Not everyone who menstruates is female.

#Tampons/sanitarytowelsareavailableinall majorsupermarkets

Whereas transwomen will be delighted if women, actual women, lose this identifier.

Yes.

Transwomen who have a particular kink, will try and mimic periods. It's all over the Internet. You can buy menstruation kits. YouTube videos on shoving a Tampax, God knows where.

It's a fetish.

Deliberately blurring the lines between which sex menstuates seems to me like a stupid, sex game for transwomen. It's not a passive thing. It's not a defence of something. It's an active push, sexually motivated.

If transmen are uncomfortable with their periods, what's the point in going online to shout about it? Just ignore it as best you can.

Pretending that men have periods is a mistake. Firstly because, no they don't. Secondly because you are now taking on the other half of the population. I really can't see them being happy with a policy being written where they are being addressed in terms of menstruation.

Even writing it down looks ridiculous.

Except we know this sort of nonsense happens.

Shall we rename Men's Health Magazine, Ejaculators' Weekly, because women have prostates too?

That's because we are now in a world of men and non-men and transmen would be categorised under the non-men section.

"I wonder if this is going to make men, actual men, take notice. That Twitter thread is full of men being outraged."

This was my thought too. No one is backing her up. It's quite a contrast to the few transwomen's Twitter accounts where they make similar outlandish statements about women having cocks, and everyone agrees that that's fine. My first reaction was, "So it's ok for any man who wants to to claim womanhood but women can't claim manhood? I wonder why that is..."

Maybe however I'm being oversensitive and it's just that the TAs aren't aware of this account or something.

I wonder if this is going to make men, actual men, take notice. That Twitter thread is full of men being outraged.

I can't see many men being perfectly happy getting lumped in with this particular campaign.

And I still think this is largely being pushed by transwomen (not transmen).

What do you transmen again? Presumably if they have gender dysphoria they want to ignore their menstruation, not have it re-packaged, marketed, and talked about by the general public.

Whereas transwomen will be delighted if women, actual women, lose this identifier.

You're not a woman, you're a menstruator. That's the goal.

Yeah, dixie, my eyebrows shot into my hairline at that too. Uncalled for.

That photo is seriously odd. I don't get it- if the point is to pass and be treated as a man, then pointing out that you still have periods and therefore are in fact a woman seems...self defeating at best? What a confused person.

No matter how much her brain is telling her she is a man every 28 days her body is reminding her that she is a woman.

The whole trans movement is so self obsessed it is unbelievable. Can't she do something like raise money for the millions of women globally who can't go to school because they can't afford sanitary protection instead of concentrating on herself all the time? I do think the whole trans movement goes hand in hand with the raging narcissism social media has unleashed with teenagers taking multiple selfies all day.

Sex and gender are 2 different things though. When I say women I mean biological women.

One word - disturbing.

Of course only women menstruate. Only women have a uterus hence only women are capable of it😂

Did I just see someone calling another woman a 'dirty bitch' due to some menstrual blood in FWR, for fuck's sake?

Yes, the picture is of a woman. Yes, the campaign seems misplaced. But Jesus Christ, blood is not disgusting and what the fuck are you doing here if you think it's acceptable to shame someone's bodily functions and call her a bitch to boot? Vile.

On the bleeding at the front vs. back question, when I used pads I always leaked at the far back. When using tampons or nothing, I leak at the front/middle.

I was trying to think of a suitable response but can't so i will just go with Fuck off....

This Huff Post article by Cass sets out some more of her thinking... The bit that really really pisses me off is the assertion that " If we are going to bring periods into the spotlight, we need to ensure that we’re creating space for all menstruators, not just those who identify as women." So as long as it's a women's issue it will be ignored, but if it's something that affects men too people will take notice? (Sadly, this is probably right)

This is delusional.

Men have penises. Men don't menstruate. Men don't give birth.

Sigh
Everyone who menstruates is female. Every single one. Call yourself a transman and identify as whatever you wish but being female is the thing that all menstruating humans have in common.
You want to destroy the meaning of the word woman? Good for you. But you can't have female. No way never.

I don't think Tonithetampon is getting quite the response they wanted ... many are pointing out that this really is mental illness. Or just laughing at them.

Well, who knew - a bit of menstrual blood is all it takes for the Twitterati to remember that biology does, in fact, exist.

twitter.com/TonitheTampon/status/885181399346683904

I actually should've said only women and girls can have periods!

Am glad they didn't ask me if I do because if I told them I'd had a hysterectomy they would want to know why!

YY FastWoman

In my day it was nuclear disarmament and apartheid.

Completely agree with this : "Now instead we have a self obsession that ironically reverses progress made for women over hundreds of years, whilst simultaneously sidelining genuinely transgender people that just want to get on with it. Exhausting. "

Eurgh.
This person looks old enough to have had a good few menstrual cycles so did they just "forget" it was Day 28 and put on light trousers with no protection?

No matter what gender they are embracing that is vile in the extreme.
Gross and show-offey.

Note the male legs apart pose too

Now instead we have a self obsession that ironically reverses progress made for women over hundreds of years, whilst simultaneously sidelining genuinely transgender people that just want to get on with it. Exhausting

This to me is so perfectly put I want to get it printed on a t shirt and wear it.