As a woman, I can say that all these misogynistic responses, coming from these individuals is just horrendous and ignorant. Ignorant as in, they have no idea how it is to be on your period. Its painful and feels horrible. Even having a period pad could still mean that the blood leaks out and shows on our trousers. Its not fun. Its actually embarrassing and uncomfortable. You have to wash the stain off and sometimes you just cant get them off without a good washing machine and good soap.
Where is the line with honest opinion from male or being misogynistic?I think you have no line drawn.All men having opinions must be misogynists. Of course it is no fun to have stains from period blood. The problem is " I have no tampons but I prefer to watch soap opera on tv". Unemployment rate in UK is lowest in decades.Could you connect the dots?
@@wowerman Actually, many women do work, but they're products are too expensive to be able to afford. Keeping in mind, the cheaper version may save more money, but have a higher risk of infection.
very true. I am a young man but when I see females not being able to AFFORD feminine products is so heartbreaking.. It’s a natural thing which cannot be controlled and I think it should be very very cheap or free
Literally, these comments are disgusting. If you don’t want to help that’s fine. But, sitting in your home where you have running water and internet connection and spewing such negativity...
A lot of people are saying she should use this or that, but no one should have to sacrifice anything, let alone a meal, to control a normal bodily function. We provide free use of the restroom and toilet paper, why not sanitary products? They're just as necessary. Interestingly though, this year the Scottish government just announced the Period Products Bill, a great first step in abolishing this inequality!
With respect MKWHAC, get the facts before expressing your complete ignorance on a subject. Free sanitary products have been available to girls and women throughout the UK for over 14 years.
So men are net tax payers and women are the main beneficiaries of state handouts, now men have to fit the bill to plug up a bloody gash, how empowering for the wahmens, how progressive. What a joke of a country this has become. Bet this bint still has money for cider and cigarettes.
How can these women not afford a £1 pack of tampons or sanitary pads at Tesco? Even if you have a heavy period and have to change more often, it shouldn't be more £3/£5. How can any woman in this country be so poor that she can't afford £5 a month on her period?
Let's say a box of cheap pads or tampons cost £2. A year's supply would then cost you between £20-40. How much did that hair dye cost? A tenner? More? Also I just bought a parka jacket like that off eBay for £25. They're not cheap 🙄
Nobody knows her circumstances maybe she was given that jacket so what if she has hair dye it's not for others to judge I myself have struggled to buy these products so be a bit more compassionate
What a depressing comments section. Anyways... whether you think this person can afford it or not, a right to free (generic) period products should be on the table. It affects productivity and social mobility at the very least. Not that our gov gives much of a sh*t, as shown in recent figures.
- Productivity: Depends on the job of course, but having a product optimised to handle blood/tissue collection helps keep someone focused on the job, mobile and not as concerned if they've bled through. - Social mobility: If you want a better job or just a job you need to show you're capable. If you happen to have a heavy menstruation period during your critical assessment and you're balls to the wall poor it can affect the outcome thus your chances of moving up the ladder. Let's not forget most working poor will likely not be wanting to use this service, but for those who are desperate it should be there. And we do have (perhaps "had" thanks to cuts) such a thing as free condoms.
It's ensuring people have access to basic hygiene, sanitary products are not a luxury they are a necessity for good health and hygiene. If your period begins out of blue you may have to buy a single tampon for up to a £1 just so you don't ruin your clothes and it only lasts a few hours depending on the heaviness of your flow . Also please take into consideration sanitary products are taxed and the money from that goes to women's health and support charities such as the food bank shown above www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42013239
saltySOAPbox No, they are a luxury item. You know why? They are not essential to life, you can put tissue in your pants and change it every hour or two if need be. Sanitary towels are a modern invention created for a precise market, there is nothing stopping women from using literally anything to capture the flow. They are taxed for a good reason, not because we live in a patriarchy. Why does soap have tax applied, what about shampoo? These are things needed for basic hygiene too, why isn't the government taking this into consideration and bending over backwards to appease everyone? I wouldn't have minded about any of this if the agenda wasn't clear to see here and the fact that none of those sanitary towels/tampons was the bare minimum to what is needed, they were expensive high price, branded items.
I have had to use tissue before, it really isn't enough on the first 3-4 days and not even an option overnight. It is very uncomfortable to have either dried or wet blood down your legs, even black clothing can be stained by blood. Also with any thing like that there isn't always a guarantee of cleanliness especially with tissue or cloth which is why this is a women's health issue in poorer countries. I use a mooncup and washable pads, and their pretty good. But not all women want to or can wear these items. Also depending on the women cheaper items might not even be an option if their flow is too heavy, a lot of cheaper disposable products are really not that good.
Punkster Who said branded? Generic and it's cheap because of the huge bulk spending power. Also expiry not much of an issue compared to condoms (which are free). I refer to an "optimised product", what you refer to isn't, it does a poor job. It's not a luxury item. Compressed cotton on a bit if string for example is small, portable, captures allot of flow and quickly replaceable on the job. A rag is not. I don't know how you make a moon jump to this being a luxury item.
You can buy 20 tampons for £1 which would cover a full period. Equal to 25p a week. Who can't afford £1 a month? Even a homeless person who begs can afford this. This is total BS.
Exactly. Something isn't adding up. Something. Worst case scenario she could go on benefits and this be able to afford things. Sometimes ppl have a taste in life which may be more than they can afford and so end up without money for certain things.
@@puclopuclik4108 for people who live paycheck to paycheck yeah... 60p could be the difference between buying pads or eating dinner. It's sad but it's reality for some people.
Kenneth Lee true but it’s pretty easy to get those stuck to your cervix and then have to go to the ER to get it removed also they are a big investment and if she’s struggling to buy the cheaper sanitary products each month then it’s obvious her income won’t allow for something like that
You can buy one for a tenner (and you only need one), I've had mine almost two years. Its more hygienic than tampons and you can leave it in longer without worrying about septicaemia.
There is no such thing as period poverty. I have been about as Poor as you can get without being homeless and I still was able to buy always pads and tampons from the pound shop (which are everywhere). It pisses me off when girls cry period poverty by are waving the latest mobile phone around. That having been said, I do believe hospitals should provide free sanitary products and schools should have free pads available to female students if they need them.
This. I live in a poor country, pads here are more than double the price compared to most western European countries (and the average salary less than half... You get where I'm going.) Yet, there is hardly any period poverty here, from my understanding anyway. People here just have priorities. Women here will buy pads rather than hair dye or makeup, which aren't necessities, for example. I can afford them but use reusable pads myself instead, which I ordered very cheaply online years ago. It's a good that it saves me money but most importantly I do this for the environment and my health. A cup would be even better, but that's something I don't feel very comfortable with. Even for those that can't buy a silicone cup or reusable pads, there are a lot of free tutorials on how to DIY them- usually no sewing machine needed. I mean, I get that some women have difficult circumstances, but come on... Sometimes we just have to think outside the box. The problem is with a lot (but certainly not all!) of poor people that they just dont want to step out of their comfort zone. Which is understandable, but I'd rather get creative and make my own reusables rather than asking others. But that's just me. In my opinion, women who don't want to do that shouldn't be complaining, they just have other priorities. Not being able to budget correctly possibly plays a big role too. If someone would set aside just one euro/one pound each week, it's enough to buy pads or tampons for that month. I think it's much better to teach these women how to budget and what financial priorities should be rather than giving them packs of disposable pads.
The problem is the cheaper ones (like supermarket brands) don't work, so you have to dish out on the more expensive ones or you may as well not be wearing anything at all. Lil-Lets, Tampax and Always are the only ones I've ever seen that actually do their job at least 90% of the time. And god forbid you're heavy or you can go through many every day (at my worst I've basically been having to change every hour) and, even for an average flow, (about 3 tampons or 1/2 pads per day) you'll get through that small box in less than 4 days.
