The
“Period Products Scotland Bill” was recently passed by the Scottish Parliament
by a vote of 112 for and none against, with one abstention, Reuters reported.
The bill provides “free”
feminine hygiene products such as pads and tampons to “anyone who needs
them.” The items, which will be available in various public spaces, are
expected to cost the government—meaning taxpayers—around $31 million annually.
The measure makes Scotland the only country on Earth to provide free sanitary
products to all women, though some say the U.S. could soon follow suit.
Monica
Lennon, the sponsor of the bill, touted the action as a “milestone moment for
normalizing menstruation in Scotland and sending out that real signal to people
in this country about how seriously parliament takes gender equality.” (I’m
surprised progressives haven’t taken the “men” out of “menstruation” by now.) Lennon
proposed the bill in response to a growing activist movement for
gender-equality and against “period poverty,” the notion that not all women and
girls can afford the products. The activists argued that it is the government’s
responsibility to provide feminine hygiene products to the public. The Reuters
report cited a pre-vote rally outside Scottish Parliament at which an attendee
held up a sign reading, “Access to menstrual products is a right. Period.”
No, it’s
not. Exclamation point!
Jefferson
did not write of the right to “life, liberty, and free feminine hygiene products.”
No doubt leftists will say this is merely proof of a callous, white male
patriarchy. But passage of this bill is proof of the remarkable ease of
life in the West, and an utter lack of existential crises. And the
almost maniacal desire to be “woker than thou.” Perhaps virtue-signaling will
soon be added to the list of Olympic sports.
In
reality, this is just another wealth transfer, in this case from men to
women—and “trans men.” And a further transfer of power and responsibility from
citizens to the nanny state.
If
equality was really the goal of progressives, they’d be fine with, say, Lindsey
Graham introducing a bill to provide men with free “masculine hygiene”
products. Why should males be burdened with “pate pauperism” or “package
poverty?” Why shouldn’t the government pay for our shaving cream, razors and
hair implant procedures? It certainly should foot the bill for men’s
jock straps, nut cups, and Gold Bond powder, no?
What’s
good for the goose is good for the gander. Right?
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