Menstrual Cups Help Keep Kenyan Girls in School

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 11:57 AM UTC

jazoom wrote: post #61

jaabe wrote: post #5

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My better half uses one, but after the birth of our first child she had to use pads for a while. This was the first time I got to buy them. They are insanely expensive, it’s truly mind blowing that more women aren’t using the cup. I mean, I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but it’s frankly as though women have some sort of “life-tax” attached that we men don’t, with pads being so expensive by comparison. I don’t re…

It seems my "life-tax" is needing to eat about twice as much as my wife. The extra food I eat costs more than pads. However, my wife prefers a cup, so that cost is gone. I'm still left with my dietary needs. Our weights are not that different and neither of us is overweight.

Post by saagarjha » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 12:04 PM UTC

veidr wrote: post #35

drewmol wrote: post #13

If the topic is not your interest but web design is, check out the article for the cool verticle scrolling progress indicator that's displayed horizontally in the floating top menu bar. My mother has been involved in operating and supporting a network of Kenyan orphanages for decades. She's on the board of directors for the US 501c3 that funds them. The woman who founded this organization (a US citizen) adopted sever…

Wow! If you insist on having a floating bar at the top of your web page, this sort of scrolling progress indicator should be mandatory. (Also, I learned about menstrual cups due to your enticing reference to the progress indicator which tipped the balance in favor of clicking though to the article.)

Post by massive-tea » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 12:08 PM UTC

jaabe wrote: post #5

rlabrecque wrote: post #2

It absolutely blows my mind that Menstrual cups aren't more widespread globally. I basically wouldn't even know about them if my partner didn't use them. They seem like a better option than tampons and pads 90%+ of the time.

My better half uses one, but after the birth of our first child she had to use pads for a while. This was the first time I got to buy them. They are insanely expensive, it’s truly mind blowing that more women aren’t using the cup. I mean, I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but it’s frankly as though women have some sort of “life-tax” attached that we men don’t, with pads being so expensive by comparison. I don’t re…

Post by saagarjha » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 12:11 PM UTC

hycaria wrote: post #58

latchkey wrote: post #3

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I've introduced 3-4 women to them. They all have ended up loving the cups. I now live in Vietnam and know the owner of one of the leading brands here. She said that her biggest challenge is the fact that a lot of women don't even use tampons because of the whole fear of losing their virginity cultural stigmas.

I don't buy this argument. Which mother (arguably a good chunk of population) cares about that ?

Post by yazboo » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 12:21 PM UTC

massive-tea wrote: post #66

jaabe wrote: post #5

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My better half uses one, but after the birth of our first child she had to use pads for a while. This was the first time I got to buy them. They are insanely expensive, it’s truly mind blowing that more women aren’t using the cup. I mean, I know it doesn’t work for everyone, but it’s frankly as though women have some sort of “life-tax” attached that we men don’t, with pads being so expensive by comparison. I don’t re…

> but it’s frankly as though women have some sort of “life-tax” attached that we men don’t Men require more calories throughout their lives, meaning higher food bills, and usually die sooner as a result of that. Men also contribute far more tax revenue on average than women anyway. It's silly to try to boil down something that's incredibly nuanced just based on one experience you've had.