Why Are Utahns Paying Sales Tax on Tampons but Not Viagra?

Authors

Hannah Rigby Johnson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Utah, sales tax, viagra, pads, tampons

Abstract

If you're perused a drug store recently, you likely noticed that for being 0.3527 of an ounce of cotton with a string attached to it, tampons are expensive, Like, really expensive. The average menstruator spends $20 on period products per month according to the National Organization of Women (Kim 2021). Oh, and that's just for the products themselves--Utah women will collectively spend about several billion dollars in their lifetime on just sales tax for pads and tampons. That's a big deal for anyone, especially a single mother trying to feed her family on one paycheck or a sixth-grade girl with no say in her family's finances.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Hannah Rigby (2023) "Why Are Utahns Paying Sales Tax on Tampons but Not Viagra?," AWE (A Woman’s Experience): Vol. 10, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/awe/vol10/iss1/10