Yes , it's just 1 menstrual cup against the hundreds of tampons/pads one would need! Growing up in a small Indian town my mother gave us the privilege of using pads but they were pricey and at times we would swap with home made cloth pads but they can leak and were messy to clean. It was still always embarrassing keeping and carrying the giant pads in public places, the shops would sell them by wrapping in a newspaper and then keeping in a opaque bag. There were other challenges of pads slipping from position, you needed tight fitting underwear, can have rashes and a foul smell too. Running a medical store myself at the age of 15 I learned about the tampons because one posh auntie requested for them. In 1996 they were costly and I dared not use anything which I had to insert in my body...nobody promoted them then and the associated benefits. All we got was sanitary pad samples at school. I remember bunking swimming when mensurating and running my 1st few marathons wearing a san...