Free period products becomes law in Scotland: feminism is about special privileges, not equality

 Source BBC

"This is another big milestone for period dignity campaigners and grassroots movements which shows the difference that progressive and bold political choices can make.

"As the cost-of-living crisis takes hold, the Period Products Act is a beacon of hope which shows what can be achieved when politicians come together for the good of the people we serve."

Georgie Nicholson from Hey Girls said Scotland providing free period products was a "really huge" milestone

Georgie Nicholson told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland that the organisation had run a study before the pandemic which indicated that one in four women in Scotland had faced period poverty at some point.

"There's a very simple way to describe period poverty: you go to the supermarket and you have to actually choose whether you can buy a bag of pasta or a box of tampons. It's that basic," she said.

"We hear of a lot of mothers going without their period protection just so they can feed their children and using things such as newspaper stuffed into socks or bread... because they're cheaper than period products."

Ms Nicholson added that Scotland becoming the first country in the world to provide free period products was a "really huge" milestone.

Scotland's social justice secretary Shona Robison said providing access to free period products was "fundamental to equality and dignity".

All we have are women's needs being identified and accommodated for free.

Where is the program to identify men's needs and to facilitate them? Men's ejaculation, Erectile dysfunction(ED), prostatitis, incontinence, etc also are essential.