunate to even be financially capable of doing so (though the pink tax is kind of BS, and should really be eliminated). Not everyone can afford period products. August experts tell us, “Interviewers administered surveys and led focus groups with women in low-income housing in St. Louis. The researchers found that 64 percent of the women had been unable to afford period products during the previous year and 21 percent experienced this problem on a monthly basis. Almost half had times during the past year when they had to choose between food and period products.” There are many places you can donate feminine hygiene products to women in need like here, here, and here.
Periods may be involuntary but they certainly aren't free.
As a consumer, it’s always important to be informed, and to know that, no matter how caring or progressive any manufacturer may seem, they’re still selling you something. And when money is on the table, companies can and will fudge facts and highlight and hush information in any way that is convenient for them. That includes your alternative tampon companies.
Cardi said during the beginning of her relationship with Offset, she stopped her period in order to have sex with him.
Ladies, sensuality is more than just wearing lingerie, dancing and being sexy. Sensuality is well being and taking care of your body ( especially your vagina) from the inside out. Sensuality is radical self love!
A new parody tampon commercial has women asking themselves if they would let a man go down on them or give them head while on their periods.
The degree to which men are afraid of periods, don’t want to talk about them, don’t want to be around their partners on their periods and overall like to pretend they don’t exist is maddening. If you’re a man, I bet your partner has had sex with you after you destroyed the bathroom following a […]
Charing says, the question about the price we pay for feminine hygiene products and if it's fair is an important one to consider.
For men, navigating a woman's time of the month can be like walking into a trap. But it doesn't have to be.