In the fight for gender equality, add this to the fray: Abolishing sales taxes on feminine care products. Several states are considering legislation that would abolish the so-called tampon tax. Knowledge at Wharton recently spoke to two experts to discuss the issue and its implications for women’s health: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, vice president for development at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, and Chris Bobel, associate professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Knowledge at Wharton: How did this tax get started in the first place? Jennifer Weiss-Wolf: To be clear, it’s not a special tax. People use the term luxury tax, and that is a riff on the European Union’s definition of value-added taxes on nonessential luxury items. Here in the United States, it’s the same sales tax that’s applied to all kinds of other items.…