Posted on 11/27/2023 8:13:29 AM PST by lowbridge
New York state is ditching the terms “feminine hygiene products” and “sanitary napkins” in favor of more inclusive language, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Hochul this month signed into law the Health Equity and Opportunity legislative package, which replaces all instances and variations of the phrases in correction law, public health law and tax law, with gender non-specific terminology like “menstrual products and pads.”
Additionally, the legislative package requires free menstrual products be provided to students in private middle and high schools; requires cosmetologists to receive training in all hair types and patterns, including natural hair types; and designates March 8 each year as International Women’s Day.
The package is aimed at further supporting New York’s commitment to gender inclusivity and providing necessary resources to the state’s youth.
“We know now more than ever before the positive impact inclusivity has on communities, and in New York we’re taking the steps to ensure equity for all from healthcare to haircare,” said Hochul. “From simply updating the way certain products are referred to, to expanding access to vital resources for those who may need them most, as time progresses, so should our laws.”
State Sen. Roxanne J. Persaud, D-Southeast Brooklyn, said the bill to update the state’s language when it comes to menstrual products will help lift the stigma surrounding menstruation, and will aid in New York’s mission toward menstrual equity.
“Outdated terminology perpetuates stigma surrounding menstruation, which ultimately discourages conversations that enable access to basic resources,” said Persaud, who sponsored the bill. “This bill recognizes the simple reality that menstruation is not dirty, but rather a natural bodily function. In so doing, we take another step in lifting the stigma, combatting period poverty, and ensuring equal dignity for all individuals who menstruate throughout New York.”
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“Her replacement will make her look good. That’s how liberalism works..”
Biden makes Obama look like a patriot.
It boggles the mind how such a tiny delusional minority has been able to get so much power and influence over our culture.
How did they do it?
“sanitary napkin’? Does anybody use that term?...................”
Im my callow youth it was “on the rag” not “on the sanitary” napkin”.
Persistance, loud angry continuous persistance
“Hochul this month signed into law the Health Equity and Opportunity legislative package..”
I wish someone would slip her own death warrant in front of her! She’s so stupid she’d sign anything the filthy NY legislature gives her.
Ummm ...
That’s not a man.
That’s a crazy chick that cut her tits off.
Bharf!
If that wench wants to bleed on my car seat, I’ll be happy to drop a big fat smelly deuce on hers.
“Shark week supplies”?
Genius has its limits, but stupidity is unrestricted.
Themstruate?
Can we say, “Rag,” or “Cotton Pony? Or, “friend?”
Druggist: “are the tampons for your sister or mother?
Young boy: “No, they be for little Leroy! It say on the box “you can swim or ride a bike and Leroy don’t know how to do that!”
Go to your room!
Doubleplus good.
Well, back in the Navy us corpsmen had an unruly demented officer in the Neuro ward who we were trying to put one on cause he was bleeding. About 4 of us tried to hold him as he was standing. An old military RN came by and she was not pleased.. Then there was the daisy in the rectum on an old retired admiral who was a jerk., he thought it was a thermometer. Sometimes it was fun to be a corpsman.
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