City officials are organizing a pilot for stocking libraries, community centers, schools, shelters and other municipal buildings with menstrual products for women who might otherwise have trouble getting them, City Councilor Gabriela Coletta says.
At a council meeting yesterday, Coletta said City Hall is looking at an initial $125,000 cost to obtains tampons and pads and to then distribute them among city buildings. She added that, longer term, the city is considering something similar for birth-control products, now that the city has "reproductive health deserts" after the recent closures of several Walgreens
"Period poverty is real," and Boston is behind other municipalities in helping women ensure they don't have to decide between the products and other necessities.
She added she is tired of the stigmatization of a normal bodily function that roughly half the population experiences.
"We're talking about periods, everybody!" she told fellow councilors.
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By anon
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 10:52pm
Competitive marketplace? Pipe down, Money Bags. The decent products that don't leak, spill, stain or fall apart are expensive. The competitive market does not give a flying fibroid about fairness, and you don't either. Maybe take a survey of the women in your life and see how they feel about this concept. You may be surprised.
Thank you for mansplaining
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 3:02am
Competitive market?
Why don't we just call this a Uterus Tax, since men never have to find money to pay for these things in that competitive market.
Or in other words "I got mine
By xyz
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 4:33am
Or in other words "I got mine, so fuck you".
Magoo sez
By MisterMagooForYoo
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 2:58pm
Magoo is on a quest, or, questing, if you will, to have bidets installed in all public restrooms. Magoo.
One problem
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 7:05pm
I like my bidet at home, but I also have access to ways to dry off after.
Kind of tricky in a public toilet.
Still?
By lbb
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 9:03am
I really wonder what's wrong with the thirteen people who upvoted you and your feces fetish.
And don’t you just wish you could hunt those ….
By Lee
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 10:54am
…. 13 down and spread your bile all over them.
Seriously, you seem extra vicious and nonsensical lately. I know you have medical issues you’ve admitted too, but get a grip! If not for others, for yourself.
You make Magoo seem like good company in comparison.
Oh Lee
By lbb
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 11:18am
I guess the same cannot be said of you, since you're always extra vicious and nonsensical. You pick pointless fights and make unnecessary enemies constantly.
Act your age, boy.
Put down the keyboard
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 6:01pm
Go somewhere where you encounter actual things happening and find a sense of proportion and a modicum of basic reality.
This will meet a huge need
By ST
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 3:20pm
I volunteer regularly at my local food pantry, and the weeks that we have tampons and pads available to distribute, there is a big demand for them. Interestingly I’ve noticed that about 90% of women will choose pads instead of tampons. Not sure how much is cultural habit or personal preference or pads being a safer choice when size is not selectable. If these institutions plan to stock supplies in a vending-machine sort of format, I hope they do it in a way that can accommodate a larger stock of pads.
feminine hygiene products
By hrose
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 5:40pm
Or possibly because using the "wrong" size pad has less drastic circumstances than wearing the "wrong" size tampon.
Speculation
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 7:06pm
They buy the specific tampon types they like and use the pads as backup?
Some people prefer pads
By mg
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 9:13pm
For a wide variety of reasons, including comfort, ease of use, and it's easier to pace how you use them since you can see whether or not you need to change them and therefore use fewer. Also, some people use both together.
So, is the mayor or the city
By anon
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 8:57am
So, is the mayor or the city council doing anything to foster a period product charity? What about the Boston religious communities?
This is just a pilot
By adamg
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 9:43am
Coletta said that if it works, the city will need to get into way more details, such as how to procure large amounts of the products.
What do the religious communities have to do with this?
By fungwah
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 10:58am
I'm not really sure how that's relevant here.
Huh?
By lbb
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 11:20am
Why is it the job of government to "foster charity" instead of using public money paid by the people to take care of people's needs? Perhaps so we can turn the providing of public services over to religious organizations that will then decide who will receive these services based on their compliance with religious dogma?
Another man-on
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 04/07/2023 - 6:04pm
More mansplaining Atlas shrugged manoise from someone who will never have to return bottles and scrounge couch change or bleed all over everything.
Not just women
By Transphobia Watch
Sat, 04/08/2023 - 6:56am
Menstrual products are needed by people of any gender who menstruate.
Please hire an editor who can make sure your site is inclusive of people of all genders.
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