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‘Femfresh for intimate skin’. Why the hell don’t men get inundated with this crap?

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TammyWhyNot · 22/04/2018 22:19

Just saw the ad for some special stuff for washing your vagina. Why no product marketed at men and their foreskins / glans? Why such a market for Femfresh but not Smegfresh?

I am sick of this constant reference that women’s bodies are a constant hygiene challenge, likely to smell at any moment, and requiring special treatment beyond warm water to keep embarrassment at bay.

Unwashed genitals need washing, male or female. Men have ‘intimate skin ‘ too. But no one is drumming up horror of male foreskins and preying on the resulting insecurities.

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HerFemaleness · 22/04/2018 22:32

I think it's because women by and large aren't as obsessed about the smell of men's crotches, as men are by women's. I don't think I've ever heard of a woman sniffing a chair after a man has stood up from it.

TammyWhyNot · 22/04/2018 22:31

Ok, a quick google reveals Below The Belt grooming range for men, which seems to be Fresh and Dry Balls and Instant Clean Balls .

Nothing about glans, foreskin etc.

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RolyPolyLilBatFaceGirl · 22/04/2018 22:28

There is such a product

It's called 'Below the Belt'

Poppyred85 · 22/04/2018 22:27

I assume for the same reason men don’t get targeted in the Canesten adverts. Vaginas have a specific balance of bacterial flora which can lead to things like thrush and bacterial vaginitis if it gets altered by some soaps/shower gels/bath products and douching. Yes, Men get thrush too but it’s a lot less common and the glans (the area covered by the foreskin) is different from a bacteria perspective. Having said that, we don’t really need these products for the vagina (as opposed to vulva) because water is sufficient.

RemainOptimistic · 22/04/2018 22:26

Someone please set up a kickstarter for smegfresh! Grin

TammyWhyNot · 22/04/2018 22:25

Calledyouladtnight: shall we team up and create the prototype?
Grin

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BonnieF · 22/04/2018 22:24

Because most men either don’t care, or have got more sense than to spend money on such crap?

Marketing cosmetic products to men is becoming more common. Nivea Men uses Liverpool FC players to flog its stuff.

Calledyoulastnightfromglasgow · 22/04/2018 22:23

Don’t know but “smegfresh” has made me crack up.

That’s surely a product for Dragon’s Den?!

RogerAllamsFangirl · 22/04/2018 22:21

Wasn't there a recent (might still be ongoing) product trial for some sort of bollock deodorant?