In case you missed it, tampons are a luxury.Because women areblessedwith thewonderthat is waking up to the Japanese flag every month, us lucky ladies pay the Australian government a cool $30 million in GST every year.

Now, it obviously goes without saying, condoms and lubricant are not luxury items, and are not taxed as such. Probably because

men like them

aloe-vera infused “2 in 1 play gel” that comes in an oddly phallic bottle is a goddamnnecessity.Opposed to those stupid, unnecessary things that save hundreds of white couches (and jeans, and skirts, and train seats) every year, gel that makes you tingle in your special place is something the people of Australia simply cannot live without.

Ahem. Here are 25 other things that are every bit asluxuriousas tampons.

A genius man is suggesting we glue our vaginas shut to solve the whole ‘period problem’. The Mamamia Out Loud team discuss.