For the general population, it’s death and taxes. For those who have periods, it’s death, taxes and forking out monthly for a box of tampons.
Paying for the sheer pleasure of having a female reproductive system has often been a sore point, but for some it’s one that’s increasingly unaffordable. A recent survey by a regional health and wellbeing board found that nearly one in three of us who menstruate have struggled to access period products.
And while the Government finally scrapped a VAT on period products that until last year put pantyliners in the same luxury category as Ferrero Rocher, period poverty is still a major issue as the cost of living crisis deepens. That’s why Morrisons recently introduced a "Package for Sandy" scheme.
