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What the heck! Trans women get periods apparently

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charcoalandsugar · 21/11/2025 12:42

https://eu.modibodi.com/blogs/womens/transwomen-period

AIBU that this is the most ridiculous thing for a company to claim.

"Can a transgender woman have a period? Absolutely. Many trans and gender-diverse people menstruate. Whether you’re a woman, a man, non-binary or agender, your body may menstruate too."

How some trans women get their period

How some trans women get their period – Modibodi EU

Menstruation is a part of many people’s lives. Find out how some trans women get their period and how you can be a supportive friend.

https://eu.modibodi.com/blogs/womens/transwomen-period

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TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:40

JaneOfGaunt · 21/11/2025 13:38

Wow, so bigoted. What about uterus-havers who identify as men who identify as women?

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My brain just broke 😭

AnSolas · 21/11/2025 13:39

RisenWhine · 21/11/2025 12:58

I see what they’ve tried to do, but they’ve done it wrong.

trans women cannot menstruate, menstruation is literally the process of blood and tissue thickening then shedding from the uterus, something which trans women do not have.

they can however get PMS. Trigger by the synthetic hormones they take.

Premenstrual syndrome

No man can get PMS.
Ever.
the male human has a male reproductive system.

Males who take drugs can suffer side effects which do not and can not include hormone changes of the female reproductive system.

They are just choosing to be another wanker brand upselling a fake story to justify the marketing choice to provide men with fetish underwear.

ThatCyanCat · 21/11/2025 13:39

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:37

And this is why I have no sympathy for the situation the bbc has found itself in

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It didn't find itself in it, it created it over several years.

What the heck! Trans women get periods apparently
TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:39

FanFckingTastic · 21/11/2025 13:36

Wouldn't it be great if Modibodi spent their time energy and resources ensuring that women (the real kind, you know, their actual target audience) were 'comfortable, affirmed and empowered' Imagine what that might do for their sales!

But where are the 'progressive' social credit points in that? 🫠

Plinketyplonks · 21/11/2025 13:38

Now I am pissed off I’ve bought pants from this company! Honestly…

JaneOfGaunt · 21/11/2025 13:38

ShesTheAlbatross · 21/11/2025 12:52

If you click the link it defines trans women as those assigned male at birth. And then goes on to say that trans women can have periods even though “some” don’t have a uterus.

(By some I assume they mean all)

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Wow, so bigoted. What about uterus-havers who identify as men who identify as women?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 21/11/2025 13:37

Yes. Aren't we lucky 🙄.

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:37

Lalgarh · 21/11/2025 13:35

The BBC report thread notes they covered this. Report from NHS Sussex University hospital trust (covers Brighton?) that TW breast milk was every bit as healthy as female breast milk.

internationalbreastfeedinginstitute.com/2024/02/trans-womens-milk-as-good-as-breast-milk-says-nhs-trust/

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And this is why I have no sympathy for the situation the bbc has found itself in

FanFckingTastic · 21/11/2025 13:36

Wouldn't it be great if Modibodi spent their time energy and resources ensuring that women (the real kind, you know, their actual target audience) were 'comfortable, affirmed and empowered' Imagine what that might do for their sales!

catontheironingboard · 21/11/2025 13:36

"Why isn’t the medical community looking into this phenomenon?"

I wonder why…. 🙄 possibly because it’s literal bollocks?

I’ve not met many actual doctors who are into gender ideology. I’m fairly sure most don’t want to make themselves and their careers into a laughing stock by proposing a research study that goes something like “do men without any of the required reproductive apparatus or actual hormone cycles really get “period” symptoms caused by said reproductive apparatus and actual hormone cycles?”

Gettingbysomehow · 21/11/2025 13:36

It's pandering to their fetishes again. I'm long past menopause still on hrt - female hormones and I certainly don't get periods or any period symptoms.

ThatCyanCat · 21/11/2025 13:36

Cheeky Wipes are way better. I've had those pads and pants and wipes for years, still going strong. Modibodi was crap.

I'm not aware of any men-get-periods nonsense from them, but someone do say if I'm wrong. I'd honestly rather go back to disposables than encourage this. I know it's bad for the environment but while people are going around claiming men have periods, we probably deserve the meteorite. Anyway, there are so many washable period products/nappies/wipes etc businesses now, I can't believe there's nowhere that sells a good product and doesn't claim that men menstruate.

Edited because fuck you, autocorrect.

Lalgarh · 21/11/2025 13:35

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:30

That man should be in jail

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The BBC report thread notes they covered this. Report from NHS Sussex University hospital trust (covers Brighton?) that TW breast milk was every bit as healthy as female breast milk.

internationalbreastfeedinginstitute.com/2024/02/trans-womens-milk-as-good-as-breast-milk-says-nhs-trust/

EasternStandard · 21/11/2025 13:35

I mean they don’t. How can they say absolutely to that question? It’s ridiculous.

TangoWhiskeyAlphaTango1 · 21/11/2025 13:35

Do trans women have periods?

Many trans women have periods. Some trans women don’t have uteruses, so they won’t bleed as part of a monthly menstrual cycle. But the hormonal experience of menstruation can still be very real.

So they have periods but don't menstruate and they are flogging pants to soak up blood - please somebody make it make sense.

roseyposey · 21/11/2025 13:35

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:30

That man should be in jail

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Couldn’t agree more

Futurehappiness · 21/11/2025 13:34

Ghostmartin · 21/11/2025 13:00

Trans women’s periods are not well understood just yet

No shit! By you modibodi!

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It is not well understood that they don't exist.

Cabinqueen · 21/11/2025 13:32

InterestedDad37 · 21/11/2025 12:48

Maybe it's a spelling mistake, for 'manstruate' (which involves a high degree of literal bollocks)

🤣🤣🤣

BarbaraBadger · 21/11/2025 13:32

MidnightPatrol · 21/11/2025 12:45

I mean, they’re obviously wrong, but they’re in the business of selling period pants and I suppose this expands their market of potential customers.

You're probably right- the fetishists will be queuing up.

LadyVioletCrawley · 21/11/2025 13:32

catontheironingboard · 21/11/2025 12:50

FFS. However, as I was just poised to buy some new period pants for DD, this is very useful as I will definitely buy from a different brand. Thanks, Modibodi, for clarifying my decision not to buy from you! 👍

[Honestly, do they not know their market? How many “gender diverse” customers do they have compared to mums buying pants for themselves and their daughters? Go woke go broke as they say.]

I recommend Wuku. DD says they’re better.

Ghostmartin · 21/11/2025 13:31

Zippedydodah · 21/11/2025 13:29

Could always ram a tampon up their penis I guess?

Tampax will be using that as a marketing ploy next

AngelinaFibres · 21/11/2025 13:30

charcoalandsugar · 21/11/2025 12:57

Apparently they do cramp just not bleed. I wonder what is cramping then?

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Twinging balls probably

TheKeatingFive · 21/11/2025 13:30

roseyposey · 21/11/2025 13:23

Reminds me of that total freak who should not be allowed within 100 miles of any child man who said he could breastfeed his baby with the chemical concoction he squeezed from his nipples [vom-tastic]

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That man should be in jail

LeaderBee · 21/11/2025 13:30

briq · 21/11/2025 13:04

Grow a uterus! 😂 I wish it were possible to magically grow new, healthy organs as needed!

It does make me wonder though, when they're eventually going to try transplant a uterus into a man.

Happyjoe · 21/11/2025 13:30

Ha, real, hard facts are deemed as negotiable now and is why the human race is bollocked.