In America alone, the feminine product industry makes over $2 billion a year. While female items are available for purchase in stores, a large group of citizens in America have advocated for schools to provide free sanitary tampons and pads for the young women. California, Illinois, and New York were the first state governments to not only agree but take action for the young women to improve their health and education. In all classrooms, all young women go through menstruation and all need tampons and pads. Therefore, public schools should provide free feminine hygiene products because menstruation is not a choice, it will ease the mind of those who cannot afford such items, and access to products will improve female student performance. To
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People can forget those who are less fortunate, such as Northeast Ethiopia. Tegegne and Sisay, licensed public health researchers at local Ethiopian universities, conclude that out of 595 women surveyed, one third had access to sanitary napkins, which led to 50% being absent from school during their cycle. With no funding for those girls, 58% showed a decrease in student performance (Tegegne and Sisay). With common sense, when students attend school they gain knowledge and broaden their intelligence capability. Tampons and pads would have improved those girls’ lives physically and mentally. Congresswoman Grace Heng from New York, who introduced the movement to her state, reported that since having the products available, attendance increased by 2.4% in Queens and Bronx schools (“Free”). Again, available feminine hygiene products encourage young women in schools because they show that not only does the school care about their needs, but the students can focus solely on their education. G.J. Boyle, a psychology researcher at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, conducted a study of the effect on mood swings and symptoms caused by periods on school grades and performances. He concluded that menstrual cycles can predict grades by 14% and have a crucial role on academic outcomes (Boyle). These required cycles have a role on how female students do in their …show more content…
While nurses do have a box of pads or tampons, not only are the products not high quality, but if nurses need more, they along with teachers, use their own money to provide for young women. Other personal hygiene products are provided by federal food stamps and local donations to the schools; however, food stamps do not provide feminine hygiene products for families in financial need. Opponents say schools should spend money on encouraging education, not providing every personal hygiene that students may need. Ferreras-Copeland, a council woman in New York, calculated that between $3.1 million and $7.75 million would be used for 1.1 million students, which she says is not a lot. She reports that the Pentagon spends 2 million annually on toilet paper alone (Scaccia). If the large state of New York can supply young women and the Pentagon can spend $2 million on another necessity, Florida alone can supply for the women who need this kind of necessity to improve public education. Female products in the bathrooms do not detract money away from educational purposes, nor take away from other personal products provided like the ones in the nurse’s
People can forget those who are less fortunate, such as Northeast Ethiopia. Tegegne and Sisay, licensed public health researchers at local Ethiopian universities, conclude that out of 595 women surveyed, one third had access to sanitary napkins, which led to 50% being absent from school during their cycle. With no funding for those girls, 58% showed a decrease in student performance (Tegegne and Sisay). With common sense, when students attend school they gain knowledge and broaden their intelligence capability. Tampons and pads would have improved those girls’ lives physically and mentally. Congresswoman Grace Heng from New York, who introduced the movement to her state, reported that since having the products available, attendance increased by 2.4% in Queens and Bronx schools (“Free”). Again, available feminine hygiene products encourage young women in schools because they show that not only does the school care about their needs, but the students can focus solely on their education. G.J. Boyle, a psychology researcher at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, conducted a study of the effect on mood swings and symptoms caused by periods on school grades and performances. He concluded that menstrual cycles can predict grades by 14% and have a crucial role on academic outcomes (Boyle). These required cycles have a role on how female students do in their …show more content…
While nurses do have a box of pads or tampons, not only are the products not high quality, but if nurses need more, they along with teachers, use their own money to provide for young women. Other personal hygiene products are provided by federal food stamps and local donations to the schools; however, food stamps do not provide feminine hygiene products for families in financial need. Opponents say schools should spend money on encouraging education, not providing every personal hygiene that students may need. Ferreras-Copeland, a council woman in New York, calculated that between $3.1 million and $7.75 million would be used for 1.1 million students, which she says is not a lot. She reports that the Pentagon spends 2 million annually on toilet paper alone (Scaccia). If the large state of New York can supply young women and the Pentagon can spend $2 million on another necessity, Florida alone can supply for the women who need this kind of necessity to improve public education. Female products in the bathrooms do not detract money away from educational purposes, nor take away from other personal products provided like the ones in the nurse’s