Menstruation Taboo Challenged in Push for Free Tampons at Public Facilities
By Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times
Call it the period paradox. Everyone knows most girls and women menstruate, but even in the age of oversharing, periods are treated like a dirty little secret.
Now a growing number of advocates, entrepreneurs and female lawmakers are challenging the taboo, talking about menstruation publicly (and, yes, in mixed company). They want periods put squarely on the public agenda, and are demanding that businesses and government take menstruation into consideration when they design facilities, develop budgets, supply schools or create anti-poverty programs. And they want tampons in every public restroom. And they want them to be free.
For those who are squeamish about all this, the message is: Get used to it.
“I think many people, men and women, are probably a little uncomfortable thinking or talking about menstruation,” said Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y. “We’re thinking of how we can change the conversation.”
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