Right to free period products becomes law in Scotland

Ok how is this actually going to work without being abused? The act doesn't mention women (define a woman lol) so refers to "anyone who needs period products". I can see women and men just collecting as many free products as possible and selling them on ebay down to England. They aren't free, but what's now happening is that the cost is being levied on men as well as women via taxes. It will also result in a company getting the contract to supply them and hiking the price right up.

Note: I'm not saying this is a bad thing to try for. I am just pointing out that it will be abused and will end up costing a fortune.

Meanwhile my wife has a lifetime medical condition requiring three different monthly prescriptions and she isn't allowed onto the free prescription scheme.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Right to free period products becomes law in Scotland

Scotland is the first country in the world to protect the legal right to sanitary products.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's really brilliant to see this finally enshrined in law, and hopefully the rUK can follow Scotland's example. Next up, can someone please make it illegal to charge for toilet facilities... Thinking specifically of our train stations, what a disgrace.
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Didn't train station toilets become free a few years ago? Certainly the ones I usually get scrapped the charges and I haven't seen any where you pay since.
 
Hades said:
Note: I'm not saying this is a bad thing to try for. I am just pointing out that it will be abused and will end up costing a fortune.
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The facility has been in place for a while now, the difference now is that it's enshrined in Scottish law. It hasn't ended up costing a fortune, and I'm unaware of a new black market for period products in England.
 
Hades said:
Ok how is this actually going to work without being abused? The act doesn't mention women (define a woman lol) so refers to "anyone who needs period products". I can see women and men just collecting as many free products as possible and selling them on ebay down to England. They aren't free, but what's now happening is that the cost is being levied on men as well as women via taxes. It will also result in a company getting the contract to supply them and hiking the price right up.

Note: I'm not saying this is a bad thing to try for. I am just pointing out that it will be abused and will end up costing a fortune.

Meanwhile my wife has a lifetime medical condition requiring three different monthly prescriptions and she isn't allowed onto the free prescription scheme.
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It'll most likely happen much the same as free condoms: those who can afford it will just pick them up with their normal supermarket shop for convenience, those who really need it will go to a location where they can get them for free.
It's not high value items worth reselling.

I would guess it'll work out cheaper for the NHS in the long term anyway. Those who can't afford it would cost the NHS more from the more serious complications rather than a low-cost prevention.
 
touch said:
It'll most likely happen much the same as free condoms: those who can afford it will just pick them up with their normal supermarket shop for convenience, those who really need it will go to a location where they can get them for free.
It's not high value items worth reselling.

I would guess it'll work out cheaper for the NHS in the long term anyway. Those who can't afford it would cost the NHS more from the more serious complications rather than a low-cost prevention.
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My understanding is similar to yours in that this won't lead to all Scottish women being supplied by the tax payer, I'm sure women who can afford these products, and let's be honest the majority of women can, will just continue to source them as they have normally. The point of this law is to ensure that it's a legal right for a woman to have access to these products unconditionally. Not only does it combat issues created by poverty, but it also means women don't need to find themselves in an awkward situation if they forget or their bodies decide to stray from the beaten track.

It's a really progressive change and it definitely reflects the type of society I want to live within.
 
We did this in my last office, little wicker bowls in the ladies for the staff to use, our cleaners would top them up every morning and when certain people were in the office they'd be empty by 9am. We all knew who it was but it was such a touchy subject that nobody bothered saying anything so we just paid attention to them and didn't top the bowls up when they were in.

The same people mysteriously also came in with very flat handbags in the morning and left wihth very fat ones in the afternoon either not aware that we all knew they were nicking the loo roll or didn't care that we knew.

We eventually sacked one and her office fling when we busted them going at it in the nursing room.

I loved working there, not a woman below an 8, all in their 30s I was the only dude with a personality as it was a Swedish company and Swedish dudes are about as interesting as an expired box of custard.

The fact I made it out of there without cheating on my wife just proved that nothing could break my loyalty. Not even a 10 who was drunk and very pushy to get in my man panties.

Tangent? Me? Dunno whatcha talking about Willis.
 
Diddums said:
We did this in my last office, little wicker bowls in the ladies for the staff to use, our cleaners would top them up every morning and when certain people were in the office they'd be empty by 9am. We all knew who it was but it was such a touchy subject that nobody bothered saying anything so we just paid attention to them and didn't top the bowls up when they were in.

The same people mysteriously also came in with very flat handbags in the morning and left wihth very fat ones in the afternoon either not aware that we all knew they were nicking the loo roll or didn't care that we knew.

We eventually sacked one and her office fling when we busted them going at it in the nursing room.

I loved working there, not a woman below an 8, all in their 30s I was the only dude with a personality as it was a Swedish company and Swedish dudes are about as interesting as an expired box of custard.

The fact I made it out of there without cheating on my wife just proved that nothing could break my loyalty. Not even a 10 who was drunk and very pushy to get in my man panties.

Tangent? Me? Dunno whatcha talking about Willis.
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Any jobs going there do you know? :D
 
Hades said:
That takes me back to the 80's and 90's when public loo's really did have that slippery paper. It didn't so much as clean your bum, but just move everything around a bit. Horrible stuff.
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Was in all public schools too back then, awful stuff.
 
Diddums said:
We did this in my last office, little wicker bowls in the ladies for the staff to use, our cleaners would top them up every morning and when certain people were in the office they'd be empty by 9am. We all knew who it was but it was such a touchy subject that nobody bothered saying anything so we just paid attention to them and didn't top the bowls up when they were in.

The same people mysteriously also came in with very flat handbags in the morning and left wihth very fat ones in the afternoon either not aware that we all knew they were nicking the loo roll or didn't care that we knew.

We eventually sacked one and her office fling when we busted them going at it in the nursing room.

I loved working there, not a woman below an 8, all in their 30s I was the only dude with a personality as it was a Swedish company and Swedish dudes are about as interesting as an expired box of custard.

The fact I made it out of there without cheating on my wife just proved that nothing could break my loyalty. Not even a 10 who was drunk and very pushy to get in my man panties.

Tangent? Me? Dunno whatcha talking about Willis.
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No one who says man panties is getting a ten, no matter how drunk she was :cry:
 
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