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Free tampons would slow flow of gender inequality
Daily Bruin [UCLA] ^ | July 20, 2015 | Zoey Freedman

Posted on 08/05/2015 3:02:22 AM PDT by One_Upmanship

To most government officials, feminine hygiene products are a luxury item. But, every day, women are being poisoned by their own bodies because they lack access to even the most essential health products.

Meanwhile, most men have no problem getting covered for pills that will help them get a boner.

Although still greatly outnumbered and underpaid compared to their male counterparts, women have made so much progress. Yet inequality still lies in the most basic areas of human well-being. Women are still facing unequal treatment when it comes to health care and are paying out of pocket for necessary female health products, particularly tampons and pads.


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To: tet68

“Does PPH do prostate exams?”

Yes, many PP centers offer full men’s health services, too.


21 posted on 08/05/2015 4:26:33 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: One_Upmanship

I’m not quite old enough but I was raised by two women who were - no tampons, no pads. Just rags that had to be washed out every month.


22 posted on 08/05/2015 4:27:14 AM PDT by Mercat (I will only vote prolife)
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To: One_Upmanship
Also, this calls for some music.

Maestro, if you please, Rag Mama Rag

23 posted on 08/05/2015 4:30:03 AM PDT by csvset
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To: One_Upmanship

This socialist idiot wants someone to pay for her tampons. She must have been separated from Sandra Fluke at birth.


24 posted on 08/05/2015 4:33:26 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: One_Upmanship; Vaquero; Louis Foxwell
Free tampons would slow flow of gender inequality

That is a most unfortunate title...

25 posted on 08/05/2015 4:38:47 AM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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To: One_Upmanship
is there anything these mutts DON'T want free???
26 posted on 08/05/2015 4:38:59 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: One_Upmanship

Great title!


27 posted on 08/05/2015 4:39:15 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: One_Upmanship

Since this issue may or may not impact those who identify as women, no pattern of discrimination can be established. Therefore, there is not an issue to be addressed.


28 posted on 08/05/2015 4:48:12 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: One_Upmanship

Wow! The author and the topic was destroyed in the now closed comment section. Maybe there is hope after all...


29 posted on 08/05/2015 4:54:13 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: Sirius Lee
Men and women are not equal; They are complimentary. God designed us this way for a reason. That’s not to say that there are not strong women and weak men, but on average, we are not equal.

In the eye of God, they are of "equal worth or value" (not referring to monetary value alone), but emotional, social, spiritual and physical/biological (the latter because you can't naturally reproduce unless both are involved). Yes, they are definitely "complimentary", as it was intended to be.

That said, on this material plane, if I were to be paid less than a male for a job I perform, and meet the same requirements & standards, and with the same qualifications, I'd be offended. Not for 'gender-inequality', but for not recognizing the same effort and value I add.

30 posted on 08/05/2015 4:56:32 AM PDT by odds
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To: wetgundog
I grew up in rural South and we knew when the gals were menstruating because they only had on one sock.
31 posted on 08/05/2015 4:58:47 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Those who want others to pay for their Viagra refer to their need for it as a “medical condition”.


32 posted on 08/05/2015 5:02:30 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: One_Upmanship

This incompetent writer is what today’s colleges are producing.


33 posted on 08/05/2015 5:06:17 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: 9YearLurker; Louis Foxwell
To answer your question. In medicine and biology is a concept called homeostasis. Homeostasis is the tendency of an organism to maintain its normal functioning. Health insurers have traditionally paid for claims for people to return to homeostasis. So for women homeostasis means that they have menses and ovulation. This is why insurers never paid for birth control, it is designed to interrupt the normal functioning of a woman's body. Now if a woman had a reason she couldn't menstruate an insurer would pay claims for her to try to correct that.

For a normal functioning male achieving an erection is also normal. For a male to be unable to achieve one is considered a medical condition. So insurers traditionally paid for claims for corrections for erectile dysfunction. To pay for tampons or pads - you could make an equivalent argument that insurers should pay for toilet paper.

34 posted on 08/05/2015 5:28:08 AM PDT by Dad was my hero
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To: Vermont Lt
Men get coverage for Viagra?
As a rule no, but there may be an insurance company out there that does.
Cialis is covered by some insurance companies if it's prescribed for BPH (enlarged prostate).
35 posted on 08/05/2015 5:37:09 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Blueflag

About $300 for 15 blue pills.


36 posted on 08/05/2015 5:39:10 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Louis Foxwell

To boldly function where no man has functioned before.


37 posted on 08/05/2015 5:46:43 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: Dad was my hero

Not really as men get older—or there wouldn’t be such a huge market for the stuff.


38 posted on 08/05/2015 5:46:50 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: One_Upmanship

Too funny :)


39 posted on 08/05/2015 5:48:23 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: 9YearLurker

I didn’t say anything about as men and aging. There are war vets that return from Iraq and part of PTSD can also include erectile dysfunction. I don’t discount that people use it and possibly don’t need it but for coverage it had to have a diagnosis from a recognized medical provider. There are psychological reasons and physical reasons for erectile dysfunction. But for women (or this idiotic writer) to want someone else to pay for their “protection” is just more societal idiocy. That won’t eradicate gender differences. These people are self-hating idiots.


40 posted on 08/05/2015 5:58:31 AM PDT by Dad was my hero
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