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When I tell a foreign audience that 90 per cent of Indian women have no access to sanitary napkin, there is a visible disbelief. But there is hardly a ripple when I say the same thing to an Indian crowd.
The idea came from my wife, since in our village, women cannot afford to buy sanitary pads. When I asked my wife, she told me we would have to cut down half of our milk budget to buy sanitary pads. Moreover, while raw materials for sanitary pads cost 10 paise, the end product was sold for 40 times that price. So, I decided to create it on my own.
We keep discussing nuclear power and other issues, but we should spare a thought to the basic needs of our women.
Every father, brother, and husband should know about menstruation. It is not just about women; it is about men, too.
I don't have any plans to make money for myself. All I wish to do is empower rural women in our country.
To break the age-old taboos and to see girls and women use pads was a difficult task.
You can send women to the Moon or Mars later. First, provide sanitary pads to them.
There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution.
If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.
I have huge regard for women because I find them a far superior species than men.
Women should have parity with men. End of story.
Women follow me around. On a British Airways flight, at Liverpool station - everywhere.
Men and women cannot live by bread alone. They must also tinkle. Show me someone who has no trouble tinkling, and I will show you a happy and rich person.
I am intrigued by women I have conversations with.
Women who want to work should be given the choice to do that. If you decide to work even after getting married, then men should allow that to happen.
I have learnt that women are superior beings. They have a higher threshold of pain and are more understanding and accepting than men. Also, if you listen to them, you'll understand them better.
When I'm watching a fight with my wife, when the women come on, I can tell she's more into the fight.
It's been a long struggle. But we've made huge progress. I mean, when I started at Berkeley, women weren't allowed to be part of the band. No women were allowed into the male faculty club. I mean, I was there. I remember that! The worlds were so divided. So the change has been huge.
Just as there is a wage gap between men and women in the workplace, there is a 'leisure gap' between them at home. Most women work one shift in the office or factory and a 'second shift' at home.
Corporate engineers have looked at how women are with each other, borrowing the best tips from female neighborhood culture and then transporting them back into the bosom of capitalism. They've feminized capitalism.
In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.
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