Society for Menstrual Cycle Research » boys/men http://menstruationresearch.org Blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Tue, 22 May 2012 12:45:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 A Whole New Meaning to DIY Menstrual Pads http://menstruationresearch.org/2011/12/21/a-whole-new-meaning-to-diy-menstrual-pads/ http://menstruationresearch.org/2011/12/21/a-whole-new-meaning-to-diy-menstrual-pads/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:30:41 +0000 Elizabeth Kissling http://menstruationresearch.org/?p=5699 When Arunachalam Muruganantham discovered that his wife was using old rags for menstrual pads to save their family the cost of pre-manufactured sanitary napkins (paying Indian prices for sanitary napkins “meant no milk for the family” that week), he decided to create a low-cost napkin. Read his amazing story of how he did it: It includes teaching himself English and pretending to be a millionaire to get U.S. manufacturers to send him samples of their raw material, and testing his pads by wearing them himself — while also wearing women’s underwear and his own homemade menstruating uterus, consisting of a bladder filled with goat’s blood.

It’s hard to imagine a high school dropout in the U.S. pushing this as far as Muruganantham did with the obstacles he faced — but only because we can take cheap pads and tampons for granted.

Thanks to Khalil for sending me this story.

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