Should feminine hygiene products be free/subsidised?
It depends on what feminine hygiene products we are talking about, commercial options and tampons cause more problems than they are worth both environmentally speaking and health speaking, in their manufacturing methods and effects on vaginal health. It costs tax payers a lot to deal with the environmental cost and the cost of dealing with infections that more common options cause, they also do a lot to effect social attitudes that stand against female sexual health [e.g. scented tampons as vagina/menstruation is ‘smelly’, bleached pads because menstruation is ‘dirty’] There are plenty of options available that cost very little or are even free, for example menstrual cups cost around £20 for 10 years protection, homemade pads cost next to nothing, free-flow methods are totally free, none of these add to environmental damage or contribute to infections or life-threatening diseases. Most options people talk about when they ask this sort of question are commercial tampons and commercial p
