Women's Personal Hygiene with Special Reference to Sanitary Napkins

Abstract

Menstruation care products have been used for generations. In ancient Greece, tampons were made of lint wrapped around wood, while moss and buffalo hide were used as napkins. In India, women utilised old rags as napkins. The first sanitary napkin, as they would eventually be known, was created by Mary Beatrice Davidson. The sanitary napkin's development made women feel at ease going out in public without worrying about leaking. Sanitary napkins were first used in India in 1998. The son of a poor handloom weaver, Mr Arunchalam Muruganatham, discovered his wife was using old rags since she couldn't afford the sanitary napkins sold in stores. He decided to produce hygienic napkins by himself. Since just 10% of Indian women had access to adequate menstruation hygiene, he was on a quest to sell cheap napkins. The responses are gathered, and SPSS is used to analyse and verify the statements based on the sample size and responses. The survey also looks at the women's level of satisfaction with using sanitary napkins.