FFS Now Thinx have gone woke

Jesus it just so happens that a lot of people who get periods are women...

You’d imagine people marketing period pants would be better acquainted with human anatomy.
Dickheads.

I’ve had a response from THINX

THANK YOU for taking the time to reach out and share your perspective. We truly value every point of view from every person in our community — yours included!

THINX is a women-led company with strong feminist values. We never try to avoid the word “woman”—in fact, one of our weekly newsletters is named Women’s Health Wednesday, and our website and social handles are all shethinx—but we do try to speak to as many people with periods as possible, and that includes individuals who identify as women, men, queer, and a lot of things in between. We constantly receive feedback from people, of all different gender identities, thanking us for our inclusive language.

The fact of the matter is, people do get periods. It just so happens that a lot of these people are women. To be as inclusive as possible, we lead with language that speaks to as many as possible — never forgetting the unique struggles and experiences of women.

Obviously I have replied pointing out what a load of garbage this is.

"Do you have any period hack for bleeders?"

(Eyebrows raise)

"Well, women may find that holding a hot water bottle against their tummies helps. Because that's where the uterus is, but only in women."

"Do you have any doctor-approved period hacks that bleeders like us can do to save time, money, or stress? Spill!"

The women they were interviewing (a doctor and a med student) consistently referred to women as women.

We have a great product for all you bloody knickers folk!

It really seems like the worst marketing strategy ever, doesn’t it ? Tell your target market you want them to feel comfortable to talk about their bodies etc etc bla bla bla..key words like “positive” “freedom” etc, then..REFUSE TO EVEN SAY THE WORD FOR THE PEOPLE YOU ARE TALKING TO .
And “bleeders”... 😮😡

Thanks for highlighting this, complaining email on the way to them. Couldn’t see bleeders on the website, but young people with periods and menstruators was enough for me.

Menustrating humans... Sweet Jesus

If they wanted to be inclusive of transmen, why didn't they just say 'women and people with periods'.

Why is the word woman so fucking offensive.

Its so arrrrrrgh.

Why don't they just go for

CSI pants or murder scene pants.

what a fucking shame, such a great idea, much better for the environment, safer than tampax with all the horrible bleach on them.

I don't have periods anymore because of cancer treatment, but I wouldn't give the them my fucking money. Bog off wokey wankers .

Watch it there, author, you forgot that you were supposed to pretend that it isn't women who menstruate during this bit.

"Also, women tended to menstruate much less — they started their flows later in their teens, spent more time pregnant (or breastfeeding) and thus not bleeding, hit menopause earlier, and, unfortunately, died earlier. "

I feel like "fuck you, potential customers!" may not be the best marketing strategy.

Yep, there was another thread about Thinx on here a couple of months ago.

They do use "menstruators".

As I went to leave the page I get a popup that says "...have you read our reviews from real menstruating humans yet?"

And further down the page it says "Get started with a few favorites from menstruators like you!"

As for "bleeders"

www.shethinx.com/blogs/womens-health/period-hacks-from-bleeders-like-you

www.shethinx.com/blogs/womens-health/period-products-timeline-sea-sponge-menstrual-cup

"Like today, some bleeders were just not down to regularly deal with the blood that collects in a cup."

www.shethinx.com/blogs/undie-the-surface/wonder-down-under-ellen-stokken-dahl-nina-dolvik-brochmann

"Do you have any doctor-approved period hacks that bleeders like us can do to save time, money, or stress? Spill!"

Bleeders?!?! Yuck, that's awful. I find the idea of period underwear a bit icky, I much prefer my cup.

"bleeders"

Fucking hell, how offensive is this shit..

Sorry, having a childish LOL at Intimate Portal. Mine’s an intimate radicalisation portal.
I was thinking about trying some period pants, because my periods are very heavy. Thinks can fuck off though.

bleeder
ˈbliːdə/Submit
noun
plural noun: bleeders
1.
BRITISHinformal
a person regarded with contempt or pity.
"the poor bleeder split his head open"

Blithering idiots

And, yes, their statement on the history of gender-segregated bathrooms is stupid.

'As if outhouses had little stick figures on them during the Revolutionary War!!' har har har.

Well, during the Revolutionary War era, it wasn't respectable for ladies to be out and about in public, frequenting taverns or anywhere that would require the use of an 'outhouse'. A housebound lifestyle was the norm for us women for centuries due to the threat to women's safety posed by men in those days and the fundamental belief that 'a woman's place was in the home'. Public space was male space until quite recently from a historical point of view.

Bathrooms for women were introduced in the late 1800s as the industrial economy made it more acceptable for even middle-class women to work outside the home in factories or offices.

So gender-segregated bathrooms are what made public life safe enough for women to work in business - and eventually become 'She-EOs' who could make knickers for 'bleeders' and refuse to call themselves women for fear of offending a tiny number of men with gender dysphoria. What progress!

I'm from the States and I see bleeders as an insulting term!

They are a very 'woke' brand. It seems insane to alienate the population whose biological need their product is meeting by refusing to call us 'women' but sadly I do know a number of painfully woke right-on types, 'bleeders' among them, who would love to see this. So they know their market.

It's definitely not me though, nor anyone else on MN Feminist forums

I do love that 'bleeders' is a slang insult in the UK and the idiots don't even know that. I guess they could also use 'menstruators'. Anything to avoid saying the dreaded 'w' word to refer to people who menstruate!!

I posted about this a few weeks ago, when the blog about the pants , with all the gaslighty comments appeared in my inbox. I was just about to buy some, but that article gave me the rage. The bit about the history of women’s single sex loos in particular. Grrrrrrr. Wankers.

Och they just hoping that we all use their brand name.
Pushe# them google on their hits

So you know let them not have to,oxygen of publicity
PR gone silly

They also seem to have a whiff of the MLM about them

That’s infuriating.

I use Thinx, and they are excellent - comfortable, reliable. Will have to find another brand to use when the ones I have need replacing.