Always (sanitary towells) forced to remove Venus logo

Annoyingly, I saw the deletion message from @MNHQ on Friday just before heading out to do my weekly shop.

The message very clearly implied that the information about the packaging change was incorrect.

So believing it was all a hoax, I bought a big box of Ariel.

And now it looks like P&G are prepared to ignore the vast majority of their female customers after-all.

FFS

No I don't suffer. It was just a suggestion, incase you hadn't thought of maternity for normal use. If there's not an alternative product suitable then there's not much choice.

Boots do slim maternity pads? Other brands might do too

I found them to be rubbish. As are the standard ones. Have you actually tried any of these products if you suffer with heavy periods?

I don't understand why any other product won't work. I know some of always range is good for very heavy flows, but maternity pads will also work won't they

If you don't understand, then you are fortunate not to have periods like mine. I haven't found anything other than always maxi night pads that work unfortunately. The maternity pads I've tried are poor in comparison.

Boots do slim maternity pads? Other brands might do too.

Cos maternity pads are like wearing a house brick in your knickers?

I don't understand why any other product won't work. I know some of always range is good for very heavy flows, but maternity pads will also work won't they?

Take off the Venus symbol but slap a rainbow on everything. (Only $19.99 a box) yes it really is LGBT themed cereal.

‘Paint the whole world with a rainbow’ indeed.

Exactly. But this is something every woman can do, don't buy their products. Vote with your money.

I have to buy their products. I've tried so many brands of towels as well as other products and nothing else works.

I've emailed P&G explaining why I will no longer buy their products.

I don't care about parking threads. I really don't. So I do this thing where I don't click on them, or read them, or comment multiple times on them. Works for me

Not really the same though is it as I do care about women's rights. I had a view to share and I'm entitled to do that. I have concerns about some trans issues affecting women.

I will continue to comment on this thread as many times as I like. You can always just ignore my posts if you wish to.

Ridiculous

Getting fed up of the ‘one things’. It’s relentless, like a game. See how far they can go by whinging and threatening.

It’s just one thing.

But then if you think where else ‘just one thing’ is going - loos, sports, changing rooms, woman only shortlists and jobs, crime stats - it’s the everyday things that kind of make this ok.

Exactly. But this is something every woman can do, don't buy their products. Vote with your money.

But not the squeaky ‘we don’t want stinky sanpro’ women.

Looking at their Twitter feed is interesting as you can see there has been a regular volley of messages from trans men about this recently. Almost one might say, a campaign.

Perhaps half of their recent tweets are on this theme. And the squeaky wheel gets the oil...

It’s just one thing.

But then if you think where else ‘just one thing’ is going - loos, sports, changing rooms, woman only shortlists and jobs, crime stats - it’s the everyday things that kind of make this ok.

If every time the word woman, girl, period, cervix, ovaries, breast... is used, then after consideration changed to person, people etc then it’s just showing who is more important.

I used to think I it was just wilful mischief when men complained about not being able to take part in the breast cancer runs - but now it just pisses me off when women are referred to as menstruators because some people who have periods say ‘I’m a man, and biology triggers me! So don’t say the word’.

It's means nothing to me

I don't care about parking threads. I really don't. So I do this thing where I don't click on them, or read them, or comment multiple times on them. Works for me.

It's weird, I do buy always and they have only just introduced the new packaging with the female symbol on. The older packets I have are far plainer. I assumed they'd introduced it as a "these are for xx women" statement.

What really gets me about this is that many women have complained about the scented products (which can be unhealthy!) but Always haven't listened. But somehow, a complaint about female symbols on the packaging is worth listening to.

I think women need to start being much more vocal, using their spending power for every single attempt to erase our visibility.

I don't see this as an attempt to erase our visibility. It's means nothing to me. If it really does to you, then of course you have every right to be vocal. I won't lower myself to the pettiness shown by anyone complaining about a logo.

The nighttime ones are in macho black or dark blue.

Shouldn't there be a separate masculine-looking brand of sanpro for people who have periods but are men somehow? Probably called something suitably macho like Clot Patrol or I'm Too Tough To Be Bothered With Periods.

This reminds me of the time an ex-boyfriend found one of my non-applicator tampons and asked where its 'gun' was.

I disagree; I think women need to start being much more vocal, using their spending power for every single attempt to erase our visibility.
So what if it means we are as petty as transpeople, our rights are being eroded in front of our eyes because we are too accomodating, too nice , too fair. It’s all gone far enough and I simply can’t be arsed to take the high road any more.

Viewed in a vacuum it would be petty but it’s part of a context in which women can no longer describe issues relating to the reproductive system as being matters which relate only to females. I believe that does matter, a lot.