Samantha Neal

Miss Cook

Composition-01

27 February 2017

The Pink Tax: An Annotated Bibliography

Are menstrual items a necessity? (n.d.). Retrieved February 27, 2017, from

https://docs.google.com/a/redstreaks.org/forms/d/1S6TiYncJjdyOlHGEYNu71VCZEIUTLf

fSxpcHhLUgsQE/edit#responses

This is a survey I conducted to help support the statements for my research paper. With this

survey, I was trying to prove that most people do not agree with the luxury tax and that

the people who do also said that free bleeding was unhygienic. This supports my hypothesis

that the people who say that tampons and pads are not a necessity have no other alternatives

to name by saying free bleeding is unhygienic.

Dont tax my tampons. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2017, from

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/opinions/tampon-tax-burns/

This is a great reference site for my research paper because it speaks about the unfairness of

womens hygiene products being taxed and it gives facts to prove the main point. It

discusses how women are routinely charged more for similar products to men and how they

are frustrating inconveniences. It presents facts to back up their claims, including: women

pay on average $1,351 more per year for the same products than men do. Women also can

not control their menstrual cycles and this requires them to buy products for which there is
 no equivalent cheaper male product to replace them with. It is also discussed how women

can not just up and decide to stop using these products but in most states there is still a sales

tax to come with these products. Despite this, state governments frequently exempt many

other products that are not even necessary from sales tax, like prescription drugs, some over

the counter medicines, and groceries. But only five states have chosen not to tax tampons.

This reference site also brings up how women spend about $70 per year on tampons and

sanitary pads and multiplying that by how many years a woman has a period is way too

much money to spend on a natural function.

Ewens, T. R. (2015, October 28). Ten reasons the tampon tax is a joke. Retrieved February 26, 2017,

from

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/27173/1/ten-reasons-the-tampon-tax-is-a-joke

This is another great source for my research because the whole text is an argument as to

why tampons should not be taxed. It also gives me propositions for good points

for my argument in my research including, you are getting taxed for having a uterus, having

periods is not a luxury, and similar mens products are not taxed the same way. It

argues how despite how rough your life may be at the moment, you can not

stop yourself from having a period. It happens every month whether you are

financially able or not. The article also brings up a good point that you may need food but

you do not need marshmallow tea cakes or sugary sweets but those are not taxed as a

luxury. Tampons tax does not work like an income tax so they are not cheaper for those who

can not afford them. Increasing the price of them only penalizes the women who need it

the most.
Gass-Poore', J. (2016, March 06). Citing Gender Bias, State Lawmakers Move To Eliminate

'Tampon Tax' Retrieved February 26, 2017, from

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/06/4673777295/

citing-gender-bias-state-lawmakers-move-to-eliminate-tampon-tax

This article begins by talking about how sales is not applied to Viagra in Wisconsin, but is

applied to tampons and pads. Representative Melissa Sargent spoke for NRP saying that,

womens health has been misunderstood and neglected throughout history. Some

women are ashamed of their period. She also added that the reluctance to talk about

it has prevented the issue from gaining more momentum in state legislatures.

Lawmakers in Chicago, Utah, Ohio, California, New York, Michigan, and Connecticut

proposed similar legislation to eliminate the tax that unfairly treats periods as a

disease or an illness or considers the products to be luxury items. This article is also

useful because it takes the time to describe what certain things are just in case a reader

may not understand. They explain the sales tax as, a tax thats assessed by a government when a

good or a service is purchased.

Tampon tax is real. Women everywhere pay their governments extra to have periods. (n.d.).

Retrieved February 27, 2017, from

https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-15/tampon-tax-real-women-everywhere-pay-their-

governments-extra-have-periods

This is a great research resource because it provides a lot of great information on the history

of the tampon tax that I will have much use for in my paper. They begin by discussing the UK tax
in 1973 and how women were charged 17.5 percent to buy tampons and pads. Things

then changed in 2001 when campaigners managed to get value-added tax, on sanitary goods

reduced to 5 percent.

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Comments:
Total: 42/45

The formatting needs some work. I think you were trying to uses spaces instead of tabing the
information appropriately. Also, you want to consider all sides of the argument. What do
supporters of the pink tax say? Why should it remain in place? What is the exact language for
the tax law that describes what products must be taxed and what products should not be taxed?
Make sure you're exploring the topic from every issue before drawing a conclusion.