Poll of the Day > I don't understand the 'free tampons in schools' thing

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Lokarin
09/28/19 4:01:06 AM
#1:


not trying to be a dingus here.

It might just be the same thingy as school lunches... why are you so poor that you can't bring your own tampons?

And that would make sense, the poorest need special benefits to catch up with everyone else; I get that - that would be fine.

But when it comes to tampons it never seems to be a "i'm too poor" issue... so what's the connection?
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PMarth2002
09/28/19 4:08:02 AM
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Maybe they're for when a girl suddenly gets her period at school but didn't bring any tampons with her?
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Lokarin
09/28/19 4:13:09 AM
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PMarth2002 posted...
Maybe they're for when a girl suddenly gets her period at school but didn't bring any tampons with her?


If it legit is just a preparedness thing, mmm, I can jive with that.
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Kyuubi4269
09/28/19 4:23:38 AM
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Lokarin posted...
not trying to be a dingus here.

Lokarin posted...
why are you so poor

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Mead
09/28/19 4:47:02 AM
#5:


Come on man
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Lokarin
09/28/19 4:57:46 AM
#6:


Mead posted...
Come on man


No, explain it to me... I'm 35, I haven't been in school in a long long time. I don't know the modern landscape.
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Mead
09/28/19 5:18:14 AM
#7:


Lokarin posted...
Mead posted...
Come on man


No, explain it to me... I'm 35, I haven't been in school in a long long time. I don't know the modern landscape.


What the fuck do you need explained to you? This has nothing to do with a modern landscape.

Youre arguing that if kids at school happen to have their first or unexpected period, and they were either poor or just didnt happen to have a tampon or pad with them, that they should just bleed through their clothes. Come the fuck on.

Stop making topics like this.
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darkknight109
09/28/19 5:23:05 AM
#8:


Lokarin posted...
why are you so poor

...is this a legit question?
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ferko420
09/28/19 5:24:42 AM
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It's kinda like a pocket knife a man is only half a man if he doesnt carry a knife....
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09/28/19 5:30:10 AM
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A man is only half a man if his PlayStation username doesn't end with "theHedgehog".
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Lokarin
09/28/19 5:45:13 AM
#11:


Mead posted...
Youre arguing that if kids at school happen to have their first or unexpected period, and they were either poor or just didnt happen to have a tampon or pad with them, that they should just bleed through their clothes.


You are misconstruing me in the worst way.

I'm for girls having tampons, I'm just asking why it's the school providing them
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Bulbasaur
09/28/19 5:56:08 AM
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Lokarin posted...
You are misconstruing me in the worst way.

no, he's not.

you literally called little girls poor because they didn't bring a tampon to school.
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Lokarin
09/28/19 6:01:12 AM
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Bulbasaur posted...
Lokarin posted...
You are misconstruing me in the worst way.

no, he's not.

you literally called little girls poor because they didn't bring a tampon to school.


No, I was asking if it was similar to school lunches - if it was an economic issue.
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Bulbasaur
09/28/19 6:04:51 AM
#14:


Lokarin posted...
Bulbasaur posted...
Lokarin posted...
You are misconstruing me in the worst way.

no, he's not.

you literally called little girls poor because they didn't bring a tampon to school.


No, I was asking if it was similar to school lunches - if it was an economic issue.


Lokarin posted...
why are you so poor that you can't bring your own tampons?

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Lokarin
09/28/19 6:05:53 AM
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Bulbasaur posted...
Lokarin posted...
Bulbasaur posted...
Lokarin posted...
You are misconstruing me in the worst way.

no, he's not.

you literally called little girls poor because they didn't bring a tampon to school.


No, I was asking if it was similar to school lunches - if it was an economic issue.


Lokarin posted...
why are you so poor that you can't bring your own tampons?


> And that would make sense, the poorest need special benefits to catch up with everyone else; I get that - that would be fine.
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Lokarin
09/28/19 6:44:58 AM
#16:


In any case... if the npcs wanna stop being pc for a sec

I'm asking if free tampons at school is an economic issue when its not treated like one, and ifso - WHY isnt it treated like one.
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Sarcasthma
09/28/19 6:46:36 AM
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Lokarin posted...
In any case... if the npcs wanna stop being pc for a sec

Now you've done it.
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Bulbasaur
09/28/19 6:54:04 AM
#18:


Lokarin posted...
In any case... if the npcs wanna stop being pc for a sec

this line, and this topic, explains a lot about you and your recent shitty fucked up borderline racist topics.

no one is ever going to respect you again.
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Lokarin
09/28/19 7:04:17 AM
#19:


Bulbasaur posted...
Lokarin posted...
In any case... if the npcs wanna stop being pc for a sec

this line, and this topic, explains a lot about you and your recent shitty fucked up borderline racist topics.

no one is ever going to respect you again.


