ʻAuhau ʻulaʻula: Ke kumu kūʻai maoli o ke kumu kūʻai kumu hoʻokumu

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• ʻO ka 'ʻauhau ʻākala'
• ʻO ka 'ʻauhau tampon'
• E hana maʻalahi ana i nā tampons a me nā pad
• Nā ʻāina e alakaʻi nei i ke ala
• ʻO ka lawe lawe ʻana

Inā kūʻai ʻoe ma kekahi mea kūʻai aku ma ka pūnaewele a i ʻole ka hale kūʻai brick-and-mortar, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi papa ulia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma muli o ka wahine.

Hele mai nā huahana "kāne" i ka ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ka navy polū ʻōpala me nā inoa boutique e like me Bull Dog, Vikings Blade, a me Rugs a me Dapper. Inā he mea ʻala nā huahana, he ʻala muskier ia.

I kēia manawa, paʻakikī nā huahana "wahine" e nalo: kahi pahū o ka poni a me ka poni māmā, me kahi huina hoʻohui o ka uila. Inā ʻala, hua nā mea ʻala a pua, e like me ka pi momona a me ka viole, ka pua ʻāpala, a me ka ua raspberry - he aha kēlā.

ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻala a me ke kala ka ʻokoʻa loa i waena o nā huahana i kuʻuna ʻia i nā kāne a me nā wahine, aia kekahi, ʻokoʻa subtler: ke kumu kūʻai. A ke kumu kūʻai nei i ka poʻe e kūʻai i nā huahana e pili ana i nā wahine ʻoi aku ka nui.

ʻO ka 'ʻauhau ʻākala'

ʻO ke kumu kūʻai pili kāne kāne, i ʻike ʻia he "ʻauhau ʻulaʻula," kahi uku no nā huahana i manaʻo ʻia no nā wahine i loaʻa nā ʻokoʻa cosmetic mai nā huahana like i manaʻo ʻia no nā kāne.

I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē, ʻaʻole ia he ʻauhau maoli.

He "hanana loaʻa kālā no nā ʻoihana pilikino i loaʻa kahi ala e nānā pono ai kā lākou huahana a i ʻole kūpono no ka heluna kanaka a ʻike ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kālā," wehewehe ʻo Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, kahi loio, pelekikena hope no ka Ke Kula Hoʻokolokolo ʻo Brennan ma ke Kula Kānāwai o NYU, a me ka mea hoʻokumu o Period Equity.

"Manaʻo wau ʻo nā kumu e pili ana i ka ʻauhau ʻulaʻula e hele mai me ka maopopo loa mai kahi kūlana kapitalist maʻamau: inā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kālā iā ia, pono ʻoe," hoʻomau ʻo ia.

ʻAʻole naʻe he mea hou ka ʻauhau ʻulaʻula. Ma nā 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Kaleponi, Connecticut, Florida, a me South Dakota i nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka uku kāne kāne i kā lākou mokuʻāina. I ka makahiki 2010, ua hōʻike ka Consumer Reports i ka mea āpau āpau me kahi noiʻi i loaʻa, i kēlā manawa, ua uku ʻia nā wahine ma kahi o 50 pākēneka ma mua o nā kāne no nā huahana like.

Ua wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia ka pilikia ma 2015 i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu aku ai ka Keʻena ʻoihana Mea Kūʻai Nui o New York i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ke kumu kūʻai no 794 mau huahana like mai nā 91 rama i kūʻai ʻia ma loko o ke kūlanakauhale.

Nānā ka hōʻike i ʻelima mau ʻoihana ʻokoʻa, e like me nā huahana mālama pilikino a i ʻole nā ​​huahana mālama ola makua / home. Hoʻopuni kēia mau huahana i nā mahele huahana 35, e like me bodywash a shampoo. I kēlā me kēia ʻoihana ʻelima, kūʻai aku nā mea kūʻai aku i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine i ke kumu kūʻai. ʻO ka like ka hihia i nā mea āpau akā ʻelima o nā mahele huahana 35.

Nānā nā kānaka noiʻi i nā huahana 106 i ka mahele o nā mea pāʻani a me nā mea pono a ʻike ʻia, ma ka awelika, ua uku ʻia nā mea no nā kaikamahine he 7 pakeneka ke kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO nā uku hōʻeuʻeu ʻoi loa, aia i waena o nā huahana mālama pilikino.

