Wisconsin lawmaker proposes free tampons, pads in public restrooms

Probably.

Gone with the mists of time, apparently.

 

Wisconsin liberals are wacked out...crazy. Must be the water.

 

What's next, stocking toiler paper.

 

Wait a minute, why is she proposing this? I thought "free bleeding" was the new feminist rage? Anyway, this is one of those low info proposals that'll likely gain traction in liberal circles, especially on the campus in Madison. And, if they harp on the "sanitation" angle to highlight a "healthy environment" it might get some attention at HSS and they could just add the requirement into the ACA. So, as corny as it is, "free" tampons and sanitary napkins become reality.
WOW, what a boom for those manufacturers that would be.

 

I'm sure Hillary will use this on the campaign. If you're against it, you hate women. Just watch=)

 

why only government bathrooms... why not all public restrooms... clearly if you think there is a need for government bathrooms to provide this critical life changing service, it must mean the rest of society is suffering from the same plight as the people who visit government bathrooms? or do you only care about supporting women who use government bathrooms? you don't care about supporting all women across this nation when they use a bathroom?

so if its good enough for government bathrooms, why did you stop there... or is it not really a good idea? hence we shouldn't mandate anyone be compelled to do it? maybe it should be a CHOICE if that employer, or business, wants to offer an amenity to its customers... but why the mandate, how have women survived this long?

 

Jesus Christ calm down. What you think women bleed 5 days a month because they want to be ********s? It's a natural function of the human body that must be addressed and is done so in the bathroom. Just because it only affects women is no reason to dismiss it. As for government forcing everyone to provide tampons why would I be for that? Just because the government should act in a way does not mean all should. For instance I am against anti-discrimination laws, believing a private business should have that right. However I also believe that the government should in now way discriminate. Not getting your blow up here, you clearly don't understand what I'm saying.

 

but you're the one saying the government needs to provide this in its bathrooms... why do they need to, if you don't think everyone else should be mandated to do so... isn't that a huge conflict of the logic... saying the government must provide tampons, but nobody else? why should the government? if its so critical you think the government should provide them, why would you fail to protect women in every other bathroom? why compel government to spend the money?

why not just say, women have gotten along fine without government mandated tampons... and simply dismiss the idea as not needed... clearly women have functioned without this for centuries... why start now, and why only force government? whats the difference? don't women use bathrooms everywhere? so why would you restrict that logic to a single entity? a taxpayer entity? is it the governments role you believe to provide tampons?

 

I LOVE how just the mere tiniest hint/perception that women might get something men don't have really infuriates some people.....

 

Preparation H?
Vagisil?
Monistat?

 

Why should the government not provide necessary sanitary products to its employees and the public when it comes to restrooms? Just because "it's always been that way" is a terrible excuse. Why should private entities be compelled to act in the same way as government? Certainly the government can set a standard and encourage others to follow, like in this case, but no laws should be passed. I guess I just don't understand the opposition to what seems like should have been the standard for some time now. You wouldn't pull toilet paper, soap, and paper towels from the bathroom and expect people to carry them around. Why are feminine hygiene products not in the same level? Is it because it only affects women?

 

so if government feels this is such a high quality of life issue, why don't they just add them in voluntarily... why do we need a law mandating it... we don't mandate toilet paper in rest rooms, we don't mandate soap in rest rooms... yet you want to support someone who is mandating tampons in the rest rooms... and not just female rest rooms... ALL rest rooms and locked rooms in public facilities... because a transgender person might use a male rest room and deserves the right to have tampons in there... what happens when one rest room is out of the mandated tampons and now sues the government for failing to comply with the law? you see nobody wants to answer the reality, they just all want to feel good like they did something to help someone... when clearly women have figured out how to handle this without government...

if we're going to mandate tampons... lets mandate the toilet paper, soap, plungers, cleaning materials, and everything else to be in there as well... or we could just leave it up to the individual places...

P.S. I called the rep, and of course got one of her secretaries... I asked if they had tampons in their private rest room in her office... she refused to answer the question... so clearly SHE doesn't even provide these necessary items in her own bath room for her own employees and staff... so if SHE won't do it voluntarily, why should everyone else be mandated by law to do it...

 

I don't believe a law is necessary, just that tampons should be provided as a common courtesy in the same way toilet paper and soap are provided. We're not a third world ditch, we can afford to provide the basics in a bathroom.

 

your right, I want my free Toilet Paper, I don't care the cost

 

and thats fine... people can choose to offer this amenity, some do... I'm not against it being a choice... I'm against it being a mandate and compelled by law...

 

I'm not saying I'd be opposed to a government mandate, something that says "thou shall provide basic bathroom needs like tampons in government buildings", however to codify such a mandate into law goes a bit far. As for private business then yeah totally voluntarily, though it would be nice to see a change here. I guess some companies do offer them from what I've heard. Haven't spent much time in women's restrooms since my ex and I broke up though so, yeah not sure how that's going.

 

So what about public schools? Are schools supposed to hand out free feminine hygiene products to all students who ask? When my kids were in grade school (K-6) the school started having issues with parents not supplying their daughters with feminine hygiene products. They expected the school nurse to provide the supplies. School nurses don't have that kind of budget. Handing out the occasional tampon or pad to a student who forgets her own supplies is one thing, but schools cannot be expected to provide every female student all of her needed supplies every month.

In the end, the school district decided to install machines to dispense both pads and tampons in at least one bathroom (the bathroom closest to the 5th and 6th grade classrooms) in each elementary school in the district. Students could then purchase their own supplies for 25¢ each. Problem solved. Machines were already in place in the middle school and high school so the school district already had the supplies in stock.

So if public school buildings can have machines with supplies for purchase, maybe Ms. Sargent could ask that similar machines be available in all public buildings. No freebies from the taxpayers....but the opportunity to purchase supplies.

 

Yeah, totally. I mean - do liberals even compost their own feces like conservatives ?

 

If men had vaginas all of this would be free.

 

This is only for women's rest rooms which is discrimination. I'm calling the ACLU.

 

I hate it how intellectually shallow your perception is of the issue.

 

thats the thing... its NOT just for womens rest rooms... the way the law was written would require EVERY rest room and locker room to contain these supplies... it made NO distinguish between female, male, unisex, or "other" rest rooms... so mens rooms would be forced to comply with this mandate as well unless they amended the proposal...

 

Why should it, private employers don't. Why shouldn't government send a case of tampons to every female's home every month. Why shouldn't the government provide incontinence products in all bathrooms and send them to all seniors? Why should government send me a case of toilet paper every few months?

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I don't doubt it.

 

Nope, men are not helpless human beings.

 

Not at all. Liberals package theirs up and run it for president.