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Causes
Period poverty is caused by a variety of social, economic and cultural factors. Period shaming makes girls feel insecure about the menstrual process and thus less likely to have period products on hand, as well as less likely to have conversations on menstrual health with friends and family members. In some cultures across the world, menstrual blood itself is seen as unholy and girls are encouraged to hide signs of menstrual bleeding from their male counterparts. In the US specifically, 80% of sampled 13 to 19-year-old teens believe periods have a negative association. This same study found that 57% have felt personally affected by this negative association, and 64% think society generally teaches girls to be ashamed of their periods.Economic barriers can also worsen the troubles that women must endure to access safe period products. As of 2019, 35 out of 50 U.S. states tax period products as non-essential items. Additionally, said products are not covered in America's food stamps program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or its derivative for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Period poverty is interrelated with the "pink tax", a hypothesis which alleges that "women's products" are disproportionately more expensive than similar product types which are marketed towards men.
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