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Students aim to make feminine hygiene products more accessible on campus (James Madison University)
The Breeze (JMU Student Paper) ^ | March 2, 2017 | by Anthea Liu

Posted on 03/02/2017 1:14:09 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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1 posted on 03/02/2017 1:14:09 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well good. Those boys need them.


2 posted on 03/02/2017 1:16:56 PM PST by The Toll
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“There is this weird trend of period shaming and, like, this stigma around periods in general,

I'm 50 years old and I have never in my life heard anyone "shame" a woman for having a period. This is insanity. Its a solution looking for a problem.

3 posted on 03/02/2017 1:17:16 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is the availability or knowledge of how to use menstrual supplies really this big a problem?????

I’m a man, without personal experience in this area. But I know there are many fine women Freepers who could let us know, what is the real deal; what is the experience with women as they undergo menstruation????


4 posted on 03/02/2017 1:17:21 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How ‘accessible’ do these products need to be before the women begin supplying themselves?
Must it be like having ‘A Taco Truck on every corner’, the college campus overrun with vendors? I think not.


5 posted on 03/02/2017 1:18:32 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wonder if the women realize how stupid this is implying they are?


6 posted on 03/02/2017 1:19:39 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“There is this weird trend of period shaming and, like, this stigma around periods in general, which to me makes absolutely no sense,” Linscott said.

Who shames girls/women for having periods, at least in this country?

7 posted on 03/02/2017 1:22:47 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Every woman I’ve dated has had the sense to carry such “products” during and leading up to “that time”.

By college, girls/women should already have a sense when to expect their period.


8 posted on 03/02/2017 1:23:13 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They don’t want feminine hygiene products to be more accessible on campus.

They want FREE feminine hygiene products to be more available on campus.

All the normal females I have known carried something along with them for emergencies.

Especially when they knew it was the time of the month for THE VISITOR to stop by.


9 posted on 03/02/2017 1:23:24 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler ("Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory." --Miguel de Cervantes)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There should be people roaming the campus with a Batman utility belt or even a bandolier of tampons and pads so that a student who gets her period can have instant access to the necessary absorbent materials.

These people will, of course, be paid well with full benefits and will represent a full cross-section of the desired level of campus diversity (minus males, of course).

Their callsign will be Red Beaver. They’ll wear a hat with a red flashing light that, when illuminated, will require all male students in sight to assume a position of subjugation and repentance with eyes looking down they do not offend or embarrass any female students.


10 posted on 03/02/2017 1:23:52 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: lee martell
How ‘accessible’ do these products need to be before the women begin supplying themselves?


11 posted on 03/02/2017 1:24:27 PM PST by C210N
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To: The Toll
> Well good. Those boys need them.

True story:

(I'm hetero male.) On a date long ago, all dressed up and at a nice restaurant, and girlfriend suddenly realizes she is getting her period. She is unprepared (no supplied on hand). Asks me to go into the ladies bathroom and get her a sanitary napkin.

I had to ask a stranger (female) to go in for me, because I didn't want to be seen going into the ladies room.

I would have been very pleased if such supplies were stocked in the men's room, jokes aside.

12 posted on 03/02/2017 1:25:24 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Seriously, do these females need sanitary napkins/tampons inside classroom, next to each desk ?


13 posted on 03/02/2017 1:26:32 PM PST by jennychase
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>>Who shames girls/women for having periods, at least in this country?

Women do. They are the ones who train men to fear the period (and the PMS and the post-MS). They teach men to associate all sorts of bad behavior with menstruation.


14 posted on 03/02/2017 1:26:38 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: Repeal 16-17

These crybabies can never actually NAME anyone! What are you, some kind of Gustapo?


15 posted on 03/02/2017 1:26:40 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They want people 100% depending on them for everything.


16 posted on 03/02/2017 1:27:31 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I don’t know the history of when these products first became widely available and mass-produced, but let’s say it was in the early 1900’s, so maybe 100 years ago or approaching 100 years.

So now we seem to have the first generation of COLLEGE STUDENTS, after 100 years, who are not smart enough to plan ahead to carry a couple of items in their 40 pound backpacks, and want to paint themselves as victims for being expected to do so.

Next, the college students will expect free gas pumps all over campus, in case they run out of gas, and have no other solution.

As for practical experience: You can likely purchase these supplies in many of the restrooms on campus. Many of us have, at some time in our lives, asked another female for the supplies, if we were in dire need.

I am pretty sure it is NOT safe to say that every woman has had the experience of ruining a chair.


17 posted on 03/02/2017 1:28:07 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

at age fifteen working at a nursing home taking home 57 dollars per week, I funded my apartment, my education, my own birth control and all of the feminine hygiene products I needed. Along with food, entertainment, clothing, and electricity.

What is wrong with these pussy cats?


18 posted on 03/02/2017 1:28:45 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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Almost all women carry a cosmetic pouch in their purse w/ pain meds, brush,powder, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. C’mon, I am a woman & my little pouch has everything you need to freshen up etc. I guarantee most women are prepared. I have never been period shamed. Is this stuff made up? Plus most women’s bathrooms sell them.

Woman up. Sheesh


19 posted on 03/02/2017 1:28:55 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: C210N

Exactly. It seems that they practically bring it to your door if you qualify.


20 posted on 03/02/2017 1:29:17 PM PST by lee martell
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