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nur5e t1_iwjeqq5 wrote

Reply to comment by eggs4breakfasy in What was used in late medieval to early modern england for mensuration products? by dragracesssss

Or, they didn’t have enough excess industrial capacity for luxury items. I worked with a couple of women in the early eights that had fled brutal communism in East Germany that got along fine without wasteful pads that most American women use.

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MistressErinPaid t1_iwzc4fq wrote

A majority of menstrual products favored in Western cultures may be wasteful in one degree or another, but I'd hardly call them a "luxury item".

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