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Sanitary products for people who menstruate

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jellyandiscream · 04/09/2020 14:33

Sorry for the daily fail link but has anyone seen this? Sanitary products for people who menstruate from Superdrug. What were they thinking?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8697841/Shoppers-ridicule-woke-Superdrug-launches-sanitary-products-people-menstruate.html

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Quaagars · 05/09/2020 01:59

Just to add onto my post as much as I'm curious and would love someone to answer, I'm fully aware nobody probably will due to having been on the receiving end of people asking "innocent" questions on here and then ROFL'ing when you do answer Sad
If anyone does answer though would be great just for getting across different viewpoints
Screw any lollers or dicks, good for newbies/lurkers and not just echo chambered

NiceGerbil · 05/09/2020 01:43

Not to mention

Maternity pads
Breast pads
Lanisoh

What world do these people live in that people challenge anyone who looks male buying this stuff?

Do they want to have a world where a woman who has had a baby can't/ shouldn't ask a male partner to pop to the shops for this stuff?

It's bizarre.

Quaagars · 05/09/2020 01:41

Why doesn't Jake Edwards (female to male) have his womb etc removed so he doesn't menstruate?

Not sure who Jake Edwards is but I'd be interested to know too as have wondered this - if you're identifying away from being female, surely giving birth or having your womb intact is one of the most womanly things you can have/do?
So if you're male, why would you still want that?
Genuine question, just thinking that would be extremely distressing if you were a man?
See previous history, I'm not a "I'm all ears honest guv" poster who then laughs and shows am nothing of the sort - just genuinely interested and want to learn other viewpoints

WhoWants2Know · 05/09/2020 01:11

That article with the quote from Mermaids was disturbing. Talking about "when a young trans man has his first period" they will have a product to choose.

Young enough to be having a first period, but old enough to change gender.

HerNameWasEliza · 04/09/2020 23:12

Bit worried that I didn't know my OH couldn't buy me tampons. He often does when he gets the shopping in. He buys my daughter sanitary towels too. He bought a pregnancy test once too. Am I going to get into trouble?

DialSquare · 04/09/2020 22:43

@Quaagars

*tyou know exactly who is covered under the trans umbrella and you still think they should all be let into female single sex spaces.

Don't put words in my mouth or presume to know what I think - I never said that at all.
I was told to patronisingly go educate myself, so I said, yes actually, I already have.
Nowhere did I say that "all should be let into female single sex spaces", just that this thread is about trans men inclusivity and that's what I was commenting on.

So if you agree that female single sex spaces should remain as single sex spaces, why are you happy with the erasure of the word women?
littlbrowndog · 04/09/2020 22:29

Person news don’t be ageist

Skyliner001 · 04/09/2020 22:26

Old news.

littlbrowndog · 04/09/2020 22:25

Glad you corrected that. Who wants the persons getting confused with who the persons might be when the persons are using the persons condoms

littlbrowndog · 04/09/2020 22:23

Omg gerbil. That is a shocker

🔥🤦‍♀️💪💪💪

NHS. So not inclusive the phobics or something

NiceGerbil · 04/09/2020 22:22

'There are two types of condoms: condoms for people with a penis, worn on the penis; and condoms for people with a vagina', worn inside the vagina.

This page is about condoms for penis owners and explains how they work and where you can get them.

Condoms for people with penises are made from very thin latex (rubber), polyisoprene or polyurethane and are designed to stop a person's semen from coming into contact with their sexual partner.'

Better.

NiceGerbil · 04/09/2020 22:19

It's way worse than that, littlebrowndog. Look at this shitshow of transphobia. I expect Twitter will be up in arms about it soon...

'There are two types of condoms: male condoms, worn on the penis; and female condoms, worn inside the vagina.

This page is about male condoms, and explains how they work and where you can get them.

Male condoms are made from very thin latex (rubber), polyisoprene or polyurethane and are designed to stop a man's semen from coming into contact with his sexual partner.'

littlbrowndog · 04/09/2020 22:18

The people should have investigations. Something has gone wrong when they were assigned

littlbrowndog · 04/09/2020 22:17

That bad NHS. Actually mentioning the words men and women

So not inclusive.

NiceGerbil · 04/09/2020 22:17

If people menstruate, but only 51 % of the population have had a period, shouldn't the other 49% have investigations done?

NiceGerbil · 04/09/2020 22:15

Whether condoms do, not sure.

Something else then. The incontinence pads for men. One brand is called tena men.

NiceGerbil · 04/09/2020 22:10

Well the NHS does and more than that, it explicitly links male and female with their reproduction.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/male-condoms/

brakethree · 04/09/2020 22:08

"I would suggest you educate yourself on who is considered trans under the stonewall trans umbrella"

No thanks, I don't want or want my children/workplace etc to have any 'education' from Stonewall

Women, adult human females, menstruate

Quaagars · 04/09/2020 22:06

*tyou know exactly who is covered under the trans umbrella and you still think they should all be let into female single sex spaces.

Don't put words in my mouth or presume to know what I think - I never said that at all.
I was told to patronisingly go educate myself, so I said, yes actually, I already have.
Nowhere did I say that "all should be let into female single sex spaces", just that this thread is about trans men inclusivity and that's what I was commenting on.

Quaagars · 04/09/2020 22:02

You brought transwomen into this thread Quaagars

Yes, and if you read back you will see context - I was commenting on someone who was talking about condoms and how that would be comparable and me saying me, I don't think it would be really and this is why.

DialSquare · 04/09/2020 21:51

You brought transwomen into this thread Quaagars. I will take note that you know exactly who is covered under the trans umbrella and you still think they should all be let into female single sex spaces.

SerenityNowwwww · 04/09/2020 21:32

Have they not heard of online ordering?

barkingmadmother · 04/09/2020 21:31

@Kaiserin

'As a trans person who still experiences periods, I dread the days when my supplies start running low. 'I run through a million scenarios of people staring at me, questioning me, laughing behind my back. Now I can confidently walk into a Superdrug and if anyone challenged me I could point to the packet and say "look, this is made for me"

Err... What?
I mean, back in the real world... Has anyone ever been "challenged" at the till for buying sanitary products? If you look ever so slightly female (androgynous people have existed for a while), no one bats an eyelid. And if you look like a manly man (and possibly slightly embarrassed), people just assume you're some sweet guy buying them for your girlfriend/wife?

I understand there's some deep social anxiety underneath this kind of paranoid thinking, and I don't want to make light of someone's mental health issues, but really shouldn't such toxic, irrational, narcissistic thoughts be challenged (ideally by a skilled therapist)? ("no, the whole world is not staring at you, constantly trying to guess what's in your pants")
Instead the unhealthy paranoia gets validated... For woke marketing purposes!

THIS. Paranoia turned into marketing strategy. Fuck Superdrug. I will never set foot in one again.
Quaagars · 04/09/2020 21:27

I would suggest you educate yourself on who is considered trans under the stonewall trans umbrella

Already have, ta.
This thread is about trans men included on sanitary products though and our thoughts on that.
Not sure where all the hostility "round and round" comments and "huzzah!" crap is coming from, can't people disagree with different opinions without resorting to being five years old?!

RufustheSniggeringReindeer · 04/09/2020 21:22

@JulieHere

Some women ejaculate... therefore condoms should be for people who ejaculate and get rid of the men thing then
Yup
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