Feminine hygiene is important to all women around the world, especially during their menstrual cycles. Maintaining feminine hygiene helps protect and prevent bacterial infections that could possibly lead to sterility, disease, cancer, and other health issues. However, in today’s society it has become difficult for some women and families to obtain these necessary products, specifically for girls in school. As a woman, I understand first hand how much a necessity pads and tampons are during a menstrual cycle. It is upsetting that even in 2017, women and girls are still not able to afford and obtain the hygiene products they need for their health, and in turn missing school because of it. All schools across the United States should have tampons and pads available to their female students for free.
Thirty-seven states in the U.S. have a state tax on feminine hygiene products (GHGP). Tampons have been taxed as a luxury in certain states, making them hard to afford for many women and their families. Some women have even reported giving up their food stamps in return for money, in order to buy the necessary products for their menstrual cycle. In developing and third world countries, sixty percent of women and girls do not have access to sanitary products, so why is a country as developed as the United
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Girls already miss school because of the discomfort that comes with their period, such as cramps and headaches. Adding onto their discomfort, not many families can financially support the purchasing of pads and/or tampons, resulting in many girls not going to school with the risk of bleeding out. For girls in that situation, where their families can’t afford the hygiene products, having them available for free at school would take a weight off their shoulders and eliminate having to use the excuse “I don’t have any pads”, to justify an
Women have no choice but to buy feminine hygiene products every month. Jeanne Sahadi, author of “ Is the ‘Tampon Tax’ unfair to Women,” argues that
A parent may think the college is placing the dispensers to increase sexual activity. The student can’t have intercourse on campus so what is the point of having the dispensers? “United States Representative Tom Coburn attacked that conclusion, claiming that the distribution of school condoms conflicts with “common sense” and increases condom use but does not necessarily lead to lower rates of either pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. The implementation of abstinence education in schools, he maintained, was followed by lower rates of teen pregnancies out of wedlock.” Having condoms can escalate students to explore and cause the students to get in dilemma.
A common argument from people opposed to the removal of sales tax on menstrual products is that if pads and tampons can be considered medical items, then items like band-aids and toilet paper ought to be considered medical too. They may argue that menstrual products are comparable to items like these, but menstrual products are goods unique in themselves and serve a specific purpose that cannot be replaced by something else. Band-aids can be replaced with other forms of bandages, but there exists no replacement item for pads and tampons. Additionally, toilet paper is easily accessible everywhere and free in public places, while menstrual products are not. (Weiss-Wolf)
The topic of birth control in public schools has attracted much support from the American public from surveyed statistics. For example, a 2006 Associated Press-Ipsos survey discovered that 67% of Americans support the provision of contraceptives to students. This study also determined that, “About as many - 62 percent - said they believe providing birth control reduces the number of teenage pregnancies” (Associated Press). Such a huge percentage suggests that Americans are very concerned about the increasing cases of teen pregnancies and would eagerly adopt any method that has a possibility of reducing this problem. In addition, the subjects in the poll indicated that they believe that contraception usage in schools has the potential of reducing teenage pregnancies. Many American people support the view points, that schools should offer contraceptives to students in schools. This can really help minimize...
Whenever someone hears the phrase, “toxic shock syndrome”, they think of tampons. Most people associate this syndrome with tampons because tampon boxes clearly warn toxic shock syndrome as a possible condition that can result in the ...
Traditional gender roles in the United States and other societies have always been dictated as where the man goes and works for a salary as women stay at home to take of house related work. However, many changes in the traditional family has made gender roles go through significant changes. Many women have gone through college and have obtained college education degrees, which has allowed women to advance their careers. The break down of rigid gender roles and the increase in participation of women in the workplace have granted women more choices in life. The choices many women now have in there career fields has made some controversial views on the intelligence of women achieving the status of their male counterparts The first view obtained in the workplace is the ability to make a even paying field for both men and women. Many constituents have pledge to achieve equality for women through laws forbidding the use of any sexist policies that may constitute discrimination against sex. The second is weather working women have been allowed to working women have the same opportunities rewarded to them as men do. Many political action committees have help perpetuate feminist movements which intended to build equal opportunity workplaces for both men and women however, many questionable issues still arise at weather working conditions have become better for women.
