"Paying the Same Student Council Fees but Only Sanitary Pads Supported... What About Male Students?"

"Why Only Female Students Get Benefits? ... Everyone Should Be Able to Enjoy Them"

There has been a claim that providing sanitary pads with university student council fees is welfare exclusively for a specific gender.

Recently, a post titled "The Student Council That Provides Sanitary Pads to All Students Using Student Council Fees" was uploaded on an online community.

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The author wrote, "This is a story about an acquaintance's university. The student council fee is 23,000 won, and the student council not only helps students in financial difficulty but also provides sanitary pads to all female students once a month unconditionally," adding, "Not only female students pay the student council fee, so I don't understand why only female students receive benefits."

A message believed to be sent by the student council stated that from the 4th of this month until the end of the second semester, two sanitary pads (one medium and one large) will be provided once a month per person.

Opinions were sharply divided. Those who argued that student council fees should only be used for places accessible to all students opposed the sanitary pad support, saying, "Student council fees should benefit everyone, such as laptop rentals and university festivals." Others commented, "The biggest problem with the policy is that those who pay do not receive benefits, and it is an issue that can be sufficiently resolved with personal funds," and "You can just buy sanitary pads without paying the student council fee. There is no need to collect money under the name of the student council."

On the other hand, some said, "If sanitary pads are provided only to students in financial difficulty, how will their economic situation be verified, and who would come to receive the pads?" "Instead of spending fees on unnecessary things, focusing on areas that provide practical help is also a method," and "Why not create support items like 'reserve forces snack expenses' exclusively for male students?"

Previously, at a female student council in a university located in Seoul, a pledge to install sanitary pad vending machines faced opposition with demands to "install razor vending machines as well." Moreover, at schools without a female student council, there is not even an organization advocating for the installation of sanitary pad vending machines.

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