Paula And your point is what? I could say cheaper deodorants don't work if I have a hard day... It's still my responsibility to keep myself clean. If you would rather spend your money on something else, feel free.
There is no reason anyone should have to live in deprivation on this planet today. The only reason is the monetary system, which is imaginary. People need to start thinking about a world without money.
You can get a pack of 20 from Aldi for 69p, my missus says 20 generally last for a full cylcle so it can cost less than £1 per month, period poverty does not exist. They are banding around this figure that 137,700 school girls missed days at school due to period povery, rubbish! Parents simply need to be organised and priotise having them in the house 'Before' the child comes on then they've got no reason to miss school unless they'e got severe pains.
I think that’s it’s disgusting that we have to pay a lot of money for pads/tampons like think about homeless women on the street how are they gonna afford to buy tampons and pads when they’re so expensive- they should be around $1.00 so people can actually afford it
_"A lot of money"?_ What, 70p (or in the US $1) every 28 days. Homeless women on the street can pick up as many as they need from food banks, A&E departments in hospitals, family planning clinics, or STD clinics. But do they? No, because they'd rather put that $1 towards their next drink, cigarettes, or drug deal. _"A lot of money"._ *Give me a break!*
@@shimmer4771 Hi Shimmer (love the name btw!👍). I don't disagree with anything you say above. And you're absolutely right, the least expensive brands have zero absorbency. They shouldn't even be allowed to sell them as sanitary products in my opinion. *But...* this woman lives in Glasgow, where everything I mentioned originally is freely available to every girl and woman who has a need. It's all funded by the NHS (National Health Service) throughout the whole of the UK, i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So although I appreciate what you say is true in the US, this woman really has no excuses in my opinion. Take care anyway Shimmer x.
@@DrAnne-mc8er I'm in England lmfao. Reusable sanitary products are sold in supermarkets. You can clean them using boiling water because it destroys all bacteria. You're not meant to SHARE them, what the fuck? Nobody said that
@@DrAnne-mc8er uhhhh how do you think people got rid of mould before bleach? Bleach makes the process faster and you don't have to do as much physical labour (scrubbing) but boiling water is literally still gonna work. You're asking dumbass questions when you could just Google this shit.
*And despite woman suffering like this 'Superior Male' European Commission EU law still forces UK to tax sanitary products?* All those men who don't understand in the comments don't deserve a female partner
I'm proud to be a superior male and enjoy my male privilege. It feels wonderful. These girls need to get a job so they can pay for their pads instead of whine and sulk about the situation and do nothing about it.
*Women like this don't really do the cause much good. She can afford earings, lipstick, blusher, caked-on eye shadow and mascara, sunbed sessions, hair dye, (almost certainly) cigarettes and lighters, (probably) an annual holiday every year or two to Benidorm as a stand-in for **_'Sticky Vicky',_** and probably gets absolutely blootered most weekends. But she can't afford 66p for her sanitary towels from Tesco once every 28 days. Sorry, but unlike her nether regions, my heart ain't exactly bleedin'!!!*
You know you can get cheap jewelry that you've had for years, right? Also, friends can do your hair and makeup for you. Plus, pads and tampons are expensive. The U.S. has this problem, too. You don't get it.
@@shimmer4771 Hi again. I don't know if our replies to each other have somehow arrived on-screen out of sync or something? But I *do* _"get it",_ I really do. Since I qualified as a doctor over 30 years ago, I've done a great deal of voluntary work for the _"Doctors Without Borders",_ charity. This has meant working in some of the very poorest countries in the world, and across all-but-one of the world's continents. So I've seen abject poverty with my own eyes, and I can't even begin to explain how sad, depressing, and soul-destroying it can feel to see such poverty. The problem is that people just assume that _"period poverty"_ is only a problem in very poor countries, and that simply isn't true... as you obviously know personally as an American. What frustrates me most of all as a female doctor, a mother and as a grandparent, is that countries such as the USA, can somehow afford to spend billions, if not trillions of dollars on all the latest military tech, tanks, nuclear submarines and so on. Yet the very same country sits back, and allows approx. 65-70 million of its own people, continue to live in poverty and squalor. I know (because of the research I've been directly involved in), that free sanitary products - and of a very high quality - *could be* made available to every American girl and woman who needs them, *for their entire child-bearing lives,* simply by cutting the annual US military budget, by *0.0001%.* Yet no president (of *any* political party) in the US is prepared to do it. Quite possibly because they've all been men. And men don't give a damn about period poverty. Sad but true Shimmer!
@@DrAnne-mc8er Thank you. I am sorry if I sounded rude. I agree. I was born in the U.S. In some countries, they do make free pads available to the public. In NY, in 2016, public schools, restaurants, and facilities offer free pads and tampons. Now, if we can just get that passed everywhere else...
@@shimmer4771 Hi Shimmer. No, you didn't sound rude, you sounded angry about the situation. And that's exactly how I feel about it, so I could hardly consider it rude of you to _'vent'_ as I often do myself on this subject. Besides, you soon develop a thick skin when training to be a doctor. Especially in the ER at 2.00am on a Saturday morning, surrounded by drunks threatening to kill you, screaming obscenities into your face from 3 inches away, while someone else is physically falling into you, and another one proceeds to vomit all over your new shoes! LOL. So no, I really do understand the vast differences between someone being angry and frustrated for a legitimate reason, and someone being a rude and obnoxious a-hole! Sorry for rambling on about it so much, but one of the most idiotic aspects of this as far as the US is concerned is that government ends up paying around 6 x the cost of free sanitary products for all, by then having to treat nasty and in some cases, even life-threatening infections and diseases *specifically caused by* poor levels of sanitary hygiene. It's those kinds of figures which frustrate the hell out of me! Anyway all the best to you Shimmer, and please stay healthy x,.
I’m confused, she has a house but she can’t afford tampons or pads? In Superdrug you can get heavy flow ones for 75p sometimes £1, I think it’s 32 in a pack? Unless she’s on drugs and spending every single bit of her coin on drugs I can’t really understand it. A meal is more than a box of tampons? Even a house?
I suspect you hit the nail on the head regarding drugs. And anyway... why the hell would a woman on her period, with no sanitary towels, go out in a pair of white denims? LMAO
@@DrAnne-mc8er i've seen you reply on a lot of comments blaming the woman for not buying sanitary products. trust me, the cheap ones don't do their job properly. the more expensive ones don't give you rashes and they actually do their job.
@@Iuvmeg Hi Megan. I'm not sure if you wanted or expected me to reply, or whether you were just making a statement? Obviously, I don't know you or your personal situation, where you live, etc. What I do know, however, is that all GP surgeries, all family planning clinics, and more and more NHS hospitals in recent years, throughout the four countries of the UK, have supplies of (branded and very good) quality sanitary towels, tampons, femidoms, condoms, incontinence pads, and lubricants, which are completely free of charge to anyone who asks for them. That said, I appreciate this free service, and free products don't get advertised or publicised anything like enough these days. I also appreciate that some people may feel embarrassed by even asking for these products - especially girls and young women. In 2019 (the most recent data I have), the NHS across the UK gave away 8,126,000 (8.1 million) sanitary products in total. Sanitary towels accounting for over 42% of that total. So that's the main reason why I have little or no time for women (and girls) who claim _"period poverty"._ Of course you're entitled to disagree with me, but to my mind, there really is NO excuse. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I'm simply being open and honest about how I genuinely feel. Take care anyway x.
