"googoo gaga why are condoms free but not pads" because gay men were dying due to the goddamn AIDS crisis, next question. Like condoms being free isn't a "male privilege" thing, it's an "LGBT people had to take public health matters into their own hands and fight" thing

so tired of cis white women bringing this shit up just constantly

obviously they should both be free like duh but like you can say u want menstrual products to be free without implying that condoms shouldn't be or that condoms are free due to straight male privilege

"you can choose not to have sex so it's not the same and-"

Let me stop you right there.

1. This rhetoric is extremely victim blaming towards the victims of the aids crisis and other STDs.

2. This is what Republicans always say about abortions so maybe don't use this rhetoric

Because ppl in my mentions are insisting on taking my tweets in the worst faith possible by assuming I don't think pads should be free/I dont think pads are a public health issue: this stupid ass tiktok is the context for this thread. I am refuting this argument specifically

i am directly addressing the assumption that free condoms are somehow due to male privilege, which is a reductive, ahistorical belief rooted in homophobia, transphobia, and just general white cis feminism.