Girls 'too Poor' To Buy Sanitary Protection Missing School

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39266056

This seems terrible to me...what does everybody else think ?

[bednobs]

sorry, what proof do you want then? what would constitute proof to you that some people cant afford sanitary protection?

[Baldric]

/// He denigrates people who refuse to work.///

How can you denigrate someone who "refuses" to work?

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/denigrate

[Samjenko]

What are we saying now then, ummmm. Free sanitary protection for some benefit claimants.
Who decides which ones are worthy. You? mikey?

[tamborine]

Few children can insert tampons & small s.towel donations would target them. I do prefer schools & surgeries offering them free, to include sex advice.

[New Judge]

"And NJ - your ignorance is astonishing!"

Please explain my ignorance to me, ummm.

I have stated that the woman cited in the article (the single mother of five) gets £300 per month in Child Benefit. That, of course, is not all she gets. But she gets that sum specifically to provide for her children. It is paid in accordance with the number of dependent children she has and if she had no children she would not receive it. I suggested that from that £300 it is insulting to expect me to believe that she cannot prioritise her expenditure so as to afford a few pounds each month for sanitary products for her daughter. So, please explain my ignorance.

[New Judge]

"Sam - you're missing the point."

So what IS the point?

(Sorry, I'm catching up from yesterday)

[New Judge]

"...some girls may not be telling their care givers about them starting their periods as they know full well that it will increase their family's outgoings,..."

That is not the same as saying they cannot afford them, BOO, and that was the headline.