@@shan7180 I find some people can often be their own worst enemies Shanna. They'll take their _"15 minutes of fame"_ wherever they can get it... even if that means humiliating themselves in front of a BBC film crew. She'd probably be proud to include this _appearance_ in her CV if she had one! LOL
She can afford make up, but, not a 25p pack of 10 pad from Morrisons that do the job as good as any of the named brands, they are what I use. Period poverty is a myth. When I was child growing up in a single parent family in the 70s we never had an issue and sanitary wear was far more expensive in real terms, in fact my mother paid for that 25p then for a pack of towels. These women are playing the system, getting someone else pay for these items so they can spend their money on make up, mobile phone contracts and other non necessities. The issue isn't period poverty, the issue is preying on soft hearted people.
So how did the first interviewee pay for her piercings, jewellery, bleached hairdo, fancy coat, all the food that made her fat, the cigarettes that caused her receding gums, the alcohol, etc.? And how did women cope without modern sanitary products for the first 300,000 years of human existence?
If you don't use sanitary products you are more vulnerable to disease and blood poisoning. Depending on your health and biology periods can be unpredictable in length and regularity so you may not always of adequately budgeted, or may have to make expensive one off purchases to not bleed over your clothes.
saltySOAPbox - Sure there’s a chance of that, but that should be a matter of personal responsibility for any adult. A sensible person spends on essentials first, saves for larger one-off unforeseen necessities, and minimises non-essentials like cosmetics, jewellery, drink, smoking, excessive food consumption, etc.. If someone doesn’t behave sensibly, then the results should be solely their responsibility not the taxpayers’.
saltySOAPbox I am in toilet paper poverty. I spend all my money on cigarettes and super strength cider and Sky TV so I can't afford to wipe the shit from my arse crack after bouts of explosive diarrhea caused by excessive alcohol consumption. I am already on benefits so I get free money for doing nothing, but if the government doesn't provide me with free toilet paper too, I'm afraid the fecal matter may drain into the open sores in my rectal cavity and cause fatal blood poisoning. If females can get free sanitary products can I get free shit cleaning products?
In the UK you can get 14 sanitary towels for 49p or 20 tampons for 69p if you go with supermarket own brands, equivelent to 59c and 83c, realistically who can't afford that? Anyone who can't afford that simply isn't organised enough.
@@mrnumba154 Well, here in the US, the cost of pads and tampons vary, depending on what state and even what city you're in. Also, they're expensive. At one store, the cheapest box of tampons is a little over $7. There's not many places that have care packages.
Yes don't waste your money on sanitary products when there is alcohol, tobacco, mobile phones, fast food,sky tv, hair dye and gypsies earnings all screaming for your free benefit money! If it really bothers you- GET A JOB!!!!!!!
as much as this is a friendly gesture, the major drawback to this is when people who cn actually afford there just come and take up the pads/tampons because noone can resist free, how may ever rich u may be
Do you honestly believe that this woman can't afford 69p a month? Even if she goes for the top brands it won't cost her more than a 4 or 5 quid. Should they be free? Maybe, because it's something that women can't help and could be subsidised on the NHS but the idea that people are missing meals or are forced to stay home is bollocks.
Shanon Lin TORIES, neo-liberalism! And the MSM has convinced the silly British the poor are all scroungers even though most benefit claimants are at work!
How an adult woman can not afford a two boxes of tampons for total of £4-5 per month.Period does not last whole month. Let us ask some how much they spend on make up or partying.Hundreds. Obviously teenage girl not earning the money should be provided with sanitary products by parents. That would be bad parenting. This is another BBC propaganda.The problem is not with money.The problem is with people.
You bleed for a WEEK and have to change your pad/ tampon every couple hours. At least every 6 hours, so thats at the VERY LEAST 4 per day. Usually way more than 4 per day because they fill up with blood so quickly.That adds up. When every single dollar you have matters, it IS hard sometimes to get the necessities you need. And then you have to do it all over again in 3 weeks. Then bleed for another week.
What a dreadful bunch of comments I hope your wife’s, mother’s and daughters don’t have to experience this type of poverty. Much of you judgemental people can’t even provide.
I have period every month, my mother had one, my sisters have one and my daughters will have it as well. I'm on minimum wage and I've never complained about the price of sanitary products. They are very cheap in UK. You have to be dependent on food bank or being homes to be not able to afford pads.
Ever heard of Pound Shops? They sell them there. If you can’t spare £2-3 a month you need to reassess your life. Maybe lay off the hair dye and WKDs too.
empathize and sympathize been in same situation many times in past....yet does she drink? Smoke? have hair lightened at hair dressers (very expensive ) or does hair lightening at home (alot more cost effective )???? Get priorities right.........sanitary products are WAY over priced also....it's about balance. ..the government doesn't give sufficient for the working person let alone a non working person. ..wages and benefits do not meet all needs,,let alone a few wants...you've got to be literally crippled (like me) and be in agonising pain for many years to them we turned down for financial help...then appeal each year in court tribunals thus causing more stress and intense inconveniences due to disabilities etc....very unfair system...but like I said earlier first things first...
I dont see what the issue with using toilet paper is? If I run out of pads and my social anxiety is so bad that I cannot leave the house, I use tissue. Worse things in life to be worried about
In my early 20s, as a male is when i first experience feminism and the feeling of campaign against men, i hated feminists and women. Now i am 25, having listened to the issues raised about women and having seen society, there is a fair amount of merit to these issues raised by women. However we all have responsibility both men and women to try and treat each understand equally with mutual understanding, there are extremes both sides in the gender war.
What’s that got to do with the video? A fat woman who obviously doesn’t stint herself on food, ciggys, booze, make-up, jewellery & hairdos goes for some free sanitary products, gets pounced upon by a SJW interviewer from the Beeb, and makes up some ridiculous OTT story.
It's nice that you're trying to be reasonable OP, but my opinion is that the current cultural zeitgeist has a pyramid of oppression which puts straight white men at the bottom, and thus either ignores them or demonises them for other people's problems. Said zeitgeist is bad for society and dividing it.
They're trying to push the narrative that women are being put into poverty because they have to spend £2 on a packet of pads every month. It's just ridiculous radical feminazi propaganda. This really is just scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel and it makes my head want to explode.
A BBC video about women being mistreated? Must be a 2 in the year. Still waiting for your video about the Egyptian singer imprisoned for 2 years for debauchery but I know that’s insignificant compared to this.
Wamen wamen wamen wamen, muh wamen... It never bloody ends. I once subscribed to this channel years ago for news but all I ever seem to see between disasters/tragedies is muh poor wamens. I only stay subbed to see what Buzzfeed styled crap they pull next.
FFS, look at the shite they are putting in those baskets, top of the range brands. What did women do before they invented tampax/tampons/sanitary towels? Stay indoors with their pity me routine? Nah, they got on with life. I don't care how they "Feel unclean," Doesn't mean that they are. This is not an entitlement, it is a luxury item and they are still dirt cheap.
no problem is too small to highlight! Thank you BBC for shedding light on an issue that (albeit mundane for the rest of us) is proving to be so horrendously debilitating and embarrassing for the most vulnerable! No woman should have to go through this!
Are you being serious? No women in the UK is actually suffering from this made up problem. They cost £2 a packet and you need 1 packet a month. If you are on benefits you get at least £200 a month. This is just lies.
Well, paying taxes isn't actually a necessity. It's just funding for an old cow who is going to die soon, despite the fact that she is already rich enough. Like damn, she has butlers for her dogs and there's knife crime, period poverty and terrorist attacks going on everywhere. If she really wanted to do something, she would've. But no, she just uses us for a source of income. It doesn't matter to her what's going on with our lives as long as we keep the money flowing into her pockets.
