A tampon dispenser in a men's toilet in Stuttgart City Hall caused a stir. The aim of this initiative by the Greens faction in the municipal council is equal rights for trans people. But not everyone is equally happy about the offer.
A tampon dispenser on a men's toilet in Stuttgart's town hall causes a stir. The initiative goes back to the Greens faction in the municipal council - the aim is equal rights for trans people. The CDU cannot understand at all that such a small device is not only hanging in the women's toilet. "We're making a laughing stock of ourselves nationwide," quoted the "Bild" newspaper as CDU faction leader Alexander Kotz from the municipal council.
According to his own statement, Mayor Frank Nopper was even more annoyed by the debate than by the small box that now hangs on the wall between the cubicles and urinals. His spokeswoman said he was against tampon dispensers in the town hall from the outset because, in his view, it was not the city administration's job to provide citizens with taxpayer money free menstrual articles.
There are important issues to work on in the area of equal opportunities, but this debate ridicules the whole work. According to her information, the dispenser in the women's toilet is currently full, but the one in the men's toilet is empty. "I spoke out clearly against such offers in the Stuttgart City Hall during the budget consultations. Unfortunately, I was outvoted," Nopper commented on Instagram. He said: "The current debate in the media shows how far parts of local politics have moved away from the real concerns and needs of the vast majority of people."