Women who worked factory jobs during World War II, faced a lot of problems. In Slacks & Calluses, the author brings attention to this. The women were degraded. They had to put up with ridiculous dress codes. They were made pariahs by other women. Some were not even seen as women. Yet, through all of the adversity and ridicule, these women became stronger because of their struggles.
In the movie “Spa Night,” it narrates a story that a filial second generation of Korean American tries to financially support his family after his family restaurant business went bankrupt, so he chose to secretly work in a spa instead of filling his parents’ desire to prepare and take the SAT exam. During his work in a Korean traditional spa place in LA, he observed customers’ homosexual behaviors while he started to orient his sexual preference. I think the director focuses more on reflecting the idea that the Korean-American parents from working class tend to neglect their children’s psychological education. Therefore, I deem the protagonist of “Spa Night”, David’s misconstruction of his sexual orientation was led by the pressure from his family and the whole American society.
Armand, Lione, Kapecki, Jon. 1975. ¡§Testing Tampons in Rochester: just what can you Rely on?¡¨ Jul23-Aug5. Rochester Patriot. Vol.3, No.14
I believe students are not trusted enough to use the restroom. We are high schoolers, we
Two states, California and Oregon, have begun to offer over-the-counter birth control as, beforehand, birth control could only be given with a doctor’s prescription (Almendrala). This practice is actually common within most of the world, but with the United States’ gradual acceptance, it will not only decrease teen pregnancy, but will have other benefits as well. Dr. Taraneh Shirazian, an assistant professor at NYU Langone Medical Center, said that “in many ways, by preventing pregnancy, you actually are lowering an individual woman’s risk for blood clots, in general.” Likewise, with the recent introduction and spreading of condom accessibility programs, male condom use has increased along with the decrease in teen pregnancy and even the spread of STDs and STIs (Alford). However, these programs do not encourage teens to engage in sex at an early age or to have more sexual partners, which also helps to lower the teen pregnancy rate
By having classes that discusses HIV, AIDS, and teen pregnancy teens may feel that having condoms distributed in schools is great to coincide with the classes being taught at the school. Condoms are the first method of birth control for teens and are a great start for teens that are having sex if they are not sure their parents should be involved in their decision on having sex. Plan B is the most popular birth control on the market and is being offered at universities for students for $25. Mangu-Wa... ... middle of paper ... ....
We as students play an important role in this struggle, both as advocates for choice and as people deserving control of our futures and reproductive capacities. One million American teenagers become pregnant each year, and 78% of pregnancies in American women aged 18-19 are unintended. Over one third of women said that their reason for having an abortion was that having a child would interfere with attendance at school; over a quarter said they could not afford to support a child because they were a student or about to become one. Studies also show that women over 25 earned on average $12,897 if they went to high school but had not graduated versus $31,071 if they had a bachelor's degree. The reality is clear: students need choice and women need education. (http://www.choiceusa.org/facts03.html)
Many people have different feelings about cleaning. I need my area to be clean to be able to focus, so I like to clean unless I am told to clean. Cleaning makes me feel peaceful and keeps my head on straight and helps me feel more in charge. Some people don’t like to clean and that is alright. When it comes to cleaning, it’s really about whatever makes the person feel good; but every adult needs to be able to clean up after himself or herself and those he or she provides for.
The issue of gender neutral bathrooms and transgender bathrooms is a hot topic right now in North America. Some people are strongly for it and others are going to great lengths to stop it. The majority of public bathrooms in Canada and The United States of America are gender segregated. Public bathrooms are one of the last places to still be separated by gender. Men and women work with each other, sit next to each other in restaurants, use public pools together, and much more. A bathroom with a locked stall, or single occupancy washrooms with a lock, should not be much different. When the idea was raised by the LGBTQIA*+ community to have transgender bathrooms or gender neutral bathrooms, North America was divided. There were those with no