If you want to talk about what contributes to the manufactured “war on women” argument, look no further than the lefties at Mic.com.
Mic describes itself as a different kind of news approach that is “as unique as our generation,” that gives young people a news destination with “quality coverage tailored to them,” and how their generation will “define the future” and make sense of the world.
If that’s the case, this country is in serious trouble with this new crop of “adults,” since one of the stories to help “make sense of the world” happens to do with the female period and how it’s politicized.
Yep. Period politicization. Forget about ISIS -- we women have our own bloody battle to deal with and Mic is putting it to the forefront with an article titled, “Meet the Women Who Want to Lead a Menstrual Revolution.” (I’m dubbing this movement the “Menstruavolution”; Not only does it sound much cooler than the title, but I completely made it up sort of like the fabricated “war on women.” Viva la menstruavolution!)
Mind you, these feminists don't want to ruin their chances with a millennial following by being anti-male or anti-sex. Roll down a few articles in "Connections" and you'll find "Thankgiving Eve Is The Best Night of the Year for Hometwon Hookups."
Speaking of the “war on women,” Mic’s menstrual article appears to be constructed for the sole purpose of implying that periods (and the ways women “deal” with them,) are just the latest attack on women and equality. Why? Because they view women’s periods as political, burdensome, shameful in the eyes of the public, and even offer ways on how women can “take back control” over their periods from men.
And just how is the menstruavolution trying to achieve such equality? Through the menstrual market of course! Jaya Saxena – the author of this groundbreaking period piece – writes:
“Over the past few years, a number of alternative menstrual products have hit the market, from the DivaCup to Thinx panties to organic cotton tampons to the Looncup, which uses Bluetooth to track your period. And with these products has come an increased awareness of the issues of safety and access.”
(This sounds familiar… like when the left argues for “safe and accessible” abortions because “safe and accessible” equate to women equality.)
Saxena also writes that “as much as periods are a personal issue, they are also a social issue and a political issue,” and actually points out that menstrual products aren’t covered by food stamps in the U.S., and how lower income women don’t have access to the products.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say considering menstrual products aren’t edible, they wouldn’t be covered under food stamps! But that’s just my guess, of course.
The largest factor of the menstrual movement, Saxena points out, is the emerging crowdsourcing economy which allows women to create startups or make the products they want to see in the world. (Was that a plug for capitalism?) However, Saxena says, “these startups are introduced to a world that still sees periods as a burden and menstrual products as luxury items.”
Deborah Lupton, a professor at the University of Canberra, told Saxena, “Given that women's bodies are often culturally represented as chaotic, messy and out of control, prone to unexpected releases of fluid and emotional volatility compared to the idealized contained and regulated male body, these technologies are directed at helping women overcome these aspects of their bodies.”
Lupton also argues that since men have been in charge of the medical and political landscape for so long, the period became a problem, and that instead of trying to understand the period better, men would resort to control.
Spoken like a true feminist.
Saxena writes, “Whether you choose to use a cup that tracks your flow, discreet tampons, take birth control to keep your period from happening or bleed into your panties without any protection at all…choices and options have been covered.”
Now, she argues the conversation is shifting to access.
“Menstruation is a matter of public health, of poverty, of the environment and of safety. It is also a matter of ensuring women's choices are equal… and that she can choose whichever fits her life without judgment. To make that happen… It's going to take a revolution.”
There have been choices and options for how a woman handles her period since the beginning of time. As technology and the economy grow, so do innovative opportunities – but it’s all about supply and demand and what the menstrual market wants. This is just another poor attempt by the left to make something out of nothing - to politicize something that is nonpolitical.
Period.