ʻO kahi laʻana, he $ 550 no nā pahu polū Schick Hydro i loko o ka pōpoki poni i loaʻa i $ 18.49, ʻoiai ka helu like o Schick Hydro e hoʻopihapiha ana i nā pahu polū i $ 14,99.

Eia hou, ʻokoʻa ma mua o kā lākou waihoʻoluʻu ʻōpala, ke ʻano like o nā huahana.

ʻIke ʻia ka hōʻike a NYC i ke alo o nā wahine i ka awelika o ke kumu kūʻai ʻokoʻa o 13 pākēneka no nā huahana mālama pilikino ma waena o nā huahana 122 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka noiʻi. A ua hoʻomaopopo pono nā mea kākau i kēia mau mea, e like me ka gel ʻāhi a me ka deodorant, nā mea i kūʻai pinepine ʻia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā waeʻano ʻē aʻe - ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā kumukūʻai i ka manawa. ʻOiai he kūpono ʻole kēia no kēlā mau kūʻai ʻana a pau no kēia huahana, ʻo ka 13 pakeneka ke hoʻonui ʻia ke kumukūʻai e pā i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine i hele mai nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī.

Akā, ʻo nā hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo, hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ka ʻauhau ʻulaʻula. I ka makahiki 1995, ua hoʻoholo kūleʻa ʻia ʻo Jackie Speier a laila ua hoʻoholo ʻia kahi pila e pāpā ana i ke kumu kūʻai kāne o nā lawelawe, e like me nā lauoho.

I kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he Congresswoman, ʻo Rep. Speier (D-CA) e hele ana i ka ʻāina: Ua hoʻolauna hou ʻo ia i ke kānāwai ʻauhau ʻauhau Pink i kēia makahiki e kuhikuhi kikoʻī i nā huahana i pili i ka ʻauhau ʻulaʻula. (ʻO kahi mana mua o ka bila i hoʻolauna ʻia ma 2016 i kū ʻole i ke kōmike). Inā holo ka pila hou, ʻae ʻia nā loio mokuʻāina "e hana i nā hana kīwila i nā mea kūʻai aku i hana hewa ʻia e nā hana hoʻokae." I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, hiki iā lākou ke hele pololei ma hope o nā ʻoihana e hoʻokau i nā kāne a me nā wahine i nā kumukūʻai like ʻole.

ʻO ka 'ʻauhau tampon'

ʻAʻole wale ka ʻauhau ʻulaʻula e hoʻonui i nā wahine. Aia kekahi "ʻauhau tampon," e pili ana i ka ʻauhau kūʻai i noi ʻia i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine e like me nā pads, nā liners, nā tampon, a me nā kīʻaha.

I kēia manawa, 36 mau mokuʻāina e hoʻopili nei i ka ʻauhau kūʻai aku i kēia mau mea pono o ka menstrual, e like me ka ʻikepili mai ka hui ʻo Weiss-Wolf Period Equity. ʻOkoʻa ka ʻauhau kūʻai aku i kēia mau huahana a hoʻokumu ʻia i ka helu ʻauhau o ka mokuʻāina.

Pela i ka mea? Mahalo paha ʻoe. Uku ka poʻe āpau i ka ʻauhau kūʻai. Me he mea lā he ʻauhau kūʻai kā nā tampons a me nā pads.

ʻAʻole pololei, wahi a Weiss-Wolf. Hoʻokumu nā mokuʻāina i kā lākou mau ʻauhau ʻauhau ponoʻī, a i loko o kāna puke Nā Wā i hala i ka Lehulehu: Ke lawe nei i kahi kū no ke kaulike Menstrual, wehewehe ʻo ia i kekahi mau ʻōlelo hoʻokiwikā pono ʻole loa i loaʻa i kekahi mau mokuʻāina.

"Ua hele wau i loko o kēlā me kēia pāʻauhau i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina i hoʻokuʻu ʻole i nā huahana menstrual e ʻike i nā mea a lākou i hoʻokuʻu ai, a he mea hoʻomakeʻaka ka papa inoa," haʻi ʻo Weiss-Wolf iā Healthline. ʻO nā mea i auhau ʻole ʻia, i helu ʻia ma ka puke a Weiss-Wolf a me nā mea i mālama ʻia ʻo Healthline, mai nā marshmallow ma Florida a hiki i ke kuke ʻana i ka waina ma Kaleponi. He mau kaʻa hau ʻo Maine, a he mau hua pua lālani barbecue ia ma Indiana a me nā lālā kalapu pū ma Wisconsin.

