Like sanitary towels. Tampons etc etc?
I remember being a young girl and having to steal tampons as I was too embaressed to go into a shop and buy them! Daft I know!
I think you should get these free from school etc, plus why oh why are they so expensive? I dont understand how you can get condoms for free - sex is a choice not a necessity - but you have to pay for tampons?
2006-06-22 21:22:53 · 17 answers · asked by Hannah 4 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Notice its men who say no! You try bleading from a hole for 7 days a week! What would you do if you where homeless living on the streets. Or a young girl with no money?
2006-06-22 21:30:31 · update #1
I suppose they could do a free version - equilivant of NHS Speks! And then other companies could do there own and sell them for whatever, there should be a free option though, even if its a poor quality!
2006-06-22 21:36:04 · update #2
I totally agree- they should be on the NHS. Otherwise, manufacturers can set prices- the reason they are so expensive is that they are a necessity.
If not using sanitary products resulted in pregnancy, the government would be falling over themselves to dole them out for free!
2006-06-22 21:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sitting Still 4 · 8⤊ 7⤋
Unfortunately it's the same as some other essentials in life. It's something women just cannot do without, the fact that condoms are free is because, well the govt. don't wanna keep paying out on treatment for STDS, unplanned pregnancies etc. You can have sex without wearing a condom but you can't have your period without sanitary products. It's guaranteed income I'm afraid and as usual woman suffer, if men had periods sanitary products would not only be free they'd be delivered to your door!!
2006-06-22 21:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a fair point. Although I do remeber getting a free pack when we did pastoral care at school. The class told us about the whomb and how it worked, etc. The only problen was, by then, most of the girls in my clas had already started menstrating.
They should give them away free, but I think you should have to ask a teacher for them, cause if the were just in the loos or something they'd be taken and messed with, not actually used for the purpose they're meant. You know what teenagers are like! LOL
2006-06-22 21:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe sanitary products should be free. Even the cheap ones shouldn't be free ... then again, have you ever tried those cheap ones where it feels like you have a swimming pool towel rolled up in between your legs?! Bad bad bad! In today's' economics, there is product and demand and the product could and most likely would go down hill, leaving females with poor products and susceptible to who knows what when today we pay for what we get. I have control and confidence this way.
2006-06-22 21:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by Dianne M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The condom argument is a fair one. Free in some places where they might need to be free, yes. Everywhere else, they should be exempt from sales tax and governments should kick asss if any price-fixing goes on. Otherwise it's a commodity - food isn't free, right?
2006-06-22 21:26:13 · answer #5 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No then everything should be free. If you think about it for the price pads and tampons are not that expensive. If you can't afford them then ask someone for help if I was shopping and a young women asked me for help with feminine hygiene products I would help her out.
2006-06-23 00:09:40 · answer #6 · answered by Nascar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that they should be a free supply of basic sanitary products availaible for free in schools, homeless centres and hospitals. I don't think they should be free everywhere and for people wo have decent incomes but for children and those without money they should be free.
(Comdoms are free to avoild 14 year olds getting pregnant.)
2006-06-22 23:15:28 · answer #7 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like medications i think that sanitary products should be free for those of a lower income and given on prescription from the Doctor or nurse, but you do pay for what you get and at about £1.50 for a pack of 12
2006-06-22 22:05:13 · answer #8 · answered by tone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah they should be given free for the sake of the poor who cannot afford. this prevents the spread opf vaginal diseases caused by dirt.
ont he other hand giving them free without education on how to use them doesn't help. teach them on its relevance and give them free or be sold with reduced prices.
2006-06-22 21:32:56 · answer #9 · answered by celestine w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they should be free. Alteast pads should because they are cheaper and tampons are more of a choice.
2006-06-23 10:09:04 · answer #10 · answered by robot_17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't need to be free, but I am always surprised that they are taxed as "luxury items" - unbelievable!!
2006-06-23 00:21:20 · answer #11 · answered by zara c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