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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
While tampons are available in Brazil, less than 25% of Brazilian women use them, and some women have very little to no understanding of how to use them. For these reasons, among others, tampons are not incredibly common.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/3p7v64/tampon_consumption_around_the_world/?st=iqnp19ec&sh=0dea54f0 Tampon Consumption Around the World]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
You can easily find pads in Brazil. You'll be able to find tampons with no applicators (like OB) at supermarkets and pharmacies. But note that tampons are not sold in every store, and they are sometimes out of view, stocked below or behind other items in stores. Check out this [http://adventuresintheamazonjpr.blogspot.com/2012/04/one-thing-that-bugs-me-about-brazil.html blog entry] from an American expat about buying tampons in Brazil. Note that, if you want to buy tampons with applicators (like Tampax), they may be very difficult to find. | |||
If you would like to buy a menstrual cup, you can local stockers of MoonCups, which include the following: | |||
* Mutações: Largo dos Leões, 81, loja C, Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro 22260-210, T: 21 2530 420, skype: mutacoes, contato@lojamutacoes.com.br | |||
* Ana Domitila de Leão Rodrigues Pereira: T: (021) 3486-9536 ou (021)8871-9007, anadomitila@ig.com.br | |||
* Bebel Clark: T: (21) 9408-3027, bebelclark@gmail.com, Twitter: @bebelclark // @sobrepessoas | |||
* Catarina Lozinsky Mariath: T: (21) 9607-8276 e (21) 3598-0007 , catarina_bio12@hotmail.com, Facebook: Catarina Lozinsky Mariath | |||
* Mariana França: T: (21) 93643607 / (21) 22328254, skype: mari.una, mariterrauna@gmail.com | |||
There is a [http://www.ladycupbrasil.com.br/ Brazilian LadyCup website]. There appear to be no local sellers of DivaCup in Brazil, so it should be purchased online. | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
In 2012, pads were R$2 while tampons were R$9. | |||
==Gynecological Exams== | ==Gynecological Exams== | ||