@article{Cooper_2021, title={What’s Law Got to Do With It? Dignity and Menstruation}, volume={41}, url={https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjgl/article/view/8819}, DOI={10.52214/cjgl.v41i1.8819}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><em>When I think about all that is wrong in the world—the threat to democracy in the United States, the persistent systemic and individually-inflicted racism, the devastation wrought by COVID-19—I find myself asking, “Why do I care so much about menstrual laws and policies?” The answer, I have realized, is quite simple: the failure of the government and private institutions to adopt sane, respectful, smart policies concerning menstruation is an affront to dignity.</em></p> <div class="page" title="Page 2"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><em>Myriad policies intruding on a menstruator’s right to dignity are described throughout this Symposium and include: failing to include menstrual products in emergency- preparedness or response packages; not supplying public school students with free access to quality products; denying free and ready access to such products to people who are incarcerated or detained through our country’s immigration policies; imposing state and use taxes on such products as though they are “non-essential” goods; and not permitting menstruators to bring their own products into the bar exam.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>}, number={1}, journal={Columbia Journal of Gender and Law}, author={Cooper, Elizabeth B.}, year={2021}, month={Nov.}, pages={39–52} }