@@glaptoper I'm not quite sure what you mean by "her" but i'm assuming the queen. I think we should get rid of the royals as well. But to act like women are going into poverty cause they need to spend £2 on a packet of pads every month is just retarded. It's an insult to the intelligence of anyone watching and that you would seriously list it beside terrorism and knife crime astounds me. Re evaluate your life my friend.
@@glaptoper And i don't know if you know how taxes work but it's a percentage of your income and if you're not earning a certain amount, you don't have to pay them. I would say pads are a necessity. I just don't understand how you can defend this.
libraries give free pads and tampons now girls. Don’t be shy, just ask when the desk is quiet . Also schools give the away free too.! Also menstruation cups . If you haven’t heard of them look them up. I think they’re amazing, I find pads ancient now 😂 . You may have Require a pad on the first two days if heavy just in case , but most the week you won’t need anything else . If you’re worried about hymen because you’re not married or in a relationship then eco sanitary pads? Yes they’re more expensive to buy initially . But once purchased you only need bleach soak, pop in machine . Yes sounds gross but after a while you won’t care . Mums did worse years ago with reusable nappies . And they have returned for middle class mums , it’s all the rage apparently 😂
DisinfoHasbuiltAnarmyofidiots era of ignorance you think she has? She looks 40, if she hasn't got her life sorted out by now she never will. There's never been so much opportunity so succeed in human history.
Daniel Bostock they don't give everyone that's ill extra money. Many suffer without. You read about ridiculous cases mostly because they make good stories.
You can sanitize that with alcohol. Pads and tampons are basic necessities and without them, we could ruin our clothes, it's unsanitary, and very hard.
@@theharshtruth8563 Um, excuse me Mr. But they do have a job! They probably only make enough to pay their Bill's! And even if they do, the cost of these products are expensive. That's probably the only job they could find.
It's not a problem at all.you can use clean clothes or clean handkerchief in case you don't have pads.it is a big problem for some women? ? After using the clothes, wash it with Clorox, ,,no more smelly
This is good for micromanagement but don't forget about priorities. We should be fighting for class equality to abolish privilege because privilege and life, liberty and happiness for We The People and the environment cannot co-exist. Time, the continuation of horrific poverty all over the world, the destruction of the environment, deviableating levels of population driving the bar down for what a healthy community is through bullied popular opinion and addictions and countless wrecked civilizations have proven this. What's more important to the entire global population, an environmentally viable population achieved through class equality and the abolition of privilege or seeing LBGTQS on the football field?
About half of the public have experienced periods at some point, it's ensuring people have access to basic hygiene even though sanitary products are taxed despite being a necessity.
@Madam. Because this is a public forum, paid for by the British public as a whole and secondly, it's British men's business if they expect these to be subsidised. So now you know.
Surley it's just poverty being poor effects all things in life that require money to buy. Trust the PC society we live in to make it a feminist issue only women suffer in todays world. Don't get me wrong I feel sorry for her but it's a result of poverty itself that effects men and women. The problem with poverty in Britain is much wider than just sanitary towles this is just the tip of the Iceberg. If you have had your sickness Benifits cut and fallen into debt buying toilet paper is a stretch as well I don't see any videos yet on toilet paper poverty.
As a woman, I can say that all these misogynistic responses, coming from these individuals is just horrendous and ignorant. Ignorant as in, they have no idea how it is to be on your period. Its painful and feels horrible. Even having a period pad could still mean that the blood leaks out and shows on our trousers. Its not fun. Its actually embarrassing and uncomfortable. You have to wash the stain off and sometimes you just cant get them off without a good washing machine and good soap.
Where is the line with honest opinion from male or being misogynistic?I think you have no line drawn.All men having opinions must be misogynists.
Of course it is no fun to have stains from period blood.
The problem is " I have no tampons but I prefer to watch soap opera on tv".
Unemployment rate in UK is lowest in decades.Could you connect the dots?
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@@wowerman Actually, many women do work, but they're products are too expensive to be able to afford. Keeping in mind, the cheaper version may save more money, but have a higher risk of infection.
People have no empathy.
Come on, can't afford period pads, but they go out drinking having tattoos and having loads of children takeaways added to it .
sanitary products and medecines should be available for free
*They are!*
@@DrAnne-mc8ersadly, not in all countries😢
I think it’s crazy how us woman have to buy these, when it’s not even our fault, they should be free.
get a job you communist bum
very true. I am a young man but when I see females not being able to AFFORD feminine products is so heartbreaking.. It’s a natural thing which cannot be controlled and I think it should be very very cheap or free
You can always become a man, stop moaning
Want to lose hope for Humanity? Just read RUclips comments all day.
Literally, these comments are disgusting. If you don’t want to help that’s fine. But, sitting in your home where you have running water and internet connection and spewing such negativity...
@@babbychee3032 Exactly, it is disgusting. Most of us have so much to be thankful for.
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A lot of people are saying she should use this or that, but no one should have to sacrifice anything, let alone a meal, to control a normal bodily function. We provide free use of the restroom and toilet paper, why not sanitary products? They're just as necessary. Interestingly though, this year the Scottish government just announced the Period Products Bill, a great first step in abolishing this inequality!
With respect MKWHAC, get the facts before expressing your complete ignorance on a subject. Free sanitary products have been available to girls and women throughout the UK for over 14 years.
In the Northwest US. We have extreme poverty but even women sleeping under bridges can usually manage to get some sanitary products.
So men are net tax payers and women are the main beneficiaries of state handouts, now men have to fit the bill to plug up a bloody gash, how empowering for the wahmens, how progressive. What a joke of a country this has become. Bet this bint still has money for cider and cigarettes.
@@mmtot stfu with your misogynistic a$s
Bruh, you're already 50+, it'll be over soon....
This is ridiculous you can buy period pads for just £1 In the UK
Yeah how many can you get for $1? You bleed for a WEEK and have to change them every couple hours.
@@rae7864 Then get a job.
Once it started in the middle of class and my dad had to come and give me some tampons
I appreciate that must have been a bit embarrassing but be thankful that you had access to supplies x
Then I suspect you're rather stupid!
@@DrAnne-mc8er well yeah I'm kinda dumb
@@queenjulianalovesherfatban2064 mm yeah I didnt say I wasnt 🤷🏻♀️
@@Akuma-qv5zi LOL Good answer x
How can these women not afford a £1 pack of tampons or sanitary pads at Tesco? Even if you have a heavy period and have to change more often, it shouldn't be more £3/£5. How can any woman in this country be so poor that she can't afford £5 a month on her period?
Too busy spending it on their weed
When there is the dole too
Maybe misplaced priorities, spending on other things and forgetting to buy the pad
Let's say a box of cheap pads or tampons cost £2. A year's supply would then cost you between £20-40. How much did that hair dye cost? A tenner? More? Also I just bought a parka jacket like that off eBay for £25. They're not cheap 🙄
You're a stain on womanhood.
This wss before the interview.
Nobody knows her circumstances maybe she was given that jacket so what if she has hair dye it's not for others to judge I myself have struggled to buy these products so be a bit more compassionate
What a depressing comments section. Anyways... whether you think this person can afford it or not, a right to free (generic) period products should be on the table. It affects productivity and social mobility at the very least. Not that our gov gives much of a sh*t, as shown in recent figures.
- Productivity: Depends on the job of course, but having a product optimised to handle blood/tissue collection helps keep someone focused on the job, mobile and not as concerned if they've bled through.
- Social mobility: If you want a better job or just a job you need to show you're capable. If you happen to have a heavy menstruation period during your critical assessment and you're balls to the wall poor it can affect the outcome thus your chances of moving up the ladder.
