\nMenstruation is taboo. It\u2019s likely that the etymology of the word \u2018taboo\u2019 even stems from the Polynesian word for menstruation, \u201ctupua\u201d (Boosey and Wilson 2013:19). Even though it is \u201cone of the most important physiological changes\u201d for women, it is stigmatized (Garg, Goyal, and Gupta 2011:767). In the United States, advertisements for feminine hygiene products, such as pads and tampons, use blue dye to represent blood (Rutter-Jensen 2012:71). Commercials skirt around this issue because it is considered improper, shameful, and disgusting. Billions of people menstruate, and yet, conversations about menstruation must be done in private. Women internalize this and consequently feel ashamed and disgusting; what\u2019s worse, millions of women cannot afford feminine hygiene products, making them feel just as unclean as how society sees them. The cost of these products is a barrier that results in the violation of women\u2019s rights to health, education, work and economic equality, and privacy, perpetuating inequality.\n<\/p>\n