What race is girl?
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Doctor Foxx
09/28/19 7:20:24 AM
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Lokarin posted...
No, explain it to me... I'm 35, I haven't been in school in a long long time. I don't know the modern landscape.
You are asking why do children need to be provided with basic hygeine items

Ignore that not every child will need a specific type of item. Every human has their own needs.

This is about providing basic hygeine supplies to children in need, which schools do. They don't keep toilet paper or soap away from children that need them and they provide bandages and other goods when asked. Like often free condoms (my high school had those).

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Lokarin
09/28/19 7:31:33 AM
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Doctor Foxx posted...
Lokarin posted...
No, explain it to me... I'm 35, I haven't been in school in a long long time. I don't know the modern landscape.
You are asking why do children need to be provided with basic hygeine items

Ignore that not every child will need a specific type of item. Every human has their own needs.

This is about providing basic hygeine supplies to children in need, which schools do. They don't keep toilet paper or soap away from children that need them and they provide bandages and other goods when asked. Like often free condoms (my high school had those).


Did anyone read the rest of the OP or did they just stop at the first line... like I do.

I'm not against it, I just don't know why it's a school thingy specifically.
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Mead
09/28/19 7:37:51 AM
#22:


Lokarin posted...
I'm not against it, I just don't know why it's a school thingy specifically.


Probably because thats where the kids are

Who else would be responsible for supplying kids with basic needs while they are at school? When kids go to school, the school is essentially responsible for a certain level of care while kids arent at home or with their parents.

This is the most bizarre thing for you to be confused about. It has nothing to do with political correctness in any way, youre just being really strange.
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_AdjI_
09/28/19 7:47:03 AM
#23:


The same reason schools provide free toilet paper: It's a hygienic necessity that patrons are not always going to be able to supply on their own, for any number of reasons.

Lokarin posted...
I just don't know why it's a school thingy specifically.


Because schools are typically governed by a single body who can say "okay guys you should all do this now," making it more likely that they'll commit to such a paradigm shift. Schools are also primarily patronized by younger people, meaning the girls in question aren't necessarily as familiar with managing their periods and therefore may not be as prepared as they need to be. Schools also often require their students to stay on the premises for several hours, meaning girls who don't have pads/tampons on them aren't necessarily going to be able to slip out to buy some more.

Lots of reasons, really.
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Bulbasaur
09/28/19 7:54:22 AM
#24:


Lokarin posted...
Bulbasaur posted...
Lokarin posted...
In any case... if the npcs wanna stop being pc for a sec

this line, and this topic, explains a lot about you and your recent shitty fucked up borderline racist topics.

no one is ever going to respect you again.


What race is girl?

moose
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Lokarin
09/28/19 7:55:56 AM
#25:


Mead posted...
Lokarin posted...
I'm not against it, I just don't know why it's a school thingy specifically.


Probably because thats where the kids are

Who else would be responsible for supplying kids with basic needs while they are at school? When kids go to school, the school is essentially responsible for a certain level of care while kids arent at home or with their parents.

This is the most bizarre thing for you to be confused about. It has nothing to do with political correctness in any way, youre just being really strange.


Ya, I thought it was more a parental thing. Our schools were very hands-off, parents did everything.
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myghostisdead
09/28/19 8:22:48 AM
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I always kept things like that in my desk for girls and myself.

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The Popo
09/28/19 8:36:30 AM
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Lokarin posted...
Ya, I thought it was more a parental thing. Our schools were very hands-off, parents did everything.

So if a student tripped and cut themselves, the student would be out of luck if their parents didnt supply them with bandages?

Same thing applies with tampons. As he been mentioned numerous times, its a hygiene issue. Not just for a girl who might unpreparedly get her period (whether it is her first one ever, so she simply forgot to bring one that day - kids can be forgetful), but for the students/faculty. Its a simple, inexpensive, hygienic solution to what could otherwise be an embarrassing situation for a student.
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09/28/19 8:41:31 AM
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Lokarin posted...
Ya, I thought it was more a parental thing. Our schools were very hands-off, parents did everything.


As it should be. No idea where and when parents started thinking schools should be raising their kids for them

I think the tampon issue isn't about economics. It is more so the fact that people do forget (such as leaving them at home) and the fact that it can surprise them, especially for their first time.

