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If they want to provide a service for women, fine - even though it's something else students and families are forced to pay for...[/quote]
Well we are forced to pay for brand new football stadiums or a brand new gym, or a new basketball court for a small percentage of the students to use. At least this is something 50% of the student body can use. It's just coming out of the tuition cost or dorm cost. I think most logical people would see that this is a smarter thing to spend money on then other things. And it will genuinely help students. I don't know how a new basketball court that I can't use but pay for helps me?
The boyfriend can put them in their wallet or pocket if that's such a concern. Put them in the glove box of your car.
Somehow relationships have survived without a man running in the restroom to get a spare.
What are women going to do if they are out in the men's restroom after T-310 has thrown them all in the trash? The same thing that has been done for the first 240 years of this country's existence.
This is ridiculous.
I'm with you. How has this become a concern. Thirty years of menstruating and I never had a tampon shortage. Women use to keep that emergency product in their purse (they even make special little tampon holders), they would borrow from a friend or get one out of a pay machine. Heck after menopause I was finding plugs stashed all over the place for years.
I'm with you. How has this become a concern. Thirty years of menstruating and I never had a tampon shortage. Women use to keep that emergency product in their purse (they even make special little tampon holders), they would borrow from a friend or get one out of a pay machine. Heck after menopause I was finding plugs stashed all over the place for years.
Always hated those pay machines because they're never stocked. And ya never know until you put your money in. In all my years, I don't think I've ever seen or used one that was actually stocked with products. When I was younger (16?) and more innocent to the ways of the world, I had the "audacity" to ask a manager at a movie theater about having one restocked.
It's not really a concern persay. Just a "hey, a basket of courtesy menstrual products would make for a great nicety."
Judging from the replies on this thread, I think it's a mistake to assume that PMS is limited to women.
Making these products available is a courtesy. I think of it as being along the same lines as keeping the bathrooms well-stocked with toilet paper, hand soap, and paper towels.
As for keeping them in the men's room, well, even if a trans man never needs them in there, just think, guys: you can be a hero by fetching one for your wife or girlfriend when they run out in the ladies' room. Yay, you, you big hunk! Even if you never need to do this, I can assure you, the sight of a wall dispenser is not going to make you impotent, so just relax, okay?
Seriously!
There are bathrooms outside of the US where it isn't taken for granted that toilet paper should be free, either. In places where it isn't given free, you either carry it around in your purse or pay for a few squares on your way in, similar to the way we typically handle tampons now. I think we can all agree that while this is totally doable (although maybe a bit trickier for men, who don't generally carry a purse), it is much nicer to have free access to a roll in the stall. Similarly, it is totally possible to carry a tampon or pad around just in case, but I've certainly appreciated a basket of free tampons in the bathroom in an emergency before.
It's not really a concern persay. Just a "hey, a basket of courtesy menstrual products would make for a great nicety."
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Seriously!
but I've certainly appreciated a basket of free tampons in the bathroom in an emergency before.
Yes its a nicety if your a menstruating female who forgot to carry your products while away from home, but at the taxpayers expense or other students expense? A mint would be nice too, some dental floss just in case I have something stuck in my teeth, some hand lotion maybe, feminine hygiene spray if I'm not feeling exactly springtime fresh, a complimentary tube of jock itch ointment and monkey butt powder for the dudes.
I almost feel its yet another step in removing ones personal responsibility. Some of these college students now cant address an envelope, balance a checkbook, write a resume or file a tax return.
Considering the cost of a full hysterectomy, it's very unlikely that a transgender man who is a full-time college would be able to afford one. So slight hormonal fluctuations can (and do) sometimes lead to a transgender man having a menstrual cycle.
Fairly simple concept.
And really not that expensive to have a small amount present.
That and women who wind up needing to go and the men's room being unoccupied, so they use it.
Which has happened for AGES on college campuses.
Most college kids aren't as hung up on this crap as old people are.
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Yes its a nicety if your a menstruating female who forgot to carry your products while away from home, but at the taxpayers expense or other students expense? A mint would be nice too, some dental floss just in case I have something stuck in my teeth, some hand lotion maybe, feminine hygiene spray if I'm not feeling exactly springtime fresh, a complimentary tube of jock itch ointment and monkey butt powder for the dudes.
I almost feel its yet another step in removing ones personal responsibility. Some of these college students now cant address an envelope, balance a checkbook, write a resume or file a tax return.
Major corporations often provide tampons, maxi pads, etc in restrooms.
Big deal.
It's a courtesy. Does anyone want the menstruating members of society to walk around with bloody pants?
Sheesh.
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I can understand disagreeing with the decision. I cannot for the life of me see how throwing anything out is a constructive reaction.
Is being reminded of the existence of the female cycle that traumatic?
You're talking to infantile cons who haven't progressed past the 3rd grade.
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