Inā kūʻauhau ʻia nā ʻanoʻano barbecue sunflower, hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Weiss-Wolf, a laila pono nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine pū kekahi.

Kuhi hewa ʻole ʻia ka ʻauhau tampon ma ke ʻano he ʻauhau hoʻokupu, e wehewehe ai ʻo Weiss-Wolf. Akā, he ʻauhau kūʻai maʻamau ia i hoʻopili ʻia i nā waiwai āpau - akā ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe menstruate wale nō e hoʻohana i nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine, hoʻopili ka ʻauhau iā mākou.

E like me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka ukana mālama pilikino i hoʻomākaukau ʻia no nā wahine, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻauhau kūʻai aku mākou i waho i kēlā me kēia mahina e mālama ai iā ʻAnakē Flo hoʻonui ʻia i loko o ke ola holoʻokoʻa, a pili ʻino kēia i nā wahine mai nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa.

"He resonance maoli kēia pilikia no ka poʻe," haʻi ʻo Weiss-Wolf iā Healthline. "Manaʻo wau he ʻāpana no ka mea ʻo ka ʻike o ka menstruation ka mea ākea āpau no kēlā me kēia mea i ʻike ia, e like me ka ʻike e hiki ke hoʻokele he mea nui ia i ka hiki ke komo piha i ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā a loaʻa kahi hanohano."

Hoʻomaopopo nā kāne a me nā wahine o nā ʻāpana politika āpau i ka "economics of menstruation," e like me kā Weiss-Wolf i kāhea ai, he mea hana ʻole. Ua lawe kāna hui ʻo Period Equity i kēia pilikia ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ma 2015 e ka hana pū ʻana me ka makasina Cosmopolitan ma kahi palapala noi Change.org e "ax the tampon tax." Akā pono e kamaʻilio ʻia ka ʻauhau kūʻai e nā mea kākoʻo e ka mokuʻāina.

A aia kahi ala lōʻihi e hele ai.

ʻElima mau mokuʻāina - Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, Montana, a me Oregon - ʻaʻohe auhau kūʻai aku e hoʻomaka ai, no laila ʻaʻole ʻauhau ʻia nā pads a me nā tampons ma laila. I kēia manawa, ʻo Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, a me Pennsylvania ma ke ʻano he kānāwai no lākou iho e lawe aku i ka ʻauhau kūʻai aku mai kēia mau mea, e like me nā Periode Gone Public.

Mai ka 2015, mahalo i ka hoʻonui i ke kākoʻo e pili ana i ka wā kaulike, ua hoʻolauna nā mokuʻāina he 24 i nā pila e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā pads a me nā tampons mai ka ʻauhau kūʻai. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, a me New York wale nō kai kūleʻa i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kēia mau pono hoʻomaʻemaʻe kino i kēia manawa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ʻAlikona, Nebraska, a me Virginia i nā bila ʻauhau tampon i kā lākou ʻahaʻōlelo i ka makahiki 2018.

No laila, no ke aha i lōʻihi ai ka lōʻihi o ke kamaʻilio ʻana?

"ʻO ke kūlana kūpono maoli nō ka hapa nui o kā mākou poʻe kau kānāwai ʻaʻole menstruate, no laila ʻaʻole lākou e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kēlā me kēia ʻano o nā ʻano kūkulu," wahi a Weiss-Wolf.

E hana maʻalahi ana i nā tampons a me nā pad

Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻauhau tampon, ke loaʻa maoli nei ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka pono o ka menstrual e pili ana i ka hiki ʻana o nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine no nā wahine home ʻole a me nā wahine i nā hale paʻahao a me nā kula lehulehu.

"Pono lākou e like me ka pepa lua," wahi a kahi City Councilwoman ma 2016 i ka wā i koho ai ʻo NYC e hana manuahi nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine i loko o nā kula, nā hale hoʻomalu, a me nā hale paʻahao. Ua hōʻike ʻia he 300,000 mau kaikamahine i piha i ka makahiki 11 a 18 a me 23,000 mau wahine a me nā kaikamahine e noho ana i nā hale hoʻomalu ma NYC i hoʻopilikia ʻia e kēia bila haki honua.

ʻO ke komo ʻana i kēia mau mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe e hāʻawi i ka hanohano a hiki i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine ke komo piha i ke kaiāulu.

"ʻOiai i kēia ʻano kālaiʻāina o kēia wā, ka mea ʻona a polarized loa ... ʻo kēia kahi ʻāpana [o ke komo ʻana i hōʻoia ʻia e ʻoi aku i ka ʻaoʻao a me ke kākoʻo ikaika ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke alaloa," wahi a Weiss-Wolf.

