www.cnn.com
How awesome is that?All the credit to Scotland for this! So wonderful as there are so many that experience period poverty. I hope more countries follow suit.
Scotland is making tampons and pads free
Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public facilities, a landmark victory for the global movement against period poverty.
I think it's insane that these products were ever taxed. And are still taxed in some states in the US.
I kinda remember on old (not 80s) t.v. shows, seeing boys and men crawling under in an emergency. Don't know when or where.I am sorry, this is not true at least in the East Coast from the 60s to the 80s. Spousal unit remembers that men had to pay for stalls in the public men's room during those years. In Connecticut, Rhode Island, DC suburbs and Pennsylvania, maybe that was different from other places
The difference being, men did NOT have to pay for urinals
ETA: And good for Scotland
Every place I've ever been that charged to use restrooms charged for all restrooms both men's and women's.
People with penises. Because I can urinate standing up if I want to but no way I could use a urinal since there is no way to aim anywhere but down.*I guess if I really want to be PC, I need to say people who urinate standing up?
I have seen exactly one pay public toilet in all my life, and it was in the Sydney CBD, and no longer exists.Most public toilets are still pay outside the U.S. (or possibly North America - not sure if Canada's public toilets are free). Of course, this applies to both women and men. Though some countries - e.g., the Netherlands, and even in parts of London - have free urinals on the street for men* in locations where there are a lot of bars.
And good for Scotland.
*I guess if I really want to be PC, I need to say people who urinate standing up?
Well now you know of several.
Doesn’t have to be people with penises. You could say people who manage to aim forward rather than downwards. If you really, really tried hard, maybe there is a way you could manage to aim? Have you thought about trying to lift one leg? Or if someone lifted you and held you under your knees... (Kamasutra inspired use of urinals... one needs to be a gymnast or acrobat though.)
Hanca your post made me giggle just trying to imagine myself trying to do this. There’s some saying about women being unable to “write” their name in the snow but maybe if they take aim?
Sorry, the physics just isn't there.
There definitely is. If you lift both your legs and put your thighs on your stomach, your private parts are aiming forward and that’s where the aim will be. Like squat position in the air. When you pee in squat, you pee forward, not downwards. Though someone would have to hold you in the air.Sorry, the physics just isn't there.
Put your "things" on your stomach? Girls don't have "things". ha ha ha I think you meant thighs? Why I am reading and replying to these comments!? Funny.
Ups, typo. Thighs
You should have left it. Now they won't know what I meant!
Or anyone who owns a she wee.Most public toilets are still pay outside the U.S. (or possibly North America - not sure if Canada's public toilets are free). Of course, this applies to both women and men. Though some countries - e.g., the Netherlands, and even in parts of London - have free urinals on the street for men* in locations where there are a lot of bars.
And good for Scotland.
*I guess if I really want to be PC, I need to say people who urinate standing up?
Yeah. But no. If you can't pee standing up, you can't reach the urinal. And being held up in the air doesn't count assuming you could even find people to do that.
