ETHAN, in your latest quest to make a difference, I am sorry, disappointed and surprised to see you go down this path.
You have taken a private and even in some cultures ‘secret women’s business’ and used it to your advantage.
Quite frankly, it stinks.
You state that ‘this natural process is very much a taboo topic – it’s not talked about like it should be’ – the reason it is a taboo topic, is because it is something called ‘women’s business’.
It is private.
It is personal.
It is health related, and it has no place to be aired like dirty laundry for all to talk about in the town.
There are affordable options for these sanitary products and each woman must learn to navigate this, as everything else in life, in a manner that is suitable for their own individual health needs.
It is a part of life.
The program you are trying to get a grant from is not sustainable, it is not an ongoing endless supply of products for everyone.
We women like to maintain some dignity, some respect, some things left for ourselves.
I know that may sound selfish in these times when so much respect for basic morals and standards have diminished, but we just want to have some things left for ourselves.
This issue you are raising is not for the majority, it is not something that needs public scrutiny.
There is no ‘period poverty’.
There is poverty, much poverty, but the latter, that is a private matter for individual women and girls to manage.
It is an embarrassment to have a young man trying to be a superhero for such an issue.
It has nothing to do with you Ethan.
Please, look for an issue to chase that is sustainable, ethical, non-intrusive, respectable, and useful.
Ms Smith, Willaston
