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What is period poverty? The challenge many low-income women and girls have in trying to afford menstruation supplies is referred to as period poverty.Â
There are multiple factors when it comes to why it happens:
Cost: Since they are non-food items, menstrual products are not eligible for food stamps.
Stigma: Cultural shame and stigma around menstruation.
Economic hardship: A global economic catastrophe brought on by the COVID-19 epidemic has disproportionately impacted women.
Education: Schools are providing insufficient knowledge about menstruation and managing menstrual health.
How many people are affected by period poverty?
According to a national poll conducted among college students, 10% of participants reported experiencing period poverty every month, while 14.2% of respondents said they had experienced it in the year before the survey.
Period Expenses:
How much do pads cost on average?
Additionally, the average cost of a tampon box is $7, at an average of 9 boxes per year. Pads average $6 per box at 12 boxes per year.
How much does one pad cost?
Menstrual products on the shelves at CVS show a box of 42 tampons for $14.79 and a box of 60 pads for $6.79, which translates to roughly 11 cents per pad and 35 cents per tampon. The manufacturing cost of both pads and tampons is about 2 to 3 cents per product.
What is the average cost of a period?
The average person who menstruates has about 450 periods in their lifetime; with an average of $20 spent on menstrual products per cycle, the cost builds over time to an estimated $9,000 over a lifetime.
Why are pads expensive?
Period products like tampons and pads are so expensive for infuriating reasons - the pink tax, inflation and shrinkflation along with supply chain issues.
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