Recently there’s been a drama on Twitter since Razem party (I think they may be the most progressive party in Poland as of now) twitted that yeah, menstrual products should be free.

Of course, some men started mansplaining periods and confused pads with pantyliners (and they of course calculated the overall monthly budget on pads based on cheap pantyliners which were on limited time only sale in Biedronka - you know, the supermarket. Which many people don’t live close to nor buy sanitary products at).

And I’m like…Yeah, you know, we should strive to achieve perfection. Will we? Probably not, but seeing that as the goal means that even if we fail and don’t reach it, we tried hard and reached as close to it as possible, right? At least if we really tried.

That being said, I really do think that there should be an initiative targeting the most vulnerable people who have periods. I think AT THE VERY LEAST those people should be provided with free sanitary products. And also, who says it should be a mandatory thing, like “take your share of pads or DIE”???

And frankly, I would also see it as an option to introduce people to menstrual cups? Not that it should be the only option, but it certainly should be one. Like seriously, I am not that old, but I never heard about anything but pads and that really sucks. How can you make an informed decision and see what suits you best if you don’t even know what the choices are?

And yeah, I know that stuff costs. But so do roads, schools, hospitals, ambulances and so many more. And I really do think we should strive to cause as little harm as possible while simultaneously relieving as much of the suffering as possible.

And if some people are just freebleeding now and can’t do anything due to that and shame associated with having your clothes stain by blood (not to mention sanitary issues), then…I really would like to help them.