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It’s Not Just the Tampon Tax: Why Periods Are Political - The New York Times

My response to It’s Not Just the Tampon Tax: Why Periods Are Political in the NY Times.

Primary Response
It is about so much more than menstruation. Given our sexist, inequitable society, women's concerns and human welfare are given short-shrift. Areas where women would be the most benefit, although maybe more so society at large would be helped, is with children and child-care, health and welfare concerns, reproductive health issues, violence and guns, education and jobs. The 'tampon tax' is simply emblematic of a large socio-political problem.
Secondary Response, to a sexist rant
@Jon F - People can argue the specifics, usually nitpicking each other's arguments, but the problem is larger than tampons and viagra. The issue is emblematic of other concerns of our society, whereby men make decisions that harm women or benefit men without realizing the result is a product of biases. Men are aware and sympathetic to items affecting men, but unaware and unsympathetic to concerns of women.

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