I was having this debate the other day with a friend and I'm sturggling to understand her POV. We were talking about terms for sanpro - towel, pad, menstrual pad, feminine hygiene products - and my friend said that 'feminine hygiene product' is trans-exclusionary, because trans-men have periods and often do not go by the adjective 'feminine'.
I was like, wtf?? Plenty of women aren't necessarily feminine, or would call themselves feminine, but 'feminine' in this context relates to their sex, not a personality characteristic, so seems suitable for menstrual items.
And why should all sanpro be renamed/relabelled to suit the needs of a handful of trans-men? Her suggestion was 'menstrual pads'.
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Terms for feminine hygiene products that don't offend trans-men??
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CocktailQueen · 08/01/2017 16:53
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