China’s women take a stand as their basic needs are disregarded.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/5320326

A string of prominent sanitary pad brands in China have become embroiled in a scandal about the quality of their products. The controversy began in early November when consumers complained that that the advertised lengths of many sanitary pads were misleading.

Then, a few days later, customers discovered that many pads had pH levels similar to textiles such as curtains and tablecloths that do not come into frequent contact with skin, potentially causing irritation or harm to users.

The anger only intensified when ABC, one of the companies at the centre of the controversy, responded dismissively to concerned consumers. ABC emphasised that it was complying with national standards, and reportedly replied to a complaint with: “If you cannot accept it, then you can choose not to buy it”.

Chinese companies have since apologised for their sub-par products, and ABC has even said that it was “deeply sorry” for its “inappropriate” response. But for many women in China, this scandal is about more than just defective products. It is part of a troubling pattern in which women’s health and dignity is blatantly disregarded.

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  • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 days ago

    The anger only intensified when ABC, one of the companies at the centre of the controversy, responded dismissively to concerned consumers. ABC emphasised that it was complying with national standards, and reportedly replied to a complaint with: “If you cannot accept it, then you can choose not to buy it”.

    ABC has even said that it was “deeply sorry” for its “inappropriate” response. But for many women in China, this scandal is about more than just defective products. It is part of a troubling pattern in which women’s health and dignity is blatantly disregarded.

    They’re only sorry now that their customer base is clapping back and is probably affecting their bottom-line cause of their shit products.

    As the CCP currently has a vested interest for interfering (China’s population crisis), will they choose to side with the failing businesses or their citizens? Civil unrest doesn’t really go away without causing long-lasting consequences such as the Evergrande real estate market crisis of 2021 for China.

    Replenishing your failing population count isn’t possible if mothers don’t have proper support systems to raise children. But at the same time, this is the CCP a known dictatorship and we all know they’re morally/ethically bankrupt. So it’ll be interesting to see what happens as they might have to choose either a path with significant long-lasting economic repercussions or updated consumer protection policies.