This paper aims to examine the debate regarding free period products in Sweden. Whether politicians on a local and national level view free period products as a private or political matter as well as how the view of gender in different societal levels reflect on political statements will also be examined in this study. The paper will take a feminist approach by using a feminist theory called “Gender Systems” created by Yvonne Hirdman. The Gender System theory identifies three themes, the social, economic, and political order. These three themes were used to categorize and analyze the political debate on free period products. The course of action was to analyze political motions and statements in newspapers by politicians regarding free period products. The method of this study was a content analysis. The conclusion of this study is that the debate regarding free period products is larger on a local than national level. Also, motions on a national level have not reached a breakthrough, in contrast to the local level, where motions have been passed and free period products are offered in some schools or at sport facilities. Lastly, the study showed that some politicians aim to challenge norms about menstruation and distinguish the question about free period products as political and of great importance in the work towards gender equality. However, some politicians see the question of period products as a private matter. In the debate we found that more politicians are positive towards free period products, nevertheless, the question has not gained a national breakthrough.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-46224 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Saad Jawad, Baraa, Rittemar Hedin, Miranda |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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