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National Trust & tampons

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oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 10/10/2025 17:37

NT have made free tampons available in the gents' toilets in a castle in the Lake District. Not unisex toilets, but actual gents.

Not just any tampons, but vegan tampons (WTF are they?).
And they're also available in the ladies.

YABU They are demonstrating what a kind, caring organisation they are, & covering their arses.

YANBU They are bonkers, tossers... add your own words.

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 10/10/2025 18:40

Who would use the men’s toilets - women who have transitioned to men or men who have transitioned to women?

Men who are now transwomen use the gents. Because they're still men.
And men don't need tampons.

Transmen (who are women) would use the ladies.

VikaOlson · 10/10/2025 18:40

Hard to believe this has any impact on your life?

Laiste · 10/10/2025 18:39

Oh xpost.

Really? It's law that a trans man has to be in the women's loo?

Is it law that men in a dress have to use the gents then?

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 10/10/2025 18:39

Laiste · 10/10/2025 18:38

It's for trans men, no?

(women who present as a man but still have a period)

So still there for women.

who should be in the women’s toilet or a unisex one. Not the men’s

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 10/10/2025 18:39

Nsky62 · 10/10/2025 17:58

Unimportant, most of us have more important things to worry about

Then why click on the thread to just post such nonsense??

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 10/10/2025 18:38

ChristmasFairyLiquid · 10/10/2025 18:30

I think I’m being dim (I do have a horrible cold).

Who would use the men’s toilets - women who have transitioned to men or men who have transitioned to women?

I think the latter …?

Do men who have transitioned to women have periods? I didn’t know they would?

Genuine question. May be wrong on either of my assumptions.

No, of course they don't.
They don't acquire a uterus when they "transition".
How could they?
Amazed that this needs to be explained.

Laiste · 10/10/2025 18:38

It's for trans men, no?

(women who present as a man but still have a period)

So still there for women.

Bobiverse · 10/10/2025 18:37

towhoknowswhere · 10/10/2025 18:09

My thoughts?

Brilliant that a trans man will have access to sanitary protection if they’re caught short.

What are you hoping to achieve from this thread op? 🙄

A trans man should, by law, be in the women’s toilets.

BauhausOfEliott · 10/10/2025 18:37

Livpool · 10/10/2025 18:06

That is ridiculous.

Are they even leaving any in the women’s toilets?!

Of course they are.

Putting them in the men’s loos doesn’t mean anything’s being taken away from the women’s loos, FFS.

Struggling to see why this is even a problem for gender-critical people. For whatever reason, someone who is biologically female might prefer to use the men’s toilets. That might be because they consider themselves to be and appear male - or it be because they are a woman who is simply butch and gets mistaken for a man so often that she gets abuse when she uses the women’s loos (this has happened many times to one of my colleagues, who is a butch lesbian, to the point where she feels safer in the Gents - it’s happened to her a lot more in recent years).

Regardless of you what think about the way those women present themselves - in what way are you as a woman being harmed by them choosing to use men’s toilets, and by tampons being present in those facilities?

Men aren’t going to catch periods by seeing a tampon. Given that there’s currently a thread on here about a man who kicked off because his wife accidentally left a wrapped sanitary towel where her son could see it, I’d say it’s a good thing for boys to see sanitary products in spaces that aren’t exclusive to women.

You can of course think it’s ridiculous, but it doesn’t have any impact on women. At all.

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oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 10/10/2025 18:36

LifeOfAShowgirl13 · 10/10/2025 18:34

OP, vegan means it includes no animal products.

Really ?

I learn something new every day on MN.

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 10/10/2025 18:36

towhoknowswhere · 10/10/2025 18:09

My thoughts?

Brilliant that a trans man will have access to sanitary protection if they’re caught short.

What are you hoping to achieve from this thread op? 🙄

Transmen use the ladies, because they're women.

TypeyMcTypeface · 10/10/2025 18:35

They'll soon get rid of them when they start getting flushed down the toilets and blocking the 'historic draining system' 😄

GameWheelsAlarm · 10/10/2025 18:35

It does not do you any harm. It doesn't do anyone else any harm either. No harm is caused by anyone of either sex using the gents. No harm is caused by making the gents a welcoming place for anyone who wants to use it.

LifeOfAShowgirl13 · 10/10/2025 18:34

OP, vegan means it includes no animal products.

Fukcedoff · 10/10/2025 18:32

Obviously
It's incase one of the men has a nose bleed
Tampons are great for that

Gruffporcupine · 10/10/2025 18:32

HeadNorth · 10/10/2025 18:08

Who cares? It’s not harming anyone

The point is, it's the thin end of the let the 6 foot 5 man who began to identify as a woman 5 minutes ago, with size 13 feet, a full beard and a history of child sexual offences swing his planet-sized testicles in 10 year old DDs line of sight in the swimming pool changing rooms to be a 'good person' wedge.

10YearsAgo · 10/10/2025 18:30

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 10/10/2025 18:17

It’s the chemicals used on the materials that are tested
plus some tampons contain animal by products

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Some tampons are tested on animals, not just the chemicals.

ChristmasFairyLiquid · 10/10/2025 18:30

I think I’m being dim (I do have a horrible cold).

Who would use the men’s toilets - women who have transitioned to men or men who have transitioned to women?

I think the latter …?

Do men who have transitioned to women have periods? I didn’t know they would?

Genuine question. May be wrong on either of my assumptions.

ApplesCrumbleButtons · 10/10/2025 18:26

My mum will love this - she always bangs on about how woke they are and refuses to go.

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oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 10/10/2025 18:25

Not worried, but as said above, incredulous.

BTW, Sizergh Castle

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seaelephant · 10/10/2025 18:22

I blame the small boats and Meghan Markle

Toddlerteaplease · 10/10/2025 18:21

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Me neither! Never seen it at any property.

Indianajet · 10/10/2025 18:20

Why worry about it?

MagicLoop · 10/10/2025 18:19

Nsky62 · 10/10/2025 17:58

Unimportant, most of us have more important things to worry about

I wasn't aware there was a limit on the number of things we are allowed to worry about. Also, where did the OP say she was worried? Sounded more incredulous and pissed off to me. Personally, I'm fortunate to have sufficient brain power to be incredulous and pissed off about a great number of things.

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 10/10/2025 18:17

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 10/10/2025 18:14

How do you test tampons on animals? Genuinely picturing dogs using tampons when in heat here…disturbing thought ngl

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It’s the chemicals used on the materials that are tested
plus some tampons contain animal by products

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