Boots — “period products”

I prefer it - and it moves the issue away from the idea that anyone with feminine feelz might need them.

I bought some one by accident, but I took them back unopened and got a refund. They are the devils work.

I have a very low tolerance to any bollocks about women magically 'becoming' men and vice versa but I'm glad of the name change.

Feminine hygiene sounds soooo old fashioned and insinuates that periods are somehow unhygienic. It's a bit 'maiden aunt'. See also 'sanitary towels' which has my daughters hooting with laughter.

Period products is to the point and perfect IMO.

Yeah another who prefers period products in terms of language used to be honest.

Absolutely prefer period products, that is exactly what they are. Feminine hygiene is such a weird old fashioned phrase

@FineWordsButterNoParsnips I thought that 🤣👏

I hate this kind of gleeful shite. I'm also in the pro "period products" camp, but what's the purpose of this kind of mean-spirited gloaty sneering?

Much better to use the word period. And it covers heated rubs and patches etc as well. Nothing to do with hygiene but are period related.

Femfresh belongs in the "allergens and irritants" aisle.

That’s much better; far more appropriate description. Feminine hygiene suggests periods and female body parts are unhygienic. And usually products for incontinence are in that aisle; which everyone might need

A few years ago I contacted BodyForm to ask WTF their new perfume-y ingredient was because I had such a strong allergic reaction to their pads I needed prescription steroids.

They refused to disclose on the basis that I could be a spy from a marketplace competitor.

Still angry now.

Good re: the aisle change name tho!

I prefer the term period products. Periods are not unhygienic. They are a perfectly normal part of life for around half of the population for a large proportion of Thier life.

I love this change. Feminine hygiene was bad enough but I once got genuinely confused in a shop (can’t remember which one) which had sections marked “monthly hygiene” and “daily hygiene” instead. I fully thought daily hygiene would contain things like toothpaste, deodorant etc that we use every day. No, it was pantyliners. Funny how things men use aren’t called “hygiene” despite the incredible mankiness of some blokes.

“Hygiene” always carried the connotation that periods were dirty. It always felt to me like it was still linked to shame around menstruation. I much prefer the term “period products”. The ronseal of descriptions.

I think its better. Feminine hygiene aisles used to have Femfresh etc there too like everything to do with women's genitals needed a separate area. Now the Femfresh is in the shower gel bit, where it makes sense to be, and it's just period products.

This change, I like. I've always hated 'feminine hygiene'. 'Period Products' is miles better.

Completely agree, and think "period products" is a much better term

Back in the dark ages “sanitary towels” which which were by and large ( large being the operative word , they were HUGE) the only period products available , were sold in discreetly labelled packets so that you weren’t shamed into having to advertise to any passing man in the chemists that you were a woman having her period.

Now thank goodness, there is a huge range of period products from mooncups to period pants so that most women have choice to buy what suits them and their body.

I don’t shop in Boots ( long story) but well done them for fixing their signage.

Dads and partners might stand a chance of locating them now instead of standing bewildered and eventually bringing home incontinence pads (or those awful scented panty liners).

Who? Who is buying the scented thrush inducers? Own up!

Yuk, "feminine hygiene" is an awful phrase. I can't quite articulate what's so awful. "Hygiene" implies that periods are unhygienic and they were all need dousing with antiseptic. "Feminine" is a way of saying women in a really twee, euphemistic way to emphasise that this terrible state of affairs only occurs in the nether regions of women.

Love this. Straightforward, not all this wishy washy stuff.

Period products, what they are.

Ah yes if course, blame it on the young. It must be because of young people, not just because it's a more sensible thing to call them.

Good!

What exactly is a feminine hygiene? It was just a way to sanitise actually saying period, the same way the adverts use blue water.

Facts are facts. This is a period product. Nothing feminine about it!

How did they keep you clean? They're just for absorbing tissue and blood, it's soap and water that keeps you clean. Do you think periods are unhygienic?

Exactly - and scented pads as mentioned. These tend to contain irritants eg perfume which can cause issues like infection, itching and soreness especially when older and we have vaginal atrophy.