Transwoman claims Tampax have offered sponsorship

Dylan may not menstruate but by having a tampon on hand she is potentially not only helping a fellow woman out if they are in need, and probably feeling more included by being part of the process.

I’ve heard of many a cis-gendered male carrying sanitary products in their cars or bags, just in case one of their friends gets caught out…they always get talked about like heroes for their understanding. I don’t get why people are being so mean about a transgendered female doing the same…

I am not here to make others feel included in 'the process', if I am in the loo I am there to do what one usually does there. Virtually everyone on this thread and the last have never been asked and have never asked, so there is no need for Dylan or any men to be carrying them around. I don't need a 'hero' to save me. As a PP said individually we have been dealing with this for many years, we know what to do, and that does not involve asking our male friends and random people in the loo.

I'm sure this thread will go the same way as others on this subject.

Anyway, my theory is that the person asking for a tampon in the stall next to Dylan was also a transwoman looking for validation. What a gender-confirming coincidence that would be!

It is NOT transphobic (which has lost all meaning anyway, as it's the battle cry of the handmaidens) to suggest that men who think so much about periods and period products, wonder who might be having their period and need products, like to hand out said products IN THE WOMEN'S bathrooms, have some kind of unnatural interest (unless they're a gynaecologist) in menstruation.
Why would that be?
As for the male "friend" who carries sanpro for their friends, while I would still suggest this is not the norm, the problem is that this "Dylan" person is doing it while women are in their OWN bathroom, at what is probably quite a vulnerable and potentially embarrassing moment.
Don't try to make out it's normal for men to frolic around with baskets of tampons for their female pals.
It's not.

Anyway, thread deletion imminent. The magic word has already been spoken.

Maybe a lot of people should take a look at themselves and remember the old adage ‘if you have don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all

well that would be mumsnet out of business

and ive never heard of men carrying sanitary products to give to random women…ever

Pretty much every woman on here has said they've never asked for a tampon so do not require anyone's help- but you happen to know men who carry them round just in case they get asked??? Really??? Sounds fucking creepy to me. If women are going to ask someone then they're going to ask a women, it definitely wouldn't occur to any woman be yelling it out to all and sundry in the office......or to ask a man. But us silly girls would be very lucky to have men think about these things on our behalf and carry boxes of tampons round in their cars - what heroes!!

TBH I think if you can't say anything truthful then you shouldn't say anything at all.

Haha me either, I’m useless. I used toner for the first time last week…figured I should try to keep my skin in good condition before I get old and wrinkled

I am worse as I don't own any makeup at all.

Well I am obviously just crap at "being a girl " as I've not cried once today, let alone three times. 🙄

The one and only time I've ever been asked for a tampon was by a man! Not a pretending to be a woman man, man with a massive nosebleed. I didn't but I asked behind the bar for some tissue instead. Maybe tampax will want to talk to me now, since men and women sharing tampax experiences is an angle they want to pursue 🤣

Oh for goodness sake.

No, men identifying as men do not carry around menstrual products in case suddenly they can be the hero for a woman in need. They really don't. This is pure fantasy, and I'd really rather it wasn't inflicted on women who didn't consent to be part of other people's personal experiences. Consent is a thing.

Vile and transphobic - congrats

@AngelicaElizaAndPeggy
Why, because I pointed out the truth?

I wonder whether Dylan carries a supply of Tena Lady, for us oldies with knackered pelvic floors.

Perhaps that would mess with his romantic idea of the sisterhood- wrinkly and smelling ever so slightly of piss…

I have just binged on a few videos and I did wonder if it's someone trolling, however, I think not.

She seems very, very vulnerable.

@PlinkPlankPlunk

If you can't laugh at the absurdity of the situation you would go mad. I joined these boards this week after being patronised about the menopause by a bloke who says he is a woman. Then you see crap by some male flitting around with pigtails making out he is some hero by carrying tampons around with him. Wonder if he carries other things in his purse to help his fellow women in need, things like, tights, cigarettes, crack cocaine etc or does he just confine his sisterly concerns to period products.

Wow…a lot of snidey bs on here today.

Dylan may not menstruate but by having a tampon on hand she is potentially not only helping a fellow woman out if they are in need, and probably feeling more included by being part of the process.

I’ve heard of many a cis-gendered male carrying sanitary products in their cars or bags, just in case one of their friends gets caught out…they always get talked about like heroes for their understanding. I don’t get why people are being so mean about a transgendered female doing the same…

Maybe a lot of people should take a look at themselves and remember the old adage ‘if you have don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.’

I was asked for a tampon once, by my SIL, in my house.

Don't think I would ask for one in the toilets, just use toilet roll like a normal person?

using them as a face for tampons
…umm
…that’s an image I’m not sure I wanted

Lol in 25 years of menstruating never asked or been asked for a tampon in the bogs.

Like every other woman caught short, you just roll the available loo roll around your knicker gusset until you can sort yourself out properly.

Although my properly these days is just to use a flannel folded in half. Sod it.

I know it’s totally not funny but this made me laugh. You just have to laugh really. Or cry (like a girl)

I have looked at a few more videos (I've not heard of this person before and am intrigued).

I just cannot believe this is real. The 'Day 1 of being a girl' video is just a total piss take. I wonder if this is someone trolling as part of some sort of experiment to see how batshit the ideology actually is and how captured people really are?

the things people do for attention!

Anyone who has ever bled out their vagina is fully aware they're bleeding out their vagina without someone being their personal tampax caddy 🤣🤣🤣 Jesus Christ! Whatever next? Is this real?

I mean I get it, if it makes someone feel more feminine to carry tampax in their purse for their own confidence, go for it, it's not harming anyone. But don't start advising bleeding women on how to work their own bleeding vaginas. We've had to deal with it since high school, were professionals 🤣🤣🤣