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"According to a national survey commissioned by U by Kotex (a bold new feminine care product line), 1 in 3 women and girls think buying tampons or pads is embarrassing, and more than half of...According to a national survey commissioned by U by Kotex (a bold new feminine care product line), 1 in 3 women and girls think buying tampons or pads is embarrassing, and more than half of females believe society looks down upon discussing vaginal health in general. U by Kotex is on a mission to change this attitude of shame. \"The subject of feminine hygiene has been pushed under the table for too long,\" says 19-year-old Chelsea Krost, a U by Kotex advocate and host of Teen Talk Live radio show in Los Angeles. \"Girls need to take a stand, get access to knowledge about their bodies, and be able to freely talk about it with each other.\" Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Khloe Kardashian-Odom couldn't agree more. She came out and showed her support at a U by Kotex event near Madison Square Park in midtown Manhattan yesterday, where she donned a hardhat, picked up a pink sledgehammer, and helped break down a wall (literally and figuratively) covered with feminine care euphemisms that represent the barriers facing girls today. \"Getting your period is natural, so as a woman, why should I have to keep my mouth shut about it?\" she writes on her Web site. Furthermore, U by Kotex is making it super easy to take home this message of empowerment with their lineup of fun, brightly colored feminine care products. (They'll be doing a giveaway on teenvogue.com starting April 19th, so keep your eyes peeled for it and be sure to enter!)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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