I have personally almost always used pads. It is just cheaper and more convenient for me. Personally, I think as white women we should stick with what's best and be thankful we have options. Just think what the good majority of non-white women deal with, many don't have any choices. Even the ones that do are super picky, check out my thread of the hispanic woman that asked me for a pad an declined. :eek: All the Family Dollar stores I've been to are pretty much the black grocery store. I tried their generic tampons and liners, thinking How bad can someone mess up a tampon? and if I could save a few dollars, that would be nice. Nope. Like you said, we're fortunate to be able to afford our choice of product.    Which reminds me: there are charities to donate menstrual products to Africa because girls have to miss school due to periods...how about to Appalachian America or to impoverished areas in Eastern Europe? Not sure if there is a comparable situation in those areas, but  of course  no researcher would care about it anyway because  white people are all privileged and all wear Lululemon and drink Starbucks, and if they say they're in poverty it's not really poverty, just a 1st world problem like Ugh, the Trump Hotel was booked so I had to stay at the trashy Empire Hotel. There's not even at least a FOUR-star restaurant at this hell-hole