Sanitary wear costs women a lot over a lifetime,and is classed as a ‘luxury’. Imagine what sincere luxury we could buy with that much cash …When I worked for a teen mag, fraction of our problem page was sponsored by one of the main sanitary-towel brands. This is the sort of arrangement that allows print titles to run and turn a profit, or but we all grumbled about it,particularly the clause that meant any reader problems about menstruation had to be answered with the words “beget a happy period!” which sounds pretty condescending even when you’re not bent double with cramps.
Now research claims that the average woman spends over £18000 in a lifetime on sanitary wear and other items to make the monthly event slightly more bearable, which made me wonder whether the weak slogan should be replaced with beget a luxury period!” The average UK annual salary is £26500; how are we spending almost 68% of one year’s money on tampons and cocodamol? beget I missed something? Are other women using feather-light cashmere pads, or comfort snacking on Fabergé eggs instead of barbecue Kettle Chips?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com