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CMV: Period products don’t need to be free.

Yeah, please don’t kill me lol

But anyway, I don’t understand why period products need to be free. I mean it’d be nice because you can save some money. But those period products are made because manufacturers need money, right? I just don’t understand why people are complaining about period products not being free when there are other really important things that cost money (food, medicine, prescription contacts/glasses, housing, healthcare, etc. all cost money, some of which could get very expensive). Especially food. Your body literally needs nutrients to survive and food isn’t free at least as far as I know. Why don’t people complain about that instead? Does this mean that the examples I’ve listed and everything else should be free?? I just don’t get why period products need to be free, because everything comes at a cost.

BTW I’m a female who uses period products.

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Thanks for your input :)
gpt
I think that, first off, it's worth noting that the vast majority of people advocating for free period products aren't saying that all period products should be free all the time, but that people unable to afford them should have the ability to obtain them free of charge.  This is also a consistent position with the other necessities you mentioned; in the U.S., we have food banks and food stamps for when people can't afford food, and many people argue that we should follow the examples of other nations and also provide housing and healthcare.  These are issues with a fair amount of advocacy behind all these issues.

As for why period products themselves need to be freely available, we've built a society that is generally hostile to periods, a lack of period products can prevent you from being allowed go to work, study at school, or just sit down in a large number of establishments.  These are artificial limitations on people, for something they have absolutely no control over, and are well within our ability to remove, so many people think we should remove them.