drinking-watermelon:

you can get condoms free from the NHS but not sanitary products, and sanitary products are charged with a 5% VAT because apparently bleeding every month is a privilege but someone shoving their dick in you is necessary :):):):):)

Why do people keep using this comparison?

Condoms are free precisely because they’re not necessary. If someone skips out on using condoms because they don’t think it’s worth the money, they can still shove dicks; they’re just endangering themselves and others by doing so. Menstrual products can afford to be a lot more expensive while still being assured that people will buy them, and if people do decide it’s not worth it they won’t be putting people at risk.

Diapers and maybe toilet paper are much closer comparisons to menstrual products, and both of them cost money. (I’m pretty sure they’re taxed, too, but I’m not entirely certain and anyway your country’s mileage may vary.)

P.S. The thing is, there is a double standard here. It’s just that it’s penis condoms vs. vaginal condoms, not penis condoms vs. menstrual products.

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