Freebleeding

[Aeroflotgirl]

I have just come across something about freebleeding. Women who do not use any san pro, and just let it all come out over themselves and their clothes, and any other thing they come in contact with. I personally find this disgusting, and unhygienic, as well as the risk of disease.

I no longer menstruate so it's no longer an issue for me but for the longest part of my menstruating existence, so not while I had a coil, I had light periods and often used no 'san pro'. I would just wipe myself when going for a wee, and that was pretty much all that was needed. When I woke up in the morning, after a little while of being upright, I'd feel that blood was going to come out and go to the loo. The rest of the day wasn't much hassle to go to the toilet and wipe way the minimal blood there was. I am a feminist but I didn't "free bleed" for any feminist reasons, mostly tight-fistedness and laziness.

I'm similar decaff! I don't think mine are quite as light as yours but slightly stained underwear is the worst that would happen; I've certainly never marked furniture.

I'd heard of free bleeding, though not known until now that it was a hoax.

But surely it's obvious that the argument for free bleeding just does not make sense? It's so obviously cranky!

Tampons=rape
No, rape is forced. Tampons, or any other sanpro, are used by choice.

Free bleeding is liberating.
No, free bleeding is restrictive. Tampons, or any other sanpro, are liberating.

The only things about sanpro that are restrictive are ignorance and availability.

(Until I read this thread I had no idea that non-menopausal women could have such light periods that they did not need to use any sanpro.)

Before my thread a couple of weeks back I had no idea that women had such heavy periods six so we must all be so different!

I'd heard of freebleeding - didn't know it was a hoax but didn't really care either - each to their own - as long as they don't mess up my chairs/car seats etc...(love my moon cup!)
However I saw some tv program where western women (celebs?) went to visit 'primitive' tribes to see what their women's lives were like...
In one (somewhere in Africa I think - they may have been Masai) a woman stood up and offered the visitor a seat by the fire. It had her period blood on it...visitor sat down to be polite, then mentioned it later...but obviously in the that setting it was 'normal'...
Can't remember more about the program now - might have been on channel 4 but a good few years ago -and I found the whole thing really interesting...

I've heