TY - JOUR AU - Cooper, Elizabeth B. PY - 2021/11/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - What's Law Got to Do With It? Dignity and Menstruation JF - Columbia Journal of Gender and Law JA - CJGL VL - 41 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.52214/cjgl.v41i1.8819 UR - https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjgl/article/view/8819 SP - 39-52 AB - <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> ER -