Baby Boomer Generations: A Social Analysis

The society that is mentioned is the male and females in the millennial, generation X, and the Baby Boomer generations, these are the generations that need free feminine hygiene products the most, these are the ages from around eight to sixty-three according to The Generations Chart (Anonymous n.d.). This society affects what people wear, what they do, and how they do it. Society even affects how people talk, walk, and even how people deal with situations. Lorenz, Rauhut, Schweitzer, & Helbing (2011) state “Social influence can also have an impact on the statistical aggregate and the resulting collective wisdom of the respective crowd.” This states that people have a major influence on other people, which can be beneficial to find a solution
In the small time that most public high schools give in between classes, girls do not have the time to go to the restroom in between classes, more or less change their pad or tampon. Girls often have to take more time out of their class time to go change their tampon or pad. If they realize that they ran out of them, they do not have their backpack with them, nor money that they can use to buy the cheap ones that they have in the school bathroom. So, many are forced to make a makeshift toilet paper pad until they can use the restroom again in the next class, seeing as many teachers will not let you go to the restroom more than one time in the same class period, Rosenblatt (2016) ,a writer for the not for profit organization I Support the Girls that helps provide pads and tampons to people in need, states. This can affect the mood of the girl and the attitude she has for the rest of the day. She could be uncomfortable the rest of the day because she did not have money to buy a pad or tampon in the restroom. Not every girl carries extra pads and tampons in their bag that they must take to school to avoid going the whole school day unprepared . Girls should not have to go through the emotional stress of trying to find someone who has extra supplies because their period came early and they did not have any pads or tampons on them. They should not have to go all the way down to the clinic in bloody pants and or underwear just to obtain the necessity that are feminine hygiene products. This is something that only society’s women see and feel. This is because it is publicly embarrassing to young women states This is looking at the emotional need for feminine hygiene