Let's not forget most working poor will likely not be wanting to use this service, but for those who are desperate it should be there.
And we do have (perhaps "had" thanks to cuts) such a thing as free condoms.
It's ensuring people have access to basic hygiene, sanitary products are not a luxury they are a necessity for good health and hygiene. If your period begins out of blue you may have to buy a single tampon for up to a £1 just so you don't ruin your clothes and it only lasts a few hours depending on the heaviness of your flow . Also please take into consideration sanitary products are taxed and the money from that goes to women's health and support charities such as the food bank shown above www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42013239
saltySOAPbox
No, they are a luxury item. You know why? They are not essential to life, you can put tissue in your pants and change it every hour or two if need be. Sanitary towels are a modern invention created for a precise market, there is nothing stopping women from using literally anything to capture the flow.
They are taxed for a good reason, not because we live in a patriarchy. Why does soap have tax applied, what about shampoo? These are things needed for basic hygiene too, why isn't the government taking this into consideration and bending over backwards to appease everyone?
I wouldn't have minded about any of this if the agenda wasn't clear to see here and the fact that none of those sanitary towels/tampons was the bare minimum to what is needed, they were expensive high price, branded items.
I have had to use tissue before, it really isn't enough on the first 3-4 days and not even an option overnight. It is very uncomfortable to have either dried or wet blood down your legs, even black clothing can be stained by blood. Also with any thing like that there isn't always a guarantee of cleanliness especially with tissue or cloth which is why this is a women's health issue in poorer countries. I use a mooncup and washable pads, and their pretty good. But not all women want to or can wear these items. Also depending on the women cheaper items might not even be an option if their flow is too heavy, a lot of cheaper disposable products are really not that good.
Punkster
Who said branded? Generic and it's cheap because of the huge bulk spending power. Also expiry not much of an issue compared to condoms (which are free). I refer to an "optimised product", what you refer to isn't, it does a poor job.
It's not a luxury item. Compressed cotton on a bit if string for example is small, portable, captures allot of flow and quickly replaceable on the job. A rag is not. I don't know how you make a moon jump to this being a luxury item.
You can buy 20 tampons for £1 which would cover a full period. Equal to 25p a week. Who can't afford £1 a month? Even a homeless person who begs can afford this. This is total BS.
Exactly. Something isn't adding up. Something. Worst case scenario she could go on benefits and this be able to afford things.
Sometimes ppl have a taste in life which may be more than they can afford and so end up without money for certain things.
Why are they giving them the most expensive on the market then....tesco sell pads for 70 pence now!
z z cause there not got quality and more likely to cause infections
Morrisons and Wilko are under 30p and work perfectly well, actually better than the big brands.
@@imanepink Absolute bullshit and you know it.
@@kiskaloo6843 now that I think of yes. I think non-branded period products should be offered in all public toilets.
Asda sells night pads ( heavy flow) for 60p for a pack of 12. That is affordable.
It’s not affordable for everyone
@@rachelkovalcik263
Wow lmao
28 Stab Wounds some people can’t afford stuff like that. I can. but a lot of cannot
@@rachelkovalcik263 60 p is not affordable?
@@puclopuclik4108 for people who live paycheck to paycheck yeah... 60p could be the difference between buying pads or eating dinner. It's sad but it's reality for some people.
she is wearing earings but she cant afford a packet of pads??
And lipstick and her hair looks bleached
And nail polish
Lol what
Can they use a washable silicon cup so that they only need to buy a set and reuse them?
Kenneth Lee true but it’s pretty easy to get those stuck to your cervix and then have to go to the ER to get it removed also they are a big investment and if she’s struggling to buy the cheaper sanitary products each month then it’s obvious her income won’t allow for something like that
Kenneth Lee great idea. ..also there are washable pads. And tampons
Yet she can afford makeup? Priorities, people.
You can buy one for a tenner (and you only need one), I've had mine almost two years. Its more hygienic than tampons and you can leave it in longer without worrying about septicaemia.
Right?! That's what I use, and they work great!
Don’t wear white jeans when you’re on the blob then luv
There is no such thing as period poverty. I have been about as Poor as you can get without being homeless and I still was able to buy always pads and tampons from the pound shop (which are everywhere). It pisses me off when girls cry period poverty by are waving the latest mobile phone around. That having been said, I do believe hospitals should provide free sanitary products and schools should have free pads available to female students if they need them.
This. I live in a poor country, pads here are more than double the price compared to most western European countries (and the average salary less than half... You get where I'm going.) Yet, there is hardly any period poverty here, from my understanding anyway. People here just have priorities. Women here will buy pads rather than hair dye or makeup, which aren't necessities, for example. I can afford them but use reusable pads myself instead, which I ordered very cheaply online years ago. It's a good that it saves me money but most importantly I do this for the environment and my health. A cup would be even better, but that's something I don't feel very comfortable with.
Even for those that can't buy a silicone cup or reusable pads, there are a lot of free tutorials on how to DIY them- usually no sewing machine needed. I mean, I get that some women have difficult circumstances, but come on... Sometimes we just have to think outside the box. The problem is with a lot (but certainly not all!) of poor people that they just dont want to step out of their comfort zone. Which is understandable, but I'd rather get creative and make my own reusables rather than asking others. But that's just me. In my opinion, women who don't want to do that shouldn't be complaining, they just have other priorities. Not being able to budget correctly possibly plays a big role too. If someone would set aside just one euro/one pound each week, it's enough to buy pads or tampons for that month. I think it's much better to teach these women how to budget and what financial priorities should be rather than giving them packs of disposable pads.
They should be cheaper I had to buy my ex tampons one time and was amazed how expensive they are
The problem is the cheaper ones (like supermarket brands) don't work, so you have to dish out on the more expensive ones or you may as well not be wearing anything at all. Lil-Lets, Tampax and Always are the only ones I've ever seen that actually do their job at least 90% of the time.
And god forbid you're heavy or you can go through many every day (at my worst I've basically been having to change every hour) and, even for an average flow, (about 3 tampons or 1/2 pads per day) you'll get through that small box in less than 4 days.
Paula And your point is what? I could say cheaper deodorants don't work if I have a hard day... It's still my responsibility to keep myself clean. If you would rather spend your money on something else, feel free.
Idoma - It's the Queen's tax that makes the tampons so expensive. It's like the BBC tax she charges
Cheaper? £2,50 for pack of 16 tampons.Is that expensive?
There is no reason anyone should have to live in deprivation on this planet today. The only reason is the monetary system, which is imaginary. People need to start thinking about a world without money.
This is a joke. There is enough money for alcohol, but not enough for sanitary pads? :D
Addiction is deadly. If you try to quit and you don't have any help or support you could die from withdrawals. Even from alcohol
You can get a pack of 20 from Aldi for 69p, my missus says 20 generally last for a full cylcle so it can cost less than £1 per month, period poverty does not exist. They are banding around this figure that 137,700 school girls missed days at school due to period povery, rubbish! Parents simply need to be organised and priotise having them in the house 'Before' the child comes on then they've got no reason to miss school unless they'e got severe pains.
Alcohol + cigarette + tattoos
Even from alcohol? It's ESPECIALLY from alcohol. But rehabs and weening down are a thing. Not to mention free sanitary products...
