- No surprise here that there was a huge outcry (led by males) upon the invention of the tampon, even when it was an invention that conveniently solved a problem that women had been facing for literally thousands of years.
- I wonder why there were little to no regulations on the tampon industry, and very little thought put into the consequences of putting petrochemicals into women’s bodies without properly verifying that it was safe. It makes me think that this was a result of blatant, inhuman capitalism — once these tampon companies discovered that this was a new, unexplored industry to dominate, they went crazy trying to extract as much value as they could from it, while completely disregarding any thought for the women that they were treating as their guinea pigs. This makes me really upset.
- Schlievert’s realization that the menstrual cycle served as the perfect vehicle for the mechanism of the new Staphylococcus strain seems like detective work - it seems like it should be sufficient to explain everything, but I don’t see what evidence he has to prove his claim.
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