Tuesday, June 6, 2017
a different kind of oppression
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201846444/primary-school-excludes-girl-with-period
Can't believe this kind of oppression. A 10-year-old girl was sent home from her primary school because it did not have a sanitary disposal unit for her to use, a public health sociologist says.
I wrote a book entitled "Cry of the Oppressed Women.
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10...
So young!
But..why couldn't she just use the trash can?
Also, amazed at the principal's suggestion:
"And the other suggestion from the school principal was that she be put on the contraceptive pill..."
To stop her period, I am assuming. It's probably not healthy that adults use it (but, as a doctor told me, decide if you want 20 children or side effects from the pill) but for a child...unbelievable.
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