No is is not
I think that’s it’s disgusting that we have to pay a lot of money for pads/tampons like think about homeless women on the street how are they gonna afford to buy tampons and pads when they’re so expensive- they should be around $1.00 so people can actually afford it
_"A lot of money"?_ What, 70p (or in the US $1) every 28 days. Homeless women on the street can pick up as many as they need from food banks, A&E departments in hospitals, family planning clinics, or STD clinics. But do they? No, because they'd rather put that $1 towards their next drink, cigarettes, or drug deal. _"A lot of money"._ *Give me a break!*
@@DrAnne-mc8er In New York, it's about $7 for tampons, $5 for pads. Also, if you want better quality, you have to buy the good kind.
@@shimmer4771 Hi Shimmer (love the name btw!👍). I don't disagree with anything you say above. And you're absolutely right, the least expensive brands have zero absorbency. They shouldn't even be allowed to sell them as sanitary products in my opinion. *But...* this woman lives in Glasgow, where everything I mentioned originally is freely available to every girl and woman who has a need. It's all funded by the NHS (National Health Service) throughout the whole of the UK, i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So although I appreciate what you say is true in the US, this woman really has no excuses in my opinion. Take care anyway Shimmer x.
I can't get past her accent? That is the thickest Scottish accent I've ever heard.
they need reusable ones that last for years not disposable ones
Those are more expensive at first, and you need boiling water to clean them
@@DrAnne-mc8er how is it revolting? It's gross if you DONT use boiling water to clean them...
@@DrAnne-mc8er I'm in England lmfao. Reusable sanitary products are sold in supermarkets. You can clean them using boiling water because it destroys all bacteria. You're not meant to SHARE them, what the fuck? Nobody said that
@@DrAnne-mc8er uhhhh how do you think people got rid of mould before bleach? Bleach makes the process faster and you don't have to do as much physical labour (scrubbing) but boiling water is literally still gonna work. You're asking dumbass questions when you could just Google this shit.
*And despite woman suffering like this 'Superior Male' European Commission EU law still forces UK to tax sanitary products?*
All those men who don't understand in the comments don't deserve a female partner
Shaming tactics?"Superior males" working 12h a day to feed a family?Wow.
I'm proud to be a superior male and enjoy my male privilege. It feels wonderful.
These girls need to get a job so they can pay for their pads instead of whine and sulk about the situation and do nothing about it.
*Women like this don't really do the cause much good. She can afford earings, lipstick, blusher, caked-on eye shadow and mascara, sunbed sessions, hair dye, (almost certainly) cigarettes and lighters, (probably) an annual holiday every year or two to Benidorm as a stand-in for **_'Sticky Vicky',_** and probably gets absolutely blootered most weekends. But she can't afford 66p for her sanitary towels from Tesco once every 28 days. Sorry, but unlike her nether regions, my heart ain't exactly bleedin'!!!*
Glad it wasn't only me that noticed that
You know you can get cheap jewelry that you've had for years, right? Also, friends can do your hair and makeup for you. Plus, pads and tampons are expensive. The U.S. has this problem, too. You don't get it.
@@shimmer4771 Hi again. I don't know if our replies to each other have somehow arrived on-screen out of sync or something? But I *do* _"get it",_ I really do. Since I qualified as a doctor over 30 years ago, I've done a great deal of voluntary work for the _"Doctors Without Borders",_ charity. This has meant working in some of the very poorest countries in the world, and across all-but-one of the world's continents. So I've seen abject poverty with my own eyes, and I can't even begin to explain how sad, depressing, and soul-destroying it can feel to see such poverty.
The problem is that people just assume that _"period poverty"_ is only a problem in very poor countries, and that simply isn't true... as you obviously know personally as an American. What frustrates me most of all as a female doctor, a mother and as a grandparent, is that countries such as the USA, can somehow afford to spend billions, if not trillions of dollars on all the latest military tech, tanks, nuclear submarines and so on. Yet the very same country sits back, and allows approx. 65-70 million of its own people, continue to live in poverty and squalor.
I know (because of the research I've been directly involved in), that free sanitary products - and of a very high quality - *could be* made available to every American girl and woman who needs them, *for their entire child-bearing lives,* simply by cutting the annual US military budget, by *0.0001%.* Yet no president (of *any* political party) in the US is prepared to do it. Quite possibly because they've all been men. And men don't give a damn about period poverty. Sad but true Shimmer!
@@DrAnne-mc8er Thank you. I am sorry if I sounded rude. I agree. I was born in the U.S. In some countries, they do make free pads available to the public. In NY, in 2016, public schools, restaurants, and facilities offer free pads and tampons. Now, if we can just get that passed everywhere else...
@@shimmer4771 Hi Shimmer. No, you didn't sound rude, you sounded angry about the situation. And that's exactly how I feel about it, so I could hardly consider it rude of you to _'vent'_ as I often do myself on this subject.
Besides, you soon develop a thick skin when training to be a doctor. Especially in the ER at 2.00am on a Saturday morning, surrounded by drunks threatening to kill you, screaming obscenities into your face from 3 inches away, while someone else is physically falling into you, and another one proceeds to vomit all over your new shoes! LOL. So no, I really do understand the vast differences between someone being angry and frustrated for a legitimate reason, and someone being a rude and obnoxious a-hole!
Sorry for rambling on about it so much, but one of the most idiotic aspects of this as far as the US is concerned is that government ends up paying around 6 x the cost of free sanitary products for all, by then having to treat nasty and in some cases, even life-threatening infections and diseases *specifically caused by* poor levels of sanitary hygiene. It's those kinds of figures which frustrate the hell out of me! Anyway all the best to you Shimmer, and please stay healthy x,.
I’m confused, she has a house but she can’t afford tampons or pads? In Superdrug you can get heavy flow ones for 75p sometimes £1, I think it’s 32 in a pack? Unless she’s on drugs and spending every single bit of her coin on drugs I can’t really understand it. A meal is more than a box of tampons? Even a house?
I suspect you hit the nail on the head regarding drugs. And anyway... why the hell would a woman on her period, with no sanitary towels, go out in a pair of white denims? LMAO
@@DrAnne-mc8er i've seen you reply on a lot of comments blaming the woman for not buying sanitary products. trust me, the cheap ones don't do their job properly. the more expensive ones don't give you rashes and they actually do their job.
@@Iuvmeg Hi Megan. I'm not sure if you wanted or expected me to reply, or whether you were just making a statement? Obviously, I don't know you or your personal situation, where you live, etc. What I do know, however, is that all GP surgeries, all family planning clinics, and more and more NHS hospitals in recent years, throughout the four countries of the UK, have supplies of (branded and very good) quality sanitary towels, tampons, femidoms, condoms, incontinence pads, and lubricants, which are completely free of charge to anyone who asks for them.
That said, I appreciate this free service, and free products don't get advertised or publicised anything like enough these days. I also appreciate that some people may feel embarrassed by even asking for these products - especially girls and young women. In 2019 (the most recent data I have), the NHS across the UK gave away 8,126,000 (8.1 million) sanitary products in total. Sanitary towels accounting for over 42% of that total.
So that's the main reason why I have little or no time for women (and girls) who claim _"period poverty"._ Of course you're entitled to disagree with me, but to my mind, there really is NO excuse. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I'm simply being open and honest about how I genuinely feel. Take care anyway x.
@@DrAnne-mc8er I'm also baffled by this as it clearly isn't a surprise its coming.
@@shan7180 I find some people can often be their own worst enemies Shanna. They'll take their _"15 minutes of fame"_ wherever they can get it... even if that means humiliating themselves in front of a BBC film crew. She'd probably be proud to include this _appearance_ in her CV if she had one! LOL
She can afford make up, but, not a 25p pack of 10 pad from Morrisons that do the job as good as any of the named brands, they are what I use. Period poverty is a myth. When I was child growing up in a single parent family in the 70s we never had an issue and sanitary wear was far more expensive in real terms, in fact my mother paid for that 25p then for a pack of towels. These women are playing the system, getting someone else pay for these items so they can spend their money on make up, mobile phone contracts and other non necessities. The issue isn't period poverty, the issue is preying on soft hearted people.