I kēia makahiki, ua koho ʻo New York State e hāʻawi i nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine manuahi i ka lumi lumi lumi o nā kaikamahine no nā papa 6 a hiki i ka 12.

"He resonance maoli kēia no ka poʻe. Manaʻo hapa wau ma muli o ka
ka hoao ana o ka menstruation mea ākea loa no ka mea i loaʻa iā ia, e like me
ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻokele iā ia mea nui i kā kekahi
hiki ke komo piha i ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā a loaʻa kahi hanohano. " -
ʻO Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

I ka 2015 a me ka 2017, ua hoʻolaha kahi luna kānāwai Wisconsin i kahi bila e hana i nā pads a me nā tampons i loaʻa manuahi ma nā kula lehulehu, nā kula e hoʻohana ana i ka papahana palapala hōʻoia mokuʻāina, a i nā hale aupuni. Ma Kanada, ua ʻākoakoa kahi ʻaha kūkā kamaʻāina ma Toronto i ka pila like no nā wahi home ʻole.

Nā ʻāina e alakaʻi nei i ke ala

Loaʻa i nā kaulike kaulike nā ala e hele ai i ka hapanui o nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika, a hiki iā mākou ke nānā i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka mea e hiki ai.

• Ua ʻau ʻia ʻo Kenya
  kāna ʻauhau kūʻai aku ma nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine i 2004 a ua hoʻokaʻawale miliona
  i ka mahele ʻana i nā pads i nā kula i ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻonui i ka hele ʻana o nā kaikamahine.
• Ua kiola ʻo Kanada
  kāna ʻauhau waiwai a me nā lawelawe (e like me ka ʻauhau kūʻai) ma nā tampons ma 2015. Australia
  hooholoia
  e hana like i ka mahina i hala iho nei, ʻoiai pono e ʻae hou ʻia e
  nā panalāʻau pākahi.
• He papahana pailaka ma Aberdeen,
  Ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Sekotia
  nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine i nā wahine i nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano he hoʻāʻo no a
  hiki polokalamu nui aʻe.
• Ua hoʻopau pū ka United Kingdom i ka tampon
  ʻauhau, ʻoiai aia he mau kumu pili i ka Brexit ʻaʻole ia e holo i kēia manawa. I
  uku, kekahi mau kaulahao nui ma UK, pēlā
  ʻo Tesco, ua ʻoki i nā kumukūʻai ma nā huahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine iā lākou iho.

ʻO ka lawe lawe ʻana

Ke loiloi nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi kūkākūkā lōʻihi loa e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i kā mākou biology. E like me ka hapanui o mākou i ulu a aloha i ka pua-deodorant ʻaʻala, ʻaʻohe mea nui e hoʻonāukiuki i nā ʻoihana e hana i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa - akā ma ka liʻiliʻi hiki iā lākou ke hoʻōki iā mākou no ia mea.

A ʻoiai he wā ʻoluʻolu (a me nā cramp e hele pū me ia) ʻaʻole paha he ʻoluʻolu maikaʻi, ke kūkākūkā nei e pili ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka menstruation e like me ka mea e hoʻonāukiuki ana i ka pono a me ke aloha no nā mea e pono ai nā huahana e hoʻokele iā ia.

He mea kākau a mea hoʻoponopono ʻo Jessica Wakeman e kia ana i nā pilikia politika, ka pilikanaka, a me nā moʻomeheu o nā wahine. Mai Connecticut ʻo ia, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka journalism a me ke kāne a me ka moekolohe ma NYU. He mea hoʻoponopono ʻo ia ma The Frisky, Daily Dot, HelloGiggles, YouBeauty, a me Someecards, a ua hana pū ʻo ia no Huffington Post, Radar Magazine, a me NYmag.com. Ua ʻike ʻia kāna kākau ʻana ma nā poʻo paʻi a me nā poʻo inoa pūnaewele, e like me Glamour, Rolling Stone, Bitch, ka New York Daily News, ka New York Times Review of Books, The Cut, Bustle, a me Romper. Aia ʻo ia ma ka papa o nā alakaʻi o Bitch Media, kahi hui lawena wahine ʻole. Noho ʻo ia ma Brooklyn me kāna kāne. E ʻike hou aʻe i kāna hana ma kāna pūnaewele a hāhai iā ia ma ʻO Twitter.