Dispensers

The South Saskatchewan River Basin will lose a large quantity of quality water. People flushing feminine hygiene products down the toilet is a serious issue. For this reason, we have developed a plan to better our watershed quality/quantity by educating the public as well as taking action to assist people in getting into the habit of properly disposing products. We plan to have 6 bins installed in our school by the school board, have the posters up and have sent out an email with a digital version of the posters and our video to every school. We plan to accomplish this within June 1st, 2016.

How many times do you stop to think about something as simple as using a public restroom? If you’re like the majority of the population, this answer is most likely not at all. Frustratingly enough, not everyone has the privilege to say the same.

I never thought about the fact that individuals that are wheelchair bound can not reach the tampon dispensers within the bathrooms. Also, I never noticed that with the gender neutral bathrooms that there are not tampons/pad dispensers which is very peculiar to me because they should be in there. Those are two aspects of this informative reading that I did not even slightly think about before this article.

One of the major tasks I have done while in my community placement is assisting and providing showers and sponge baths. This task can be a traumatizing experience for some residents, especially for those who may not like taking showers, making sure we are sensitive to their needs and providing privacy is important. As I’m assisting with showers, I ask about their preferences, if they prefer shower gel or soap, the types of creams and their clothing choices, by promoting various choices, it reminds them, they still have control over their life's. When showering many people may walk by, providing privacy by shutting the door or curtain is important to help keep themselves blocked from the public eye and this shows we have respect and dignify for their bodies and themselves as an

So you think wearing uniforms would solve this issue, right? Nope, it’s not quite enough. Girls care about their appearance more because of their self-concept. Now, they will focus on how they look in their uniform compared to other girls. This can really lower their self confidence; speaking for myself. I once saw another girl wearing the same jeans as me and I questioned myself, which damaged the image I had of myself. Just so you know, this can explain the crying piece, besides the intense Netflix shows. Here’s another piece for girls; they’re embarrassed to wear these clothes because what if you accidentally expose something you don’t want to be seen? The skirt that you’re forced to wear doesn’t exactly fit you right and you keep tugging it down. Listen to

As a facility, we have adopted the slogan “No one potties alone” thus meaning staff have to be present at all times when a patient is on the toilet. You can imagine how this has been perceived. Patients refuse to have staff standing waiting while they use the toilet, patient and staff are very uncomfortable with this facility wide decision. Simply stated it is not working well. We have continued to have falls and or “near misses” and patient satisfaction has declined. Our patient surveys seem to have a common theme, patient’s need and want their privacy while in the restroom.

Bills are already in the works to include sanitary napkins as medical devices in order to be exempt from tax. New York has had an uproar earlier this year over the unfair taxes. People who believe that the Pink Tax is a myth propose women buy men’s products. This is very feasible, but not all women want to smell like a man and be forced to buy their projected items. I believe that including sexually biased laws and taboos should be included in sexual education, so everyone will understand the common problems of women. Without better education on women’s biology and prejudices, we can’t hope to have laws work for

Menstruation is a normal part of life with the female body. Unfortunately, many young women today still face shame when their cycle comes along. Due to lack of resources and the feel of shame, many young girls around the world are forced to miss school or drop out once they get their periods. With some cultures, women do not speak about menstruation with their daughters and what to expect. Planned Parenthood has helped educate and inform people of menstruation and birth controls. One way that Planned Parenthood helps women are through period trackers. They have made period tracking easy for women by creating an app that provides guidance, tips and fun facts for women who have questions or are ashamed to speak about

Periods have been linked to a part of the reason girls have missed school. Condoms are free so why aren’t tampons and pads? Most women in third world countries cannot afford the pricey cost of tampons and pads. Even in first world countries women cannot afford to by the proper sanitary products. Are they just a luxury for women? Women also do not sign up to have their periods we can’t control them. In public, we talk about periods as much as we do diarrhea. Never. We have to shove tampons up our sleeves so no one knows that it is our time of the month. We stick wads of toilet paper in our underwear when we are out of supplies. Has anyone ever seen the commercials with the pads when they are pouring the light blue liquids out of cups onto pads; meanwhile

Is this school a petri dish? Here at Lowell Middle School we don’t enforce cleanliness and countless times I have seen people leave the bathroom without washing their hands. Therefore, I think that we should have an automatic hand sanitiser dispensers in every classroom, bathroom, and cafeteria.

II. Facility Utilization- In public school, students should use facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms based on biological birth gender.

Young girls across the world are constantly being sexualized and told to cover up their bodies. Girls starting from middle school through high school are told to meet ridiculous standards that are required to be appropriate to attend public school. Girls who are forced to change or go home based on these absurd demands are being told that putting their education on pause, is more important that being comfortable in their clothes they are wearing. A boys wears a shirt to school with a bikini model on it, and nothing is said. A girl wears a tanktop on a 90 degree day, and she is pulled out of class. Standards like this are interrupting the education of many young women across the world, and they need to be stopped. Ruining self esteem for

I believe that the talk of toilet habits or one’s bodily waste is not a present conversation in any social situations. Moreover, the incontinence sufferers have to face the social stigma of the symptoms of the this condition and that intensifies the stress of the condition.

Allowing condoms to be distributed in public schools has had much controversy over the years. Many people learn about safe sex, but there are still many unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases floating around. Some schools across the United States have made it to where students are given condoms in school. On top of other alternatives, such condom distribution programs should be allowed or promoted in public schools to help reduce teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.