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Boots menopause range

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Cranberrygin · 23/10/2022 10:43

I opened an email from Boots this morning promoting their new No 7 menopause range. Being a woman of a ‘certain age’ I was interested and read it. To be confronted with ‘all people who menstruate will be affected by the menopause at some point in their lives’. My trust in Boots has been seriously shaken by the use of this horrible phrase. Has ‘women’ now become a taboo word except when it includes men who think they are women? 🙄

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CircleofWillis · 23/10/2022 15:55

Perhaps they are lulling TRAs into a false sense of security with their signposting. Then once the target audience has clicked on the page they can throw off the compelled speech and freely splatter the whole place with 'womans' and 'womens'.

It is not as if the pronouns crew have any interest in menopausal women unless they are hanging us for varying degrees of 'Terfiness'.

Noshowlomo · 23/10/2022 12:31

They mention women specifically here though

Boots menopause range
NeverDropYourMooncup · 23/10/2022 12:26

Cailleach1 · 23/10/2022 12:23

A list of shops who do engage in a lack of respect for women would be very useful. Rather like the lists for products which are not tested on animals.

It would be used as a hitlist by TRAs.

Cailleach1 · 23/10/2022 12:23

And manufacturers.

Cailleach1 · 23/10/2022 12:23

A list of shops who do engage in a lack of respect for women would be very useful. Rather like the lists for products which are not tested on animals.

Smilelesstalkmore · 23/10/2022 12:15

The packaging is, of course, a very womanly shade of pinky mauve.

www.boots.com/brands/brands-n/no7/discover-no7-menopause-skincare-range

In fairness, on this page they have used 'women' throughout.

TrainedByCats · 23/10/2022 12:12

All these companies refusing to name women unless they are male is really cutting down on my spending Hmm it’s annoying now I’ve reached that point in my life (menopause) where I don’t have any worries financially that I have very few shops/brands that I want to spend money on

ApocalipstickNow · 23/10/2022 12:01

Isn’t that just lots of clothes? a lot of Primarknstuff is thin because they skimp on material.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 23/10/2022 11:59

Loose, baggy, cool and easily removed during a hot flush?

ApocalipstickNow · 23/10/2022 11:57

What is menopause clothing?

does it have lots of pockets for my menopace and oil of evening primrose tablets?

Smilelesstalkmore · 23/10/2022 11:47

Yes, they are happy to cash in on our lived experience, but they don't have the decency to actually name us.

I am Hmm at all the menopause marketing crao coming out now, Primark have a 'menopause clothing range' now as well. Just a way to make more money off women, ooops, I mean 'people who menstruate'.

Threelittlelambs · 23/10/2022 11:45

What’s the packaging like? Off to have a look!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 23/10/2022 11:43

I agree.