Tweedledee and Tweedledum and I were talking about the repression of woman a few nights ago. It was one of those late night, booze fuled conversations which is more an intellectual wanking session then a constructive conversation. But the whole thing reminded me of something I was thinking about a long time ago.
Every month a woman menstruates. I don’t know how it happens or why but I do know that you have to use tampons or pads, or more commonly both. So once a month, on average you need 1 pack of tampons and 1 pack of pads. Some woman need more, some woman need less, but this is about 100:- a month. 100:- a month!!! That’s 1200:- a year!! From the age of 13 to 46 (the average age of menopause on Wikipedia) that’s 39,600:-!!! Think about that. Why do woman have to pay almost 40,000:- during their lives for something they can’t control. It’s not right. And think about a family of 3 daughters and a mother!! That’s bullshit. Gudrun Schyman has to have brought this topic up before.. Maybe I should write her a letter. If men had periods do you think pads and tampons would be free? I do.
Then there’s birth control. No one should pay for that either in any country in the world. I would think that would help with over population. Or maybe if birth control was free and prevalent around the world, people would stop reproducing. And the human race would die out. But besides money, I think birth control will never be free because men will always want to repress womans sexuality. Oh yeah… I said it.
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You should get a mooncup, I’ve got one, they are like £13, about $25, and they last forever, more environmentally friendly (cos no waste), and you don’t feel like a big slave to the companies, lapping up their horrible adverts about how embarrassing menstruating is. And much cheaper in the long run, and no chance of toxic shock syndrome. They are a bit scary at first, but once you get the hang of them, they are actually less hassle. They need changing less often than tampons after the first day. You feel good n sorted using one. http://www.mooncup.co.uk/
Anyway.. I mean not to advertise, I just saw your post on my tag surfer, and could not not comment..
the fact there’s even TAX on sanitary towels, now that pisses me off.
Anyway, I’m with ya. Get a mooncup. Safer, greener, cheaper, as they say..
But now I feel like I’m bossing you around.. sorry.
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Ha! I sound like spam!
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A “man tax”! That’s funny. I would refuse to pay, of course, as a gay man.
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Hmmm, a mooncup. It does look scary, but maybe worth a try, maybe mostly to ease my mind from thinking about Toxin Shock Syndrome all the time.
Yeah, and what’s up with those adverts making woman feel embarrassed about it! So insulting. Thanks for the tip. -
Jks: I hadn’t thought of the gay man population. See, this is why Sweden is great. The government just takes what they want and we don’t have to think about what it’s actually being used for. At least I don’t think about it.
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