{"id":9586,"date":"2015-07-27T00:04:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T07:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=9586"},"modified":"2015-07-27T00:04:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T07:04:30","slug":"tampons-trannies-a-bruin-fisking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/07\/27\/tampons-trannies-a-bruin-fisking\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampons &#038; Trannies: A Bruin Fisking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In yet another display of the decline and fall of higher education in America, UCLA special little snowflake Zoey Freedman has written a whine fest entitled: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2015\/07\/20\/free-tampons-would-slow-flow-of-gender-inequality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Free tampons would slow flow of gender inequality<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her article has gone <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2015\/07\/22\/college-newspapers-blog-post-on-tampons-and-gender-equality-leads-to-crazy-editors-note\/\" target=\"_blank\">viral<\/a>, not just because of the idiocy of the writer, but for the hyper-PC insanity that\u00a0 apologizes for making the assumption that biological reality is really real:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cEditor\u2019s note: This blog post refers to individuals who menstruate as women because the author wanted to highlight gender inequality in health care. We acknowledge that not all individuals who menstruate identify as women and that not all individuals who identify as women menstruate, but feel this generalization is appropriate considering the gendered nature of most health care policies. \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Daily Bruin, the Disclaimer of the Week: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nG5Lu1nbqJ\">pic.twitter.com\/nG5Lu1nbqJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kausmickey\/status\/623781383517790208\">July 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The article proper is so FacePalm inducing that it deserves a fisking.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTo most government officials, feminine hygiene products are a luxury item. But, every day, women are being poisoned by their own bodies because they lack access to even the most essential health products.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet women since time immemorial have been able to avoid self-poisoning despite not getting subsidized hygiene products\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMeanwhile, most men have no problem getting covered for pills that will help them get a boner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aside from the veracity of that statement, the parallel is a silly one: Menses is normal, while impotence is a medical disorder.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAlthough still greatly outnumbered and underpaid compared to their male counterparts, women have made so much progress. Yet inequality still lies in the most basic areas of human well-being. Women are still facing unequal treatment when it comes to health care and are paying out of pocket for necessary female health products, particularly tampons and pads.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certainly not outnumbered on college campuses!\u00a0 The wage gap is practically non-existent overall, with younger generations actually have women earning more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The reason for the different treatment here is due to the fact that men are biologically different from women.\u00a0 Women normally go through menses between puberty and menopause.\u00a0 Men never will.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s about time that the federal government recognizes that even the most basic health care<strong> <\/strong>needs to<strong> <\/strong>start subsidizing the cost of tampons and pads for women, or covering the cost completely. This is only fair, since health insurance is supposed to cover the major aspects of a person\u2019s health. But more importantly, cutting the cost of these products is a crucial step in normalizing menstruation within society, and it provides women who may not have access to these resources the opportunity to feel clean and comfortable during their period.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insurance is meant to cover unexpected medical emergencies and conditions.\u00a0 A woman going through menses is expected.\u00a0 If the author doesn\u2019t know this by the time she gets to college, Oy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Menses <em>is<\/em> normal for women.\u00a0 It is through new forms of birth control pills that practically shut down periods that menses is becoming denormalized.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAccess to tampons would not only allow for<strong> <\/strong>healthy living during that time of the month, but also every day of the year. The provision of tampons, or at least a subsidy, would give many women, especially those living on the streets or living paycheck to paycheck, access to these necessary items and the ability to change them often without the fear of running out. Not changing a tampon frequently enough can lead to complications like toxic shock syndrome or blood poisoning, among other things, which can lead to permanent damage in women\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why is a tampon needed every single day of the year?\u00a0 The author clearly is ignorant of basic biology, and even of her own body, is would seem.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAside from some forms of birth control or medical complications, nothing will stop a woman\u2019s period. It\u2019s a natural part of having a uterus that just can\u2019t be helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet what has been true since before time immemorial is somehow only a problem in this day and age?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHealth care currently covers services such as sexually transmitted infection testing, birth control, abortion and even access to erectile dysfunction treatments such as penile implants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In other words, health care currently covers fighting disease and correcting medical illnesses (as well procuring fetal body parts for sale)?\u00a0 Tell me again how a normal bodily function is an illness that needs to not only be treated, but fully subsidized in treatment?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAlthough erectile dysfunction is a problem, it is not one that all men are inherently born with. Menstruation, on the other hand, is something almost every woman deals with at some point in her life. It\u2019s a bit ridiculous that surgeries for sexual needs are covered before everyday feminine hygiene products.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because one is a medical problem, the other is something that all women save for the author have been able to deal with since before time immemorial?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOnce necessary items needed to maintain feminine wellness are made attainable, public amenities outside of health centers and doctors\u2019 offices should join in normalizing access to feminine products. Public facilities such as restrooms, schools and theaters should provide tampons and pads to women who need them, when they need them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After all, why <em>should<\/em> Melissa Harris-Perry have to pay for her own earrings?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHaving these products in public facilities would also provide an easy way for women living on the streets to access these products. Homeless women and women with extremely low income are disproportionately affected by the lack of access to feminine products. Tampons are pricey for any woman, but women who can hardly afford to buy food can\u2019t afford to buy a $10 box of tampons, leaving them to choose between food or feeling comfortable when on their period.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing is stopping the author from going down to homeless shelters, religious missions, or government services offices and donating a tampons.\u00a0 They are less than 12\u00a2 or so each\u2026 less if you buy bulk.\u00a0 Why should we subsidize what the vast majority\u00a0 of women \u00a0can easily pay for by themselves?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFree or subsidized tampons through health care services can ensure that women at least have the right to a happy and healthy lifestyle, especially when that time of the month rolls around.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your \u201clifestyle\u201d;\u00a0 your responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DailyBruin_Article.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DailyBruin_Article\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DailyBruin_Article.jpg 600w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DailyBruin_Article-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tampons &#038; Trannies: A Bruin Fisking\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In yet another display of the decline and fall of higher education in America, UCLA special little snowflake Zoey Freedman has written a whine fest entitled: 'Free tampons would slow flow of gender inequality.'\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DailyBruin_Article.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In yet another display of the decline and fall of higher education in America, UCLA special little snowflake Zoey Freedman has written a whine fest entitled: \u201cFree tampons would slow flow of gender inequality.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her article has gone viral, not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/07\/27\/tampons-trannies-a-bruin-fisking\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[70,22,55,25,48,57],"class_list":["post-9586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-facepalm","tag-fail","tag-gender","tag-higher-ed","tag-social-justice","tag-war-on-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9603,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586\/revisions\/9603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}