In the US, pads can cost around $4 to $8 depending on size and count.
I think the problem is feminists running out of things to add to their list of gripes (although many of their are genuine).
So how did the first interviewee pay for her piercings, jewellery, bleached hairdo, fancy coat, all the food that made her fat, the cigarettes that caused her receding gums, the alcohol, etc.? And how did women cope without modern sanitary products for the first 300,000 years of human existence?
If you don't use sanitary products you are more vulnerable to disease and blood poisoning. Depending on your health and biology periods can be unpredictable in length and regularity so you may not always of adequately budgeted, or may have to make expensive one off purchases to not bleed over your clothes.
saltySOAPbox - Sure there’s a chance of that, but that should be a matter of personal responsibility for any adult. A sensible person spends on essentials first, saves for larger one-off unforeseen necessities, and minimises non-essentials like cosmetics, jewellery, drink, smoking, excessive food consumption, etc.. If someone doesn’t behave sensibly, then the results should be solely their responsibility not the taxpayers’.
saltySOAPbox I am in toilet paper poverty. I spend all my money on cigarettes and super strength cider and Sky TV so I can't afford to wipe the shit from my arse crack after bouts of explosive diarrhea caused by excessive alcohol consumption. I am already on benefits so I get free money for doing nothing, but if the government doesn't provide me with free toilet paper too, I'm afraid the fecal matter may drain into the open sores in my rectal cavity and cause fatal blood poisoning. If females can get free sanitary products can I get free shit cleaning products?
@@_Super_Hans_ You win the internet.
These comments are rude very ignorant! Pads and tampons are expensive. Here in the U.S., homeless women have to choose between eating or being clean.
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@@theharshtruth8563 If you think it's funny, you're the problem.
In the UK you can get 14 sanitary towels for 49p or 20 tampons for 69p if you go with supermarket own brands, equivelent to 59c and 83c, realistically who can't afford that? Anyone who can't afford that simply isn't organised enough.
@@mrnumba154 Well, here in the US, the cost of pads and tampons vary, depending on what state and even what city you're in. Also, they're expensive. At one store, the cheapest box of tampons is a little over $7. There's not many places that have care packages.
@@shimmer4771 Yes and I'm proud to be the problem that controls whether or not these girls get pads. LOL
Yes don't waste your money on sanitary products when there is alcohol, tobacco, mobile phones, fast food,sky tv, hair dye and gypsies earnings all screaming for your free benefit money!
If it really bothers you- GET A JOB!!!!!!!
I bet everyone of them has a none essential smart phone though......
And smokes too.
Nobody cares. If you're so incompetent at handling money that you can't afford basic hygiene products, you deserve to "feel unclean".
Brandon Schleifer what the fuck
I agree with Brandon. It's time to "woman up" and fix your own problems, ladies. show us how "strong and independent" you claim to be.
I'm a Chinese guy,before,I'm an American follower,I think the USA is the torch in the darkness,but now,I'm disappointed for the America,
This is in Scotland, buddy. Not the US.
he rlly thought it was in the US lol.
as much as this is a friendly gesture, the major drawback to this is when people who cn actually afford there just come and take up the pads/tampons because noone can resist free, how may ever rich u may be
Suppose tax paying men should be paying for them?
It is a human duty and a human right. What if men had periods.
@@MostPowerfulPMofIndia Men don't have periods you dumb ass.
@@theharshtruth8563 You know what she meant
@@MostPowerfulPMofIndia If that were the case, they'd be free.
@@aspiknf She knew what I meant too. #GetAJob
these comments disgust me
Right
Do you honestly believe that this woman can't afford 69p a month? Even if she goes for the top brands it won't cost her more than a 4 or 5 quid. Should they be free? Maybe, because it's something that women can't help and could be subsidised on the NHS but the idea that people are missing meals or are forced to stay home is bollocks.
Welp, the video is disgusting, so even?
how can this be happening to one of the richest countries in the world.
Some people budget poorly and others make bad decisions and end up in debt cycles.
Shanon Lin TORIES, neo-liberalism! And the MSM has convinced the silly British the poor are all scroungers even though most benefit claimants are at work!
dumpdigger dave how’s she going to do that with 28p?
It isn’t.
It’s just entitled council estate fodder wanting something for nothing as per usual.
she doesn't appear to be starving. just saying.
Where did all her make up and hair dye come from?
How an adult woman can not afford a two boxes of tampons for total of £4-5 per month.Period does not last whole month.
Let us ask some how much they spend on make up or partying.Hundreds.
Obviously teenage girl not earning the money should be provided with sanitary products by parents.
That would be bad parenting.
This is another BBC propaganda.The problem is not with money.The problem is with people.
You bleed for a WEEK and have to change your pad/ tampon every couple hours. At least every 6 hours, so thats at the VERY LEAST 4 per day. Usually way more than 4 per day because they fill up with blood so quickly.That adds up. When every single dollar you have matters, it IS hard sometimes to get the necessities you need. And then you have to do it all over again in 3 weeks. Then bleed for another week.
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Poverty sucks
What a dreadful bunch of comments I hope your wife’s, mother’s and daughters don’t have to experience this type of poverty. Much of you judgemental people can’t even provide.
I have period every month, my mother had one, my sisters have one and my daughters will have it as well. I'm on minimum wage and I've never complained about the price of sanitary products. They are very cheap in UK. You have to be dependent on food bank or being homes to be not able to afford pads.
Anthony : Get a job you lazy socialist bum
Ever heard of Pound Shops?
They sell them there. If you can’t spare £2-3 a month you need to reassess your life.
Maybe lay off the hair dye and WKDs too.
empathize and sympathize been in same situation many times in past....yet does she drink? Smoke? have hair lightened at hair dressers (very expensive ) or does hair lightening at home (alot more cost effective )???? Get priorities right.........sanitary products are WAY over priced also....it's about balance. ..the government doesn't give sufficient for the working person let alone a non working person. ..wages and benefits do not meet all needs,,let alone a few wants...you've got to be literally crippled (like me) and be in agonising pain for many years to them we turned down for financial help...then appeal each year in court tribunals thus causing more stress and intense inconveniences due to disabilities etc....very unfair system...but like I said earlier first things first...
I dont see what the issue with using toilet paper is? If I run out of pads and my social anxiety is so bad that I cannot leave the house, I use tissue. Worse things in life to be worried about
Speechless.
In my early 20s, as a male is when i first experience feminism and the feeling of campaign against men, i hated feminists and women. Now i am 25, having listened to the issues raised about women and having seen society, there is a fair amount of merit to these issues raised by women. However we all have responsibility both men and women to try and treat each understand equally with mutual understanding, there are extremes both sides in the gender war.
BOLLOCKS^
Thank you. You seem like a really nice person :)
What’s that got to do with the video? A fat woman who obviously doesn’t stint herself on food, ciggys, booze, make-up, jewellery & hairdos goes for some free sanitary products, gets pounced upon by a SJW interviewer from the Beeb, and makes up some ridiculous OTT story.
Arise Sir White Knight of Cuckistan.
It's nice that you're trying to be reasonable OP, but my opinion is that the current cultural zeitgeist has a pyramid of oppression which puts straight white men at the bottom, and thus either ignores them or demonises them for other people's problems. Said zeitgeist is bad for society and dividing it.
Strange topic ...is this about a shortage of tampons and period pads in Scotland or is this just about a few poor women who can't afford pads?
