Feminine roles

Over the course of time humanity has had its fair share of discrimination. Whether it be skin color, gender or social class people have set standards of what is socially acceptable. Even though every form of discrimination is cruel, I would like to address gender pricing. It is no surprise that women have had to go through many trials to be treated equally. Despite past efforts, there are still acts of inequality towards women today in the marketplace. Pink tax can be defined as “. . . the extra

The Homeless Period On average, women spend about $3,360 on essential feminine hygiene products throughout their entire lives, but what happens when a woman cannot even afford her monthly menstrual expenses? Every month homeless women are put on a crisis situation recurring to extreme methods to cope with their periods. These women want to feel clean; unfortunately, they do not have the means to do so because pads and tampons are expensive. In fact, they are taxed as luxury items in more than thirty

Working outside of the home was rare for women at a time and was wrong if it was done. Women that did work outside of the home were not taken seriously being seen as less intelligent than men and less able to cope with stress (Harrington 16). They were “physically and intellectually inferior” so women weren’t usually allowed to face the outside world (Collins 4-5). Women were told if they worked, they would be taking jobs away from men that needed to support their families, but in reality most women

In 1963, Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique which was revolutionary for that time and exposed the “happy homemaker myth”. Ms. Friedan discussed how women “feel it’s unfeminine” to want to take an active part in society on equal footing as men. More specifically, Ms. Friedan is quoted saying, “a woman today has been made to feel freakish and alone and guilty if she wants to be more than her husband’s wife, her children’s mother, if she wants to use her abilities in society.” This feeling

cheap and are not covered by government assistant programs. Famine hygiene products are a priority and should be considered a human right. Foundations like Free The Tampon believe that every bathrooms outside of home should freely have access to Feminine hygiene products. The organization is dedicated to providing education and resources that empower advocates to create change for women nationwide. (freethetampons.org) Other campaigns are focusing and fighting hard to exempt tampons from sales tax

In the “The Feminine Mystique,” by Betty Friedan, the author begins to question “the problem that has no name,” which is, “Why are American housewives so unhappy with their supposedly “perfect’ lives”? Friedan concludes that the reason American housewives are so depressed is that of, “the feminine mystique,” society’s idea that women’s sole purpose in life is to bring pleasure to a man, be a housewife and mother, but nothing more. In the 50’s and 60’s, all American women had been told their whole

citizens did not share all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote.” (History.com Staff). The constitution being amended in 1920 making the 19th Amendment was a huge spark towards the start of equality between men and women. In 1963, The Feminine Mystique was written by Betty Friedan, and it made her a household name. It was often seen as the beginning of the Women’s Liberation Movement. In this book, she seeks to find information about the unhappiness of women in the mid-20th century. She

sales tax on tampons, where the other 42 states do not think that tampons are a necessity, but rather a luxury. The article also argues that it is unjust to place a tax on tampons especially when there is already a gender wage gap. When the topic of feminine products are raised, most men tend to shy away from the topic. If they participate they believe condoms should not be taxed since they are “basically” the same thing. Just another example of women being devalued as women. Women cannot just turn off

though not a comfortable topic due to the fact that talking about periods is considered taboo. The tax is on pads, tampons and other menistration items, because they are considered a luxury; not a necessity. Out of the states that do impose the tax on feminine hygiene products only eight do not. States have charged up to an eight percent tax on the necessities that women need. The tax is considered to be sexist

Tambrands has approached Proctor and Gamble about a buyout and announced a $1.85 billion deal. This deal has put P&G back on the market for selling tampons since 1980. This was a positive step because not only does P&G get to market this product with feminine hygiene products already being sold, they