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peanutt121
09/28/19 8:46:26 AM
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Lokarin, for once I agree with the masses here. You're being deliberately obtuse about this. This was "a thing" even when I was in school in the 1960's so it certainly was in your school years as well. If you really need an explanation it started for young girls who got their first period by surprise unprepared. I'm sure later on it became an economic issue as well.
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EvilMegas
09/28/19 8:53:59 AM
#30:


Jesus Christ, Lok. Again?
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Lokarin
09/28/19 8:58:41 AM
#31:


EvilMegas posted...
Jesus Christ, Lok. Again?


Why is everyone all mad? i'm asking a legit question and 2 people (maybe 3) gave earnest answers.

My school didn't have a nurse.
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Unit7
09/28/19 9:02:47 AM
#32:


Because tampons and such can be expensive for some.

This is part of the argument for it. Not sure where you get that its not.
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Lokarin
09/28/19 9:11:41 AM
#33:


Unit7 posted...
Not sure where you get that its not.


It's not that I don't get it, it's that I don't hear it.

I usually hear of free lunches as an economic issue, but I never hear of free tampons as an economic issue
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Mead
09/28/19 9:12:01 AM
#34:


Lokarin posted...
i'm asking a legit question


Youre asking it in a really shitty way and honestly its not hard to figure out the answer all on your own. Schools provide them because its one of the many things that kids end up needing.

You claim that you dont want to stir shit up but you keep going out of your way to do exactly that.
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EvilMegas
09/28/19 9:17:55 AM
#35:


You are purposely being ignorant. You could 100% have answered this question without coming here and making this topic in the worst possible way.

Mead posted...
You claim that you dont want to stir shit up but you keep going out of your way to do exactly that.

Then this. This is like the 5th time I've seen this month you just come start shit and then go "guys this isn't what I wanted."
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Lokarin
09/28/19 9:21:57 AM
#36:


EvilMegas posted...
Then this. This is like the 5th time I've seen this month you just come start s*** and then go "guys this isn't what I wanted."


Cuz y'all on this board are massive misconstruists. Y'all think I have agenda or ulterior motives, but I'm just a simpleton.
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EvilMegas
09/28/19 9:23:33 AM
#37:


EvilMegas posted...
You could 100% have answered this question without coming here

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Lokarin
09/28/19 9:27:05 AM
#38:


EvilMegas posted...
EvilMegas posted...
You could 100% have answered this question without coming here


I asked on Reddit, too.

I wanted to know why free tampons aren't typically thought as an economic issue.
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SunWuKung420
09/28/19 9:36:27 AM
#39:


Another "Lok doesn't get it" topic.
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Lokarin
09/28/19 9:51:46 AM
#40:


SunWuKung420 posted...
Another "Lok doesn't get it" topic.


This is true, I don't get a lot of things - I'm not intentionally maliciousing
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Pus_N_Pecans
09/28/19 10:27:49 AM
#41:


Lokarin posted...
If it legit is just a preparedness thing, mmm, I can jive with that.
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green dragon
09/28/19 10:43:28 AM
#42:


Why single out tampoons? Why not include other hygiene items like toilet paper?

side note, it'd be great if schools started giving out free deodorant.
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WhiskeyDisk
09/28/19 10:51:00 AM
#43:


I mean if your rather sit at a warm chair with period residue on it from someone in the class before you because of an unexpected visit from Aunt Flo, have at it but I wouldn't want to sit in a diarrhea desk either because it was "bring your own toilet paper day".
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Final Fantasy2389
09/28/19 11:28:39 AM
#44:


I worked in my schools book store senior year. We sold tampons for $.25 or if it was deemed an emergency we were allowed to give them away for free.

I never questioned it. It never needed to be questioned. This topic shouldn't exist.


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wwinterj25
09/28/19 12:00:38 PM
#45:


Lokarin posted...
But when it comes to tampons it never seems to be a "i'm too poor" issue... so what's the connection?


I'd imagine some folk are too poor for those. However some gals are too embarrassed to talk about these things and feel a school nurse is more easy to talk to. Changing them for said tampons would make them have to ask their parents for cash. Also as others have said accidents can and will happen. Charging to fix that or have said gal bleed through her cloths all day is a easy choice.
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Dreaming_King
09/28/19 12:53:04 PM
#46:


Honestly Lok has a legit point here guys.
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Lokarin
09/28/19 1:13:50 PM
#47:


Dreaming_King posted...
Honestly Lok has a legit point here guys.


I don't have a point if I'm asking a question... I'm trying to get other people's points
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RedPixel
09/28/19 1:15:55 PM
#48:


ferko420 posted...
It's kinda like a pocket knife a man is only half a man if he doesnt carry a knife....

...that's pretty funny, actually.
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09/28/19 1:20:30 PM
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Mead
09/28/19 1:21:23 PM
#50:


Dreaming_King posted...
Honestly Lok has a legit point here guys.


Okay sword guy
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