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May 4, 2023
In Year 7, my history teacher (male) used to ask if we were on our period if we wanted to go to the toilet during lessons. Boys always got to go but girls had to ‘be on their period.’ In our school toilet stalls, there are pad and tampon machines and we have to pay £1 for 1 pad and 1 tampon and apart from these machines there is no other reason for any student to carry cash so most times we have nothing to save us during an emergency.
Age 15, Sheffield