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.
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 risk of toxic shock syndrome from using a Diva Cup is almost nonexistent. It doesn’t absorb your blood the way tampons do, but rather just catches it, so it doesn’t irritate your vaginal tissue or transfer any chemicals to your vaginal tissue.
Fibroids are very common, affecting black women 2-3 times more than white women.