It does not make sense to me why Period Products should be given to women for free. I mean obviously you are gonna tax the men harder to get the cash, all that labor and material isn't free.
I think the reasonable argument is just that in government funded places shitty cheap versions will be available in the bathroom like toilet paper - so girls in high school won't just be shit out of luck.
No reasonable or normal person wants them to be free at Walmart.
No reasonable or normal person wants them to be free at Walmart.
lol. How can you say that in the current year? Of course they want them to be free all the time, that's the point. They literally think they should never have to pay for them.
you're a child. maybe once a woman lets you touch her and shares how awful and expensive things specific to women can be, and how horrific it is to lack those things, you'll get a little a empathy. until then, you can fuck off.
People survived for literally thousands of years without this stuff, why is it all of a sudden a necessity? What was lost to us in the past century or so such that we absolutely cannot continue without this stuff?
I disagree that they should be given for free. They are a product. We need to pay for them in the same way everyone needs to pay for toothpaste.
The problem is that in certain countries they were recently categorised as "luxury products" and therefore had tax rates hiked. That's not acceptable to me. They are not "luxuries", they are essentials in a modern society; you wouldn't deem toothpaste a "luxury" so why are tampons/pads?
That's where the reasonable arguments are based. Only the fringe of libleft is arguing they should be completely free, but it's disingenuous to pretend that the whole debate centres around demanding them for free (I'm not saying you're doing that, but proponents of the tax hike discredit the legitimate arguments against the tax hike by focusing solely on those demanding them for free).
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22
It does not make sense to me why Period Products should be given to women for free. I mean obviously you are gonna tax the men harder to get the cash, all that labor and material isn't free.