They're trying to push the narrative that women are being put into poverty because they have to spend £2 on a packet of pads every month. It's just ridiculous radical feminazi propaganda. This really is just scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel and it makes my head want to explode.
Why can't you put a tube in it and catch the blood? Blood is needed for transfusions and you could sell it.
WTF? Menstral blood isn't actually blood.
They can afford cigs and booze easy enough
A BBC video about women being mistreated? Must be a 2 in the year.
Still waiting for your video about the Egyptian singer imprisoned for 2 years for debauchery but I know that’s insignificant compared to this.
Wamen wamen wamen wamen, muh wamen... It never bloody ends. I once subscribed to this channel years ago for news but all I ever seem to see between disasters/tragedies is muh poor wamens. I only stay subbed to see what Buzzfeed styled crap they pull next.
FFS, look at the shite they are putting in those baskets, top of the range brands. What did women do before they invented tampax/tampons/sanitary towels? Stay indoors with their pity me routine? Nah, they got on with life. I don't care how they "Feel unclean," Doesn't mean that they are. This is not an entitlement, it is a luxury item and they are still dirt cheap.
I respek whamen!
Sorry? Who's giving up meals?
no problem is too small to highlight! Thank you BBC for shedding light on an issue that (albeit mundane for the rest of us) is proving to be so horrendously debilitating and embarrassing for the most vulnerable! No woman should have to go through this!
Are you being serious? No women in the UK is actually suffering from this made up problem. They cost £2 a packet and you need 1 packet a month. If you are on benefits you get at least £200 a month. This is just lies.
@@matthewnevin9156
What about having mouths to feed and taxes to pay? Let's not ignore the necessities here.
Well, paying taxes isn't actually a necessity. It's just funding for an old cow who is going to die soon, despite the fact that she is already rich enough. Like damn, she has butlers for her dogs and there's knife crime, period poverty and terrorist attacks going on everywhere. If she really wanted to do something, she would've. But no, she just uses us for a source of income. It doesn't matter to her what's going on with our lives as long as we keep the money flowing into her pockets.
@@glaptoper I'm not quite sure what you mean by "her" but i'm assuming the queen. I think we should get rid of the royals as well. But to act like women are going into poverty cause they need to spend £2 on a packet of pads every month is just retarded. It's an insult to the intelligence of anyone watching and that you would seriously list it beside terrorism and knife crime astounds me. Re evaluate your life my friend.
@@glaptoper And i don't know if you know how taxes work but it's a percentage of your income and if you're not earning a certain amount, you don't have to pay them. I would say pads are a necessity. I just don't understand how you can defend this.
Do You Smell On Ur Period!?!?!? If u do. How. Do. U. Get. Rid. Of. It?? PLZ
make sure you're changing your pad/tampon regularly so you don't smell.
Another sob story from the BBC
You're on your period
Very Good
but to buy hair bleach she had money
Never knew about this problem. Somebody should do ..... something.
Like what? Point them in the direction of a shop and tell them to wise the fuck up. They cost like £2 a packet.
I'm doing my part by telling them to "woman up" and get a job.
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Oh put a sock in it woman
Chickenhead I blame everyone by but myself
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Go pound shop
watch "Padman" 26 January
Cant afford any napkins but she had mascara on and whateversssss
libraries give free pads and tampons now girls. Don’t be shy, just ask when the desk is quiet . Also schools give the away free too.!
Also menstruation cups . If you haven’t heard of them look them up. I think they’re amazing, I find pads ancient now 😂 . You may have
Require a pad on the first two days if heavy just in case , but most the week you won’t need anything else .
If you’re worried about hymen because you’re not married or in a relationship then eco sanitary pads?
Yes they’re more expensive to buy initially . But once purchased you only need bleach soak, pop in machine . Yes sounds gross but after a while you won’t care . Mums did worse years ago with reusable nappies . And they have returned for middle class mums , it’s all the rage apparently 😂
Just a thought, I wonder what native women from the Amazon jungle do, or primitive tribes in Africa,they survived thousands years without tempo
😱 What The Actual FK!!! 😱
I didn't think the title meant that sort of period, Jesus.
There are 2000 migrants who need her welfare MORE. Nobody here feels sorry for her AT ALL....
BBC feminist claptrap
@YB Calm down, you've worked yourself into hysterics.
@@blazednlovinit Whoa calm down kid stop doing backflips over this and take deep breaths.
@@theharshtruth8563 Is only 5 years late "sharp" by your standards? What a moron
Get a job.
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ngl dude shii should be free
It's the same for men. Only harder
men have periods now?
@@Iuvmeg I believe we do yes
@@Iuvmeg Your comment was VERY "anti-trans".
Shame on you for being a homophobic.
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You could always gain skills and get a job? Just a thought
Daniel Bostock
You think she haven't try
What if she's mentally unstable or severely depressed?
DisinfoHasbuiltAnarmyofidiots era of ignorance you think she has? She looks 40, if she hasn't got her life sorted out by now she never will. There's never been so much opportunity so succeed in human history.
gary abbot then the media would be itching to tell us that too. And the state would pay her a handsome sum
Daniel Bostock they don't give everyone that's ill extra money. Many suffer without. You read about ridiculous cases mostly because they make good stories.
oh damn..
Try shaving with a 6 month old razor love.
You can sanitize that with alcohol. Pads and tampons are basic necessities and without them, we could ruin our clothes, it's unsanitary, and very hard.
@@shimmer4771 Here's a better solution : Get a job.
@@theharshtruth8563 Um, excuse me Mr. But they do have a job! They probably only make enough to pay their Bill's! And even if they do, the cost of these products are expensive. That's probably the only job they could find.
It's not a problem at all.you can use clean clothes or clean handkerchief in case you don't have pads.it is a big problem for some women? ?
After using the clothes, wash it with Clorox, ,,no more smelly
BTW moon cup is gud
This is good for micromanagement but don't forget about priorities. We should be fighting for class equality to abolish privilege because privilege and life, liberty and happiness for We The People and the environment cannot co-exist. Time, the continuation of horrific poverty all over the world, the destruction of the environment, deviableating levels of population driving the bar down for what a healthy community is through bullied popular opinion and addictions and countless wrecked civilizations have proven this. What's more important to the entire global population, an environmentally viable population achieved through class equality and the abolition of privilege or seeing LBGTQS on the football field?
I like turtles. 🐢
@@theharshtruth8563 I agree. Turtles are awesome.
And much more interesting.
@@theharshtruth8563 Totally agree. I'd rather fight for the safety and protection of turtles.
@@theharshtruth8563 #TurtleLivesMatter
this is not PUBLIC fare and about as disgusting as that thing discussing it
Why are you even commenting, do you have periods?
+madam jewels You want us to help pay for this but don't think we should have our own say? Are you a Feminist by any chance?
About half of the public have experienced periods at some point, it's ensuring people have access to basic hygiene even though sanitary products are taxed despite being a necessity.
@Madam. Because this is a public forum, paid for by the British public as a whole and secondly, it's British men's business if they expect these to be subsidised. So now you know.
@salty. Same with my razors mate, same with shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste and the rest.
Surley it's just poverty being poor effects all things in life that require money to buy. Trust the PC society we live in to make it a feminist issue only women suffer in todays world. Don't get me wrong I feel sorry for her but it's a result of poverty itself that effects men and women. The problem with poverty in Britain is much wider than just sanitary towles this is just the tip of the Iceberg. If you have had your sickness Benifits cut and fallen into debt buying toilet paper is a stretch as well I don't see any videos yet on toilet paper poverty.
What? Brexit kicking in already?
Your comment betrays your ignorance of the UK. Parts of Scotland are highly impoverished.
Gross
What
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Lmaoo 😂