Schools providing Sanitary protection

Silvertabby

My heart goes out to these girls - it's not their fault that their parents would rather spend money on fags and beer than sanpro.

However, the more 'free' things (not just sanpro) that are given out, the more people will expect - and take advantage of.

The powder room of an upmarket hotel had a dish of assorted 'courtesy' sanpro products. A well dressed woman scooped the whole lot into her bag - and when she saw my disapproving look, she just smirked and said 'waste not want not'.

Comms69

Silvertabby wrote: »

My heart goes out to these girls - it's not their fault that their parents would rather spend money on fags and beer than sanpro.

However, the more 'free' things (not just sanpro) that are given out, the more people will expect - and take advantage of.

The powder room of an upmarket hotel had a dish of assorted 'courtesy' sanpro products. A well dressed woman scooped the whole lot into her bag - and when she saw my disapproving look, she just smirked and said 'waste not want not'.

Indeed, and the expectation and outcry continue; if you give people everything for free, where's the incentive to actually contribute?

JWM

Comms69 wrote: »

Indeed, and the expectation and outcry continue; if you give people everything for free, where's the incentive to actually contribute?

We are talking about providing free sanitary products for some young girls so that they aren't forced to miss school due to lack of funds to cater for their periods.

I am amazed and quite shocked that a man has decided to spend so long and post so much about why he thinks it shouldn't happen.

Of course you won't - but can I suggest you take a step back and take a long hard look at your life and priorities?

You just come across as very unpleasant - and completely clueless on the subject of periods.

phryne

GlasweJen wrote: »

One tampon/towel was nowhere near enough for me at school. My school (allocated by the council, not a placing request) was a 45 minute drive away so I had to leave the house at 7:30 to get the school bus and was home around 5:15 depending on traffic. I had to change my sanpro every hour or risk flooding (I definitely sat in a few pools of blood waiting on inconsiderate teachers to allow me to leave the room when I came on or on really heavy days). So I'd change immediately when I arrived at school, in between every lesson if I could (all but one set of toilets was locked), before I got on the bus then I'd be running up the hill from the bus stop.

So I'd go to school with a full box of tampax super plus and a pack of always ultra night.

That falls well outside the normal range and is an exception rather than the norm.

The same goes for people on this thread claiming they spend £10 a week on sanitary protection!! Good quality towels shouldn't set you back more than £3 a month or so.

Comms69

phryne wrote: »

That falls well outside the normal range and is an exception rather than the norm.

The same goes for people on this thread claiming they spend £10 a week on sanitary protection!! Good quality towels shouldn't set you back more than £3 a month or so.

Ye but extreme cases are an excellent way of portraying any naysayers as totally out of touch and unreasonable.

pollypenny

Comms69 wrote: »

It’s irrelevant if I have experience of it or not. I’m also not homeless, or drug dependent. My point was about empathising with people.

Clearly not all women take drugs..?! I think you missed the point entirely.

As I said, why are they struggling?

Even with a single working parent- a FT minimum wage jobs is around £1300 a month.
Child benefit £34 a week
And £600 tax credits a month
- I suspect there’s also a housing benefit payment but working that out is a right pain.

It’s not about a little help; there’s quite a lot of help there!

If you can't empathise surely to goodness a bit if sympathy wouldn't come amiss.

For your exemplar parent, there could be travel to work expense, school bus fares, school uniform etc. And we've talked about delays in paying UC on many occasions.

I always felt there but for the grace of god go I.

Comms69

pollypenny wrote: »

If you can't emphasise surely to goodness a bit if sympathy wouldn't come amiss. - I didn't say I cant empathise. I said my lack of experience on a subject doesn't prevent me from empathising.

For your exemplar parent, there could be travel to work expense, school bus fares, school uniform etc. And we've talked about delays in paying UC on many occasions. - There could be, but out of the £2,000 + I'm pretty sure £20 on sanitary products could be found. Somehow millions of parents manage on exactly that kind of budget...

I always felt there but fir the grace if god go I.

So you think we should just fund everything that people empathise with? I'll return to my previous examples.

Comms69

JWM wrote: »

Great debating skills well done!

If the facts fail you just insult instead!

I was specifically referring to your opinion of me being 'unpleasant', I answered your points quite clearly.


(and calling someone unpleasant is insulting, just fyi...)

phryne

Comms69 wrote: »

Ye but extreme cases are an excellent way of portraying any naysayers as totally out of touch and unreasonable.

She can't reasonably expect a school to be able to help with those kind of menstrual medical problems, which are by and large irrelevant to a thread about schools providing sanitary protection. Ditto the post about the upheavals and dramas in her home life.

Comms69

phryne wrote: »

She can't reasonably expect a school to be able to help with those kind of menstrual medical problems, which are by and large irrelevant to a thread about schools providing sanitary protection. Ditto the post about the upheavals and dramas in her home life.

But that's exactly my point, and unfortunately I think that's exactly what she, and a large percentage of posters/society are heading towards.


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