I recently saw an Instagram post by @attndotcom about a woman who is fighting to put free feminine care products in women’s bathrooms across the nation. Women will always pay for period products every month — us as women go through so much that we cannot control; such as having periods!!! Instead of being able to receive free products, we must pay for everything plus extra taxing on the items. Reading the article got me thinking about how much women have to pay for feminine products throughout our lifetime.
Huff Post stated that:
1 tampon every 6 hours = 4 tampons per day x 5 days of a period = 20 tampons per cycle x 456 periods = 9,120 tampons. At 36 tampons per box, that’s 253.3 boxes x $7 = $1,773.33.
5 liners per cycle x 456 periods = 2,280 pads. At 36 pads per box, that’s 63.3 boxes x $7 = $443.33