pog-mo-bhlog:smoldovahkiin:ayeforscotland:wynne-keyler:ayeforscotland:Scotland is one of the first c
pog-mo-bhlog:smoldovahkiin:ayeforscotland:wynne-keyler:ayeforscotland:Scotland is one of the first countries in the world to be trialling free sanitary products for women.How fucking cool are we?Not at all?◾Sanitary products isn’t a human right and it’s an immensely sexist action to choose to waste of all citizens’ tax money on something that only fertile women can utilise!!◾All over the world, the majority of homeless people are men. Why NOT provide something everyone they could use?How about free toilet paper, right? Oh, you mean that’s free sometimes? How absolutely unfair that businesses and the state have elected to provide all its citizens with restrooms when outside of their homes. More shelters fore eceryone?Student grants for everyone?Populist waste of money, Scotland. ◾Have none of you entitled people ever heard of fabric pads? Or menstrual cups? You can sew reusable fabric pads of whatever fabric you have lying around and wash them in clean water between uses.A Menstrual cup is a one time investment for however long it lasts you.DISPOSABLE tampons™ and pads™ ARE A MODERNLUXURYPRODUCT.Get over it.◾Why would someone being for men’s rights disqualify then from having a legitimate argument? (as you imply in your tags)I’m sorry, but that just makes you sound intolerant and gleefully sexist on purpose.Not very endearing to your cause.All it convinced me of is that modern feminists clearly have a biased agenda to only further women specific interests.Not one line you wrote advocated for the equality of both sexes. As someone who clearly doesn’t live in Scotland, how about you stop making mental assumptions?Education is currently free for everyone who lives in Scotland. Student grants, bursaries and loans are available and done on a means-based application system.As a man, yes I am a man, I find it pretty pathetic that you’d come on this blog to piss all over yourself like a crybaby because you think hygiene products are a ‘luxury item.’ Well Scotland is here to tell you that they aren’t, we’re changing the system. If you don’t like it, fuck off.As for homelessness, the Scottish government have just invested a further £10 million to end rough sleeping. So yeah, we are fucking cool, and some wee prick screaming their nut off on tumblr about ‘real equality’ isn’t gonna change that.Dude can’t even get some basic facts right dear lord1. “Only fertile women can use” - i reccomend you learn more biology. infertile women get periods. google is free buddy.2. “Most homeless people are men” - in case you didn’t actually read beyond “free sanitary products” it’s also for low income houses. as in people like single mothers, young children in the care system, disabled people, families who rely on food banks (Hey look a thing that helps all genders in poverty) and can’t afford to pay out for disposable sanitary products. it’s not just a case of homelessness.3. Fabric pads and menstrual cups - since this is a public post I won’t go into the reasons I can only use non insertive sanitary products but many people rely on only pads for a variety of reasons. so menstrual cups aren’t perfect. (Heard of leaking? Realise they break or don’t fit?) Also, making my own fabric pad? I’m out the house from 6.30am to sometimes as late as 8pm. Am I just supposed to walk out of class to the public sink area and let everyone watch me wash my cut up rag pad multiple times a day? And then if i don’t wash it well enough, hello UTI because this fabric is tight and not breathable and now I need a week of antibiotics and run the risk of a kidney infection too! And I’m sure that would be easy to deal with as a homeless person too /sarcasm. Oooor i could use the free pads that my college offers and take 2 minutes to change them when needed so I’m not wasting work time and so that I’m missing out on infections!These are problems that ONLY people who menstruate face so yes the Scottish government makes a solution that benefits only those it affects. Sorry the world doesn’t revolve solely around you. And like @ayeforscotland said, Scotland is actually doing more for homeless people of all genders, perhaps if you weren’t so wilfully ignorant you’d know that.Also, how do you expect homeless women to use reusable sanitary products? Homeless. Wow yeah they’re definitely going to have access to the proper fascilities to hygenically clean and reuse the products aren’t they? -- source link