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New ‘this girl can’ ad praised for showing tampon string

54 replies

Thethiniceofanewday · 16/01/2020 17:15

On the one hand - great for showing that being on your period doesn’t stop you from taking part in sport. But having been educated about some of the horrific fetishisation of tampons and visible strings that goes on among certain networks am I wrong to feel uncomfortable about it? I don’t bleed any more but when I did I don’t think I ever left a string hanging out of my knickers either.

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Melroses · 16/01/2020 17:18

Yes, they are trying to hard there, and the string hanging out of the knickers is weird and it worries me that she might catch it on something Sad

They could have just had a brief glimpse of a box of tampons in the dressing room.

Wakaranaihito · 16/01/2020 17:18

I saw it and just thought you uncomfortable that would be. Nothing worse than an errant string - gets caught in the knicker leg elastic and just pulls.

slipperywhensparticus · 16/01/2020 17:17

I left the string out my knickers once it got tangled and pulled my tampon out....

Thesuzle · 16/01/2020 17:16

Jeeez. Going to look for the ad now