It’s a bloody outrage
Periods. Vaginas. Tampons. If you feel uncomfortable reading these words, I warm you not to continue reading this letter and if you can’t say them in front of an audience I don’t recommend discussing them in parliament. Being a woman myself, I know the struggle that is bleeding for a week straight every month but with that also comes the struggle of being taxed for it. Tampon tax is the catchy nickname for the GST applied to menstrual products such as tampons and pads. Feminine hygiene products have been taxed since 1973. That’s 43 years of injustice shown to the female population all over the world. That’s approximately 10 million females that will pay this 10% tax on feminine hygiene products, for the greater part of …show more content…
This tax is completely misogynistic. There are no “only men” product that is taxed. Razor aren’t taxed because it’s seen that every man has the right to be able to shave. So what? Woman don’t have “the right” to go about their lives being able to disguise an already inconvenient mess, that is indeed natural? Much like facial hair may I add. It truly has partiality written all over it. When asked about her opinion on the tax, Senator Larissa Waters states " It's discriminatory to exempt condoms or sunscreen from GST but charge women GST for essential items.” This tax exists in an unequal society where women aren’t treated equally to men. The taxing of tampons supports the societal taboo which creates a negative connotation around periods, perpetuating shame around women’s bodies and its ability naturally function. There haven’t been any circumstances where I haven’t seen a politician struggle with the words such are tampon, vagina or period, and watching them struggle like they have a maxi tampon stuck down their throats. Its ironic because it is these people that we put our trust in to create an equal society out of inequality. Taxing periods is ultimately the Government capitalizing period shame. When something has been argued against for years, there’s usually a sense that something must be addressed at some point, one way or another. You’d think the fact that tampon tax has been an issue for decades might indicate the lack of women in
Periods. Vaginas. Tampons. If you feel uncomfortable reading these words, I warm you not to continue reading this letter and if you can’t say them in front of an audience I don’t recommend discussing them in parliament. Being a woman myself, I know the struggle that is bleeding for a week straight every month but with that also comes the struggle of being taxed for it. Tampon tax is the catchy nickname for the GST applied to menstrual products such as tampons and pads. Feminine hygiene products have been taxed since 1973. That’s 43 years of injustice shown to the female population all over the world. That’s approximately 10 million females that will pay this 10% tax on feminine hygiene products, for the greater part of …show more content…
This tax is completely misogynistic. There are no “only men” product that is taxed. Razor aren’t taxed because it’s seen that every man has the right to be able to shave. So what? Woman don’t have “the right” to go about their lives being able to disguise an already inconvenient mess, that is indeed natural? Much like facial hair may I add. It truly has partiality written all over it. When asked about her opinion on the tax, Senator Larissa Waters states " It's discriminatory to exempt condoms or sunscreen from GST but charge women GST for essential items.” This tax exists in an unequal society where women aren’t treated equally to men. The taxing of tampons supports the societal taboo which creates a negative connotation around periods, perpetuating shame around women’s bodies and its ability naturally function. There haven’t been any circumstances where I haven’t seen a politician struggle with the words such are tampon, vagina or period, and watching them struggle like they have a maxi tampon stuck down their throats. Its ironic because it is these people that we put our trust in to create an equal society out of inequality. Taxing periods is ultimately the Government capitalizing period shame. When something has been argued against for years, there’s usually a sense that something must be addressed at some point, one way or another. You’d think the fact that tampon tax has been an issue for decades might indicate the lack of women in