Redundancy is one of their policies, and this is a big reason why.
Besides that though, even between women there's a wide variety of menstrual products. What size? Maybe she uses pads or cups instead? How frequently each individual needs them varies too. Even if you're a guy who is familiar with purchasing these for your girlfriend/wife/daughter you would still want to ask if you were in this sort of situation.
I fail to see how this isn't a good thing?
Yes the AI usage was known about previously, yes, the game probably doesn't really count as being an indie game, yes game awards are all genuinely terrible, but you have to take what you can get. A small victory is a still a victory.