Absorbents “prohibited” in the red zone: the social complaint of a 22-year-old from Puglia

“We have arrived at the absurd!” begins in her post, the girl who then tells: “Tonight I went to buy two packs of sanitary pads but I was banned because they are not considered basic necessities. So not only are they considered “luxury goods”, not only do we pay 22% VAT, but now I also have to deprive myself of something that I and billions of women need every month! “.

Within hours the complaint bounced from page to page making a lot of noise. Alessia commented: “I am a simple 22 year old girl who in her small way asks you to don’t be silent (…) I felt embarrassed, I felt deprived of something I have and I can’t help but have! I am sorry that for some women this is nonsense but I believe that in 2021 we still live in “a world that is too asexual, where the only sex to prevail is the male one” as Carla Lonzi said.

Then a message addressed to those who work in supermarkets: “I have nothing against all the people who work there, indeed, it is not fair that even after a year of pandemic people still have to deprive themselves of their work!”