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Sanitary towels

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toastandmarmaladeandtea · 15/07/2023 16:03

Is there a sanpro product/ company that isn't forcing gender shit at girls?

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Beowulfa · 17/07/2023 10:22

I didn't know Bodyform had succumbed- another lost customer here.

Pudmyboy · 16/07/2023 18:45

It's telling how they haven't launched a "manitary towel" in camo packaging for transmen to help them if they genuinely wanted to help transpeople.
This is a good point!

LonginesPrime · 16/07/2023 11:47

There are quite a few smaller companies who sell good washable ones - might be worth checking some of those out too?

Grammarnut · 16/07/2023 09:06

Namechangedforthis25 · 15/07/2023 20:51

They use the term women plus - see disclaimer

https://www.bodyform.co.uk/women-disclaimer/

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Not only women menstruate? Where does Bodyform think its coming from. Load of tosh. Another brand I won't touch.

Piccolow · 16/07/2023 08:13

Supermarket own brands? They're largely unscented and despite the cheaper price most are pretty good. I don't think they bother having an online presence or advertising, never noticed anything ridiculous on the packets either.

Whatwouldscullydo · 16/07/2023 08:05

toastandmarmaladeandtea · 16/07/2023 06:55

It IS infuriating not to have a choice. Tbh, starting my periods was a pretty positive event (albeit low key) and part of that was chatting with my best friend and choosing liners. I realise that now sounds a bit 🙄 but how deranging must it be that all these brands designed to address a female issue are promoting this dangerous gender ideology! Maddening!

Its meant to be. We had initially moved on from the embarrassment if paper bags at the chemist, parents who won't mention it and bulky pads attached to belts. But being in a place where girls have more choice than ever before in order to manage periods. Its easier than its ever been ( medical issues like endo aside of course) but that doesn't fit the ideological narrative of it being traumatic and making kids suicidal so they can be convinced they can identity out of it, they desperately need puberty blockers etc and how everyone who aims their products at women and girls is the enemy. So now we have every choice possible but girls aren't allowed to know they have it. Straight back to the confusion , embarrassment, lack of awareness about their bodies ( unless their parents have of course done the dirty work of explaining what a person with a vagina is ) and the creation of victims .

The more we get the more gets taken away. Its almost as if girls need keeping in their place isn't it..

Whatwouldscullydo · 16/07/2023 07:52

Summerslimtime · 16/07/2023 07:10

We know that not everyone who menstruates is a woman

Absolute fucking bullshit from Bodyform. It's just disinformation. Sounds like I need to buy some for my ds.

Many if these companies donate products to places where girls and woman cant afford them. To try and help keep girls in school. Places like Kenya where girls don't have the privilege of being worried about their identity. They know exactly what half of the population needs them and why. Its full on lying to their customers face. Can you imagine how stupid they'd look if their representative went all the way to Kenya looked at the long line if girls waiting to pick up their pads then started asking all the boys too " just in case "

Summerslimtime · 16/07/2023 07:10

We know that not everyone who menstruates is a woman

Absolute fucking bullshit from Bodyform. It's just disinformation. Sounds like I need to buy some for my ds.

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toastandmarmaladeandtea · 16/07/2023 06:55

It IS infuriating not to have a choice. Tbh, starting my periods was a pretty positive event (albeit low key) and part of that was chatting with my best friend and choosing liners. I realise that now sounds a bit 🙄 but how deranging must it be that all these brands designed to address a female issue are promoting this dangerous gender ideology! Maddening!

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toastandmarmaladeandtea · 16/07/2023 06:51

@whatwouldscullydo
Thanks for the advice

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toastandmarmaladeandtea · 16/07/2023 06:50

bonfirebash · 16/07/2023 02:04

Don't know if it helps but I went to Asda the other day (I never go there usually) and their pads were 50p. Even the nighttime ones. And not scented!

I usually use honour your flow or rag hag from Etsy but they've both got poppers underneath so I use disposable ones when I'm doing a spin class for comfort

Thank you

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bonfirebash · 16/07/2023 02:04

Don't know if it helps but I went to Asda the other day (I never go there usually) and their pads were 50p. Even the nighttime ones. And not scented!

I usually use honour your flow or rag hag from Etsy but they've both got poppers underneath so I use disposable ones when I'm doing a spin class for comfort

QuickWash · 16/07/2023 01:44

I find it so hard to find non scented stuff these days. Infuriates me, who actually wants their nethers to smell of cheap air freshener?

I also hate not having a choice. Went to a fairly large Morrisons (not my local town) and couldn't buy a single tampon with applicator that wasn't Tampax. I didn't buy any may because the Dylan Mulvany thing was a line in the sand, but what other product would be offered with zero choice in a large supermarket these days. You get a massive choice of onions and potatoes FFS. A whole aisle of loo rolls. Multiple types of cat food. But women wanting some choice of stuff they insert into their bodies. No. Have what we chose for you.

LiesDoNotBecomeUs · 16/07/2023 01:34

Bodyform call us cis women 😕

whoami24601 · 15/07/2023 22:18

Namechangedforthis25 · 15/07/2023 20:51

They use the term women plus - see disclaimer

https://www.bodyform.co.uk/women-disclaimer/

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Oh ffs

N4ish · 15/07/2023 21:31

Oh no, really disappointed to see this from Bodyform!

Whatwouldscullydo · 15/07/2023 21:18

Sisters republic for non gender woo period pants.

Honor your flow or luxury moon for reusables.

Or supermarket own brand for disposables that aren't scented or captured.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 15/07/2023 21:07

Luxury Moon for reusable things...

Troubledwords · 15/07/2023 20:55

toastandmarmaladeandtea · 15/07/2023 20:47

I like reusables and prefer a moon cup
Myself but for a girl at school I think it's harder to find the privacy needed for those

Would she feel more comfortable with period pants? Maybe just on lighter days, when a single pad is enough for the day.

Namechangedforthis25 · 15/07/2023 20:51

whoami24601 · 15/07/2023 20:04

Lots of mentions of women and womanhood all over their website so I think they're safe... for now.

They use the term women plus - see disclaimer

https://www.bodyform.co.uk/women-disclaimer/

Women+ Disclaimer | Bodyform

https://www.bodyform.co.uk/women-disclaimer/

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toastandmarmaladeandtea · 15/07/2023 20:47

I like reusables and prefer a moon cup
Myself but for a girl at school I think it's harder to find the privacy needed for those

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AltitudeCheck · 15/07/2023 20:27

Mooncup!

timetorefresh · 15/07/2023 20:19

Another vote for honouryourflow. I only regret not switching to them sooner

whoami24601 · 15/07/2023 20:04

Lots of mentions of women and womanhood all over their website so I think they're safe... for now.

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