Roxboro House Roundtables

The panel explored the actual costs of menstruation, nationally and globally. We discussed period panties, menstrual cups, tampons, and ‘sanitary’ pads. What does access to affordable menstrual care products means for women? What are the social and economic costs of being a woman specific to menstruation (a la Megyn Kelly, or fears about an employer, or a president, having PMS, or states revising tax laws for menstrual products, for example). And how do we erase the stigma of a normal healthy body function?