Where conversations about access and equity circulate across higher education nationwide, offering menstrual hygiene products on campuses has more recently entered the conversation. Gaining traction in 2016, movements and student organizations have rallied to have free products in all restrooms. Taking a closer look at a pilot offered at Clemson University in the Fall of 2018, we begin to see some of the challenges and obstacles that institutions may face when trying to be more accessible for their students and staff.
Reading List on Locations of Menstrual Hygiene Products
1. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Tampons-in-Men-s-Rooms-/240091
2. https://www.slu.edu/news/2019/january/project-period.php
3. https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11645
4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/09/free-tampons-for-all-at-brown-university-this-school-year-even-in-the-mens-room/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c5ab6c8b3739
5. https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/11/07/assu-initiative-stocks-campus-bathrooms-with-free-menstrual-products/
6. https://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/colleges-are-putting-tampons-in-mens-bathrooms-becausemen-can-have-vaginas-too/
Pink Tax or Blue Discount? https://fee.org/articles/is-there-really-a-pinktax/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz9nm0PX24AIVnBtBh3Z9g29EAAYAiAAEgKL__D_BwE
Movements: https://axthepinktax.com/?mkwid=sdSDioBCL&pcrid=335958427679&pkw=wha t%20is%20the%20pink%20tax&pmt=e&pdv=c
According to CNN as of November 2018 “Nine states and the District of Columbia exempt feminine hygiene products from sales taxes. Five other states don't have general sales taxes.” Nevada was the 10th . ? https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/health/nevada-tampon-taxrepealed-trnd/index.html