Never mind that it is probably the first time anyone on FOX News has acknowledged that women pay out the “wazoo” for feminine hygiene products. Too bad they didn’t also note that such expenditures don’t come with medical reimbursement.
And, since I can’t describe this mental leap-frog any better than Jodi at RH Reality Check, I’m going to link directly to her commentary.
…In it’s ongoing “fact-based” coverage (as in, “we make up the facts and we report ‘em”), Fox News has managed to equate the following: tampons, taxes, the deficit and….freedom.
Now, in my many years experience with tampons, I have never seen any interest by any major network in the fact that women pay out-of-pocket for tampons, sanitary pads and other related items every month, without, mind you, any reimbursement from any health insurance plan. We’re just supposed to deal with menstruation for roughly 35 to 40 years, and in between get pregnant and birth the babies, without complaining about our periods, our pregnancies or our uncovered maternity care…
More thoughts on the impending tamponated tea parties at Feminist Peace Network and The Political Carnival. Did I mention there was video?
