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The answer may lie here.

> Nielsen, a research firm, estimates that around 70% of women in the country cannot afford sanitary products: 300m use unhygienic alternatives like newspapers, dry leaves and cotton rags.

There's a push for pads - not tampons due to conservative reasons.

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How is this a reason to push anything but cups?

The issue is that it goes up inside the vagina, whereas a pad doesn't. The taboo is related to a perceived loss of virginity. It's hard for me to hold my tongue and not outright assail such thinking, but for me to do so would be fruitless.

I agree but still, many women are probably not virgins so...