Since women are forced into having a period just because of the gender they were born with, they should not have to be limited to what they can use because of the price of some products. Although there are other products available, that doesn’t mean they’re all affordable. The products may save money in the long run, but many women do not have the money up front to pay for the alternatives. For the basic, first model diva cup the price ranges from $26.99 to $40.99 depending on where it’s being offered. There are also newer models that go up in price. “Getting you into my vagina was like playing a game of bloody thumb wars with my junk. Every time. Bend, fold, twist? Get my hand up there and see if it’s in place? Both hands?” (Logan, 2017, para. …show more content…
The money that is brought in to each state because of the sales tax on just tampons and pads is the main reason many people state that the tax should remain. The state of California estimates to bring in $20 million dollars alone just on the sales tax or menstrual products (Bowerman, 2016). This allows people to argue that it is a big amount of money that could go to something state related. Even if the tax on tampons and pads is lifted, taxpayers will still be making up that loss in other taxes. California is planning on raising the tax on hard alcohol to make up for the loss on menstrual products (Calfas, 2017). People might argue that either way the government is getting their sales tax money so why make it a problem with the tax on menstrual products. “Even men who don’t menstruate (but they do need to pay up for that privilege, amiright?), elderly women who have stopped menstruating, younger women who may not menstruate yet, pregnant women who may not need such materials and women that may use alternative methods/brands/whatever other than what is provided would all be responsible for paying for something that they don’t use. That’s not fair” (Laura, 2016, para. 9). It is argued that it is unfair for people who are not on their periods at the time to have to make up the tax elsewhere if it wasn’t placed on the tampons and pads anymore. Because of the loss of revenue that the states …show more content…
“The average statewide sales tax is 6.25%, but in some cases, can run as high as 10.25% like in Chicago, due to city and county surcharges” (Why is the US 'tampon tax' so hated, 2016, para. 9). This means that for the average box of tampons, $7, it would cost an extra 44 cents for the average sales tax. Cristina Garcia, California State Assembly member, insisted "This is not insignificant to women, especially poor women on a tight budget who struggle to pay for basic necessities like a box of tampons or pads every month for their adult life. If we can't make them free we should at least make them more affordable” (as cited in Paquette, 2016, para. 20). This shows that even though 44 cents seems like a small number, it can immensely affect people and their menstrual needs. If 44 cents still sounds insignificant, how does 10 million dollars sounds? The state of New York estimated that women would save $10 million per year if the tax was cut. If the tax was cut in California, women would save $20 million per year (Bowerman, 2016). To a normal middle class person, $20 million dollars sounds like a lot. However, Sahadi (2016) stated “California's Board of Equalization estimates that exempting tampons and pads from tax will reduce revenue by $20 million a year. That's a pittance relative to the more than $100 billion collected by the state
According to Mary Bowerman, author of “The ‘Tampon Tax’ and What it Means for You,” this tax on feminine products generates about $20 million a year. Eliminating this tax would save about $10 million a year (Bowerman 1). Without the tax or a lowered tax, buyers of these products could be saving so much money. Because the tax is too high, many states are already eliminating the tax on these products.
The following year the ban on contraceptives was called off and doctors could now legally prescribe birth control. (499) But this didn't mean that women were now running to get a prescription form of birth control, they still preferred other methods. Many women could not afford prescriptions or did not live close enough to a clinic. Convenience, affordability, and discreetness was still what women looked for when choosing a form of birth control. New laws in 1938 that governed medical devices had little impact on commercially sold birth control products because they were still being sold as vaginal cleansers. Women came to depend on “feminine hygiene” products more than any other method of birth control even well after the pill was developed in
Today’s economy is struggling and it is in dire need of relief. As of 2013, the United State’s debt was $17 trillion, and if marijuana were to be legalized than it would help raise more money. It could be taxed and distributed for consumption sold like alcohol and tobacco. Taxes on cigarettes amounted to more than $43.3 Billion in 2012 (RJReynolds). The legalization of marijuana could possibly one day make that money helping to reduce this nation's debt. But, as the United States continues to prohibit the use of marijuana, it will make the taxpayers pay more money each year on the illegal usage of the drug. The marijuana prohibition costs both state and federal governments more than $20 billion a year (CATO Institute). One drug policy could change how much it wastes on the prohibition but the government has done so. A study by the CATO institute showed that...
