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Always & women symbol

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NiteFlights · 04/04/2020 11:29

Did I miss this? Always have taken the women/Venus symbol off their packaging so they don’t upset trans and non-binary people?

My Dsis mentioned it to me yesterday. I can’t believe I didn’t know. How can a sanitary towel manufacturer cave in to this nonsense?

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LemonadeAndDaisyChains · 18/05/2020 22:00

If it makes trans men feel included, meh no skin off my nose.
I don't have a problem with them taking off any symbol that people deem as 'woman only."
It's still a sanitary pad.
After buying a pack or two today they bloody need to sort the smell out though, how perfumed?!
Coughing here lol

SarahTancredi · 17/05/2020 19:22

They provide a lick of female camouflage-paint on the vast male edifice of transgenderism

Thats precisely it. If they spent 5 mins looking into stuff they would know that anyone placed on blockers theh testosterone probably wont need their products or least not regularly anyway. And all these weirdos with the period fetish thing going on really dont give a shit what brand it is when they pull it out the trash.

Do they really think they will replace the lost income over the huge numbers of women and girls who physically need them product and will do for decades

Thinkingabout1t · 17/05/2020 19:10

The complaint was made by a trans man, not a trans woman.

Ironically, the few transmen who make a fuss (like the one who gave birth to a baby and wanted to be called the baby's father on the birth certificate) are doing women's traditional work of serving men.

They provide a lick of female camouflage-paint on the vast male edifice of transgenderism.

SarahTancredi · 17/05/2020 12:21

Yes that the one. Was so cringeworthy

Lordfrontpaw · 17/05/2020 12:13

I think so - like a chat show from hell?

SarahTancredi · 17/05/2020 11:59

Was that the dreadful Tampax advert implying we were too stupid to use them.properly ?

Lordfrontpaw · 17/05/2020 11:55

It was followed by some tampon ad advising women to shove it up there woowoo or something like that. I was Shock. I think the ad may have been made as a year 7 project or something.

SarahTancredi · 17/05/2020 11:54

Havent seen any of their latest ads. I always record so I can ff adverts.

It's even more shocking that a global.issue leads no where but capitulating to an ideology takes preferences.

It's worse then we could have imagined really

Lordfrontpaw · 17/05/2020 11:50

Their latest ads don’t mention women/girls. Just some drivel a lot some woman running a cafe.

SarahTancredi · 17/05/2020 11:41

Ironic this was brought up again. Their Twitter feed mentions the words women and girls alot. However someone has re tweeted about accusations of selling poorer quality products in Africa and the always experience hashtag where African women have reported rashes and burns etc

Seems it's not just british women ignored with regards to their pads.

HerewardTheWoke · 17/05/2020 11:03

Yes, I've stopped buying Always

Lordfrontpaw · 17/05/2020 09:44

And that’s why I now use Hey Girls and Natracare tampons.

BringbackLang · 16/05/2020 22:22

There are much better ones out there, Ren, I found out after I stopped using Always. I use Non perfumed ones that are made of natural fibres that don't irritate and are biodegradable, a little bit more expensive but worth it in my opinion.

RenfieldsAfoot · 16/05/2020 21:31

I just searched for this topic as my daughter just mentioned it. I won't be buying always products again. Not that they'll care, there will be more than enough trans people buying them to make up for the lost custom 🙄

What's even more annoying, in the very early 80s while I was trying to adjust a ginormous pad, I thought these things need sticky flaps to keep them in place. I could have been super rich! And I'd have told that trans man to do one!

Thinkingabout1t · 06/04/2020 15:27

Woman - Adult human female with a vote, and the family spending power.

Good point, Michelle, and worth reminding advertisers.

DangerCat01 · 06/04/2020 15:08

I’ll tell you what, they can have my fucking menopause. Shove that right up your arse.

DangerCat01 · 06/04/2020 15:08

This is fucking insane. The trans people now want to own our periods!

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NiteFlights · 06/04/2020 14:59

Good for you OhWhatTheHellNow. When I was at school it was Dr Whites out of the vending machines - they were the ones with loops on them, you had to safety pin them to your knickers. Looking back I can’t believe the school didn’t try harder. We had to wear really thin summer dresses as well, it was a nightmare at times.

sigh

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terfmcgee · 06/04/2020 14:43

Seems that people cared more about catering to certain people's feelings than stuff that affects people re: tampons like pink taxes.

OhGodWhatTheHellNow · 06/04/2020 13:46

Oh yes, and I recently had to spend the Period Poverty grant at my school...

Buying a range of disposable and reusable, if not referring to women and girls on their website they got fucked off. Every little helps.

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NiteFlights · 05/04/2020 07:34

I double them up at night to make them long enough. There’s an eco brand that’s good - I think it’s Flo. Kind is quite good too. The ones woven out of lentils are just thinner versions of the old fashioned cotton wool things. Anyway you do you - finding something that works is the priority.

I’m just disappointed because I used to think the Always brand was great.

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DidoLamenting · 04/04/2020 22:17

Cheap brands aren't as good. None of them have the length for one thing. An expensive Eco brand was useless.

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NiteFlights · 04/04/2020 22:14

If they work well for you for your Crohns Dido then that’s good. I’ve found that nowadays the cheap generics are nearly as good as Always for periods, at about 1/10 of the price, and some of the eco brands are really good too, so it’s easy for me to say I won’t buy Always. For years they were the best brand - luckily others have caught up.

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DidoLamenting · 04/04/2020 20:05

The Always liners I use for Crohn's Disease are scented. I think it does help their effectiveness. I need 1 per day and 1 at night, every day and night. No other brand of liner, towel or pad I've tried works as well. I wouldn't be able to leave the house without them.

I'm certainly not giving up buying Always over this.

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NiteFlights · 04/04/2020 17:12

I’d moved away from using them in protest at the scentedness, ironically.

With all the things about periods and sanitary protection to be upset about, imagine complaining about the symbol and them actually removing it. Oh well, I’ll make an extra effort never ever to buy them again.

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