Period Pants for 'children' using a photo of boys - WTF?!

Ah Cheeky Pants, I wrote to them ages ago about their removal of the word word.
I got a reply which pretty much told me off for not being inclusive.

They are a small outfit, appealing to an even smaller group, within that even a smaller subsection of mothers (would father use this website to buy period pants for their daughters, would they not be confused further by the pic of boys on the stairs?).

For those looking for alternatives that know what a woman and girl is, some searches here will help you, I remember some threads on this at the time.

It's put me off buying them. Outrageous.

I'm in the market for some reusable wipes to use alongside reusable nappies.

I know which brand I won't be buying.

Then I thought that people born with penises didn’t get periods and people who were born with vaginas did. But then I realised that there is a lot of transwomen (born with penises) who discuss their periods and uses sanitary pads.

It's the next logical step of the role play. If you're going to join in the role play you've got to pretend that they have periods too.

Here's an online store ("Aisle: Sustainable period products") doing that:

6 transgender women talk menstruation

It’s painful for transgender men and nonbinary people who have uteruses and are hearing that their body parts define their gender. And it’s also painful for transgender women like Tess, who don’t have uteruses and don’t bleed on a monthly cycle, but who are women and many of whom do have a period. “As a trans woman, obviously you don't have a monthly bleeding cycle, you don't have a uterus, you don't have ovaries. But you'll hear trans women talk a lot about having their periods,” says Meghan, a transgender woman and officer in the Royal Canadian Navy.

We’ve spoken with six transgender women, including Tess and Meghan, about their experiences with menstruation, from dysphoria to PMS. Read their stories below:

("From dysphoria to PMS" - ie "from not menstruation to not menstruation".)

Don't pants for incontinence or bed wetting need greater absorbency than pants for periods? It doesn't make sense to market the same product for both instances.

If the photo had just been for the bed wetting pants no one would be questioning about knowing if they were boys or not, yet when it is for period pants suddenly it becomes awfully unclear.

Porfre, I am with you! This is all very complicated these days.

I first thought that girls got periods and boys didn’t, but I realised that this is transphobic. I don’t want to be transphobic.

Then I thought that people born with penises didn’t get periods and people who were born with vaginas did. But then I realised that there is a lot of transwomen (born with penises) who discuss their periods and uses sanitary pads.

Now I am just really confused. Should we all maybe book all children into our local GP to have them checked out (when their period starts or if it is late)? Just to make sure it all is ok?

The only thing I worry about is the lack of GP appointments and the huge waiting lists for people with cancer and similar but this is also really important. We need to keep our children healthy and we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.

It’s playing at the superficial aspects without dealing with cramps and flooding and all that goes with the biological process of menstruation.

"Children are having their periods earlier "

It needs to be clearer. I dont think my nephew has started yet, at what age should his parents start to get worried and take him to the doctors?

Do they have a social media presence?

How do you know they're boys? They might be girls with short hair. My DD had short hair and looked very much like a boy until she was 10 or so.

I stopped buying from Cheeky Wipes ages ago because they've gender washed the site. Also their pants are the worst fitting of all the brands I have. Loads and loads of other period product providers out there.

I was told by someone the other day that at schools they are now going to be encouraged not to use "your son / your daughter" when talking to parents at parents evenings. It now has to be "your child". I can't get my head around stuff like this.

a) you are assuming that these are boys
b) and yes,childrenget periods - many girls start at 10 or 11, average age of menarche in the UK is about 12.7 years, when the girl is still very much a child.

Human beings are mostly very very good at yelling whether other human beings (children or adults) are male or female by looking at them.

Nobody is disputing the age. They are disputing the idea that all children have periods. Only girls and women have periods, as you well know.

you are assuming that these are boys

Oh no, not at all. I have made zero assumptions. That would be awful. And I am fully aware that children start periods early. We are completely on the same page here.

I have two children around 11 myself. I am just confused as to whether I should buy period pants or book a GP appointment if they suddenly start bleeding from their genitalia? One of them has a penis and the other doesn’t but I understand that this is irrelevant these days? As transwomen also buy pads and period pants?

Is the period pants for the one who prefers pink maybe? Hmmm….

For me, the image and period text doesn’t appear on the cheekywipes.com homepage but does on the cheekypants.com homepage.

It’s not in the product listing page as period pants though, it’s in the incontinence section.

a) you are assuming that these are boys
b) and yes, children get periods - many girls start at 10 or 11, average age of menarche in the UK is about 12.7 years, when the girl is still very much a child.

[quote FOJN]This story is not about children but about a NZ company who featured models who did not menstruate in a recent ad campaign. Only one of the four models in the campaign "identified" as a woman.

www.womenarehuman.com/period-underwear-company-profiles-male-who-gets-a-period/[/quote]
That's interesting. There's maybe a demand for some sort of pad or protection product for people transitioning and experiencing hormone related discharge. I'm sure period products will do the job when nothing else is available but it's not really the same thing and it's odd that it's marketed that way imo.

Complain. It’s all we can do. And not buy the products.

This story is not about children but about a NZ company who featured models who did not menstruate in a recent ad campaign. Only one of the four models in the campaign "identified" as a woman.

www.womenarehuman.com/period-underwear-company-profiles-male-who-gets-a-period/

But if they’re also bed wetting pants maybe they accidentally used the same photo since a pp said that photo is also used for the bed wetting section.

Anyway seems a bit daft. I don’t know if this is something that even required a photo, except perhaps a photo of the item. Does anyone need to see a photo of a little girl wearing period pants before purchasing them? Surely just a photo of the item would suffice.