With all the work put into finding ways to prevent pregnancy and help the pain of menstrual cycles, it is a shame to see it denied to women working for big companies. The amount of girls and women who use any type of birth control is very high and continues to stay this way because of the benefits and the percentage of birth control working for these women. Taking away working women’s access to affordable birth control is unacceptable and I hope that one day soon all women will have access to affordable birth
Their main premise is to just being attention to the public that there is a movement going on to get rid of this “tax”. Although, the last line of the article does point fingers at women for complaining about this tax. The New York Times says, “In the absence of legislative relief, women might want to consider shopping in the men’s aisle” (Editorial Board). This quote is saying that since there is no legislation to back up women in their fight, they just need to go purchase the equivalent men’s items. That is not the point of the movement itself. The movement is trying to take away the unnecessary tax from women’s products to make it even with the men’s products. Buying from the men’s aisle will just be ignoring the problem altogether when there needs to be something done about the unfair taxation of women. The author is also explaining that legislation is the one of few ways to expedite the problem, but there does not need to be such an extent brought into the
all women can afford birth control, birth control is only offered to women with a
With an estimated twenty-five million active marijuana smokers in America that consume nearly thirty-one million pounds of marijuana each year, we are missing out on extreme revenue that this country cannot afford to go without for much longer (Krulick). Specialized government funded programs such as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) cost around $7 billion and are in danger of being defunded to save money (Whitehouse). Marijuana tax revenues exceed $6 billion and would help less fortunate women in need of assistance when they are raising a child. On the state level, Alabama has a projected profit of $8.9 million in tax revenues alone from marijuana sales (Miron). States could increase pay or set up better retirement for police, firefighters, teachers, or any other underpaid public service.
For many years in the United States, equal salary pay for women has been a major issue that women have been fighting for decades. This began back in World War II, when the National Labor Board urged equalize the salary rates for women with the same rates that males were getting the same professions. (Rowen) Although, traditionally most women do not work to provide for their family and there are not so many independent women during World War II. After World War II more women lost their jobs to veterans returning to the workforce. Women in the workforce after the war have been discriminated ever since. The idea of women as weak and cannot perform their jobs still embedded in the mind of some men and were not considered equals to their male counterparts. Women need to fight for equal pay because, women in the work force today is dramatically different from women that was working during World War II. (Rowen) Through studies as well, it shows that women are also more educated during 2002 and still was getting paid less than men. Even though in the 1960 's, the Equal Pay act was, in effect, it still did not help benefit women in the long run.
Oregonians have vetoed the proposition of a sales tax seven times since the early two thousands. The change has to be seen as appealing enough to where more voters will back the bill. Oregon can’t drop either property or income taxes on blind faith that a sales tax will later be admitted. The amount of money lost through dropping a tax can be equally raised by sales tax. Losing more money is a fear in the people that should be regarded.
Armand, Lione, Kapecki, Jon. 1975. ¡§Testing Tampons in Rochester: just what can you Rely on?¡¨ Jul23-Aug5. Rochester Patriot. Vol.3, No.14
Imagine if it were you: missing school or work since you cannot afford the products you need. Imagine if it were you: forced to leave your home as it is "that time of the month". Imagine if it were you: shunned by family and friends; made to feel like less of a person simply because of a natural bodily function. This is life for millions of women around the world and it needs to change. Women are historically encouraged to hide their periods. Even today, in "modern" society, menstruation is still highly stigmatized. This stigmatization leads to serious problems with health, social situations, personal development, society, and even endangers women's lives.
For many years in United States, equal salary pay for women has been a major issue that women have been fighting for decades. This began back in World War II, when the National Labor Board urged equalize the salary rates for women with the same rates that males were getting of the same professions. (Rowen) Although, traditionally most women do not work to provide for there family and there are not so many independent women during World War II. After World War II more women lost their jobs to veterans returning to the workforce. Women in the workforce after the war have been discriminated ever since. The idea of women as weak and cannot perform there jobs
From the beginning of history and to this day women still get paid less than the average man, but why? Whoever said that women are incapable of good work performance? Whoever said that women do not have the same responsibilities to maintain? What really makes a women’s work inferior to men? The answer is nothing. Today, women are depended on just as much as men, and are capable of performing at their level. However, a full-time working woman earns only seventy-seven cents for every dollar a man makes. These days women make up half the workplace in our society; they work just as hard and for the same reasons. Women deserve to be paid at an equal rate as men because they are relied on to uphold the same responsibilities and are just as qualified to perform at a man’s level.
Pomeroy, Sarah B. Goddess, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity. New York: Schocken Books. 1975.
The pink tax costs women thousands of unnecessarily spent dollars. Women’s products and services are more costly than male products and services, which creates a gender bias in people’s minds that are aware of this situation. Women are charged more for self-care products