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Published: 2017-09-12
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBpR5GiCA10
all schools can be kind of tough back when I was a girl I struggled with taming might ever frizzy Ryan like hair and matching my braces he doesn't let's not forget puberty a magical time in any young person's life when voices get lower swat levels get hired bodies change and for girls that means getting your Mary and but I why don't we continue to with her
about something that's a natural part of any woman's life but %HESITATION I don't whisper about mine instead I call it Lucifer's waterfall or shark week what I mean called middle school now but my pureed still follow me to high school for some of the men in the room and even some women all of this period talk maybe making you feel uncomfortable that's exactly the problem we
live in a society that heavily stigmatizes periods makes them an expense some young women even in our own community can not for and that is my concern that should be our concern make sure it is inconvenient you don't say but little is being done to make girls my aids to it are worried where the next tampons coming from especially at school well it should be nonstop
public schools are required to have a limited supply of menstrual hygiene products at the disposal of their students they're often hidden away in a dark cabinet in the nurse's office just simply isn't cutting it anymore take it from me and any other girl my age when you're on your period at school and stranded without the products you need it's embarrassing to have to leave your classrooms
what all the way down to the nurse's office baby for a pad in front of a gaggle of your sick classmates walked to the bathroom use the products and then return to your classroom where you were greeted by your teachers and peers asking what took you so long and how do you have an answer I I got lost not only can this experience be mortifying try
no what you end up missing out on valuable instructional time a spokesperson for the department of education state students will still controversial their classes they can focus on learning having for you easy access to mental hygiene products is east central to make this happen without access to supplies students often miss clocks or do not participate as vigorously for fear of leakage in a barracks impacting overall
educational outcomes additionally parents can come unexpectedly they're like a little surprise in a survey conducted by Harris interactive seventy nine percent of women under the age of eighteen are not yet on a predictable monthly cycle I mean they are often caught off guard miss contributes to heightens trusted schools when you don't know when it will start flowing or how to take care of it why menstrual
hygiene products being conveniently located in school restrooms rather than a hidden away across the building you can take some of the stress out of a young woman stepped well besides the convenience aspect of this issue also comes down to financials hearings are expensive with a single box of pads or tampons costing seven to ten dollars we mean it average woman in United States spending eighty to
one hundred and twenty dollars a minstrel hygiene supplies each year for lower income families Acosta purchasing supplies can be more than they can afford for example in the public school districts of our community there are currently one thousand for hunt and seventy three female middle and high school students eligible for free and reduced lunch meaning they can't always afford through why don't own their own emergency
supply of menstrual hygiene products easy access at schools help alleviate some of the financial strain having appearance provides and while it's easy for school districts and leadership boards choose their own financial situations or budgets as reasons they cannot provide these products no one I mean no one thinks twice but the cost of stocking restrooms toilet paper and hand soap and paper towels menstrual products are considered
a luxury I know about you but I when I call my cheery and very luxurious and it only cost about four dollars and sixty seven cents her female student for schools to provide them with sanitary products for the entire school year so in other words for the price of a foot long at subway or a fancy Cup of coffee at Starbucks schools can provide their students
but most hygiene products for a year so I challenge you to stand with me and supporting young women with the resources we need to manage our periods tired of living in a B. Y. O. T.'s tampon society as corny as it sounds we can all make a difference if you're a lawmaker cross legislation that increases students access to vital hygiene products if your school administrator leader
a teacher facilitate open conversations with your students about their hygiene needs and why not add pads and tampons on to school supplies list justice tissues are both our concerns over students how should be viewed the same way and if you're a parent I'm to Robert boxes sanitary supplies in your daughter's school roster trust me girls everywhere will think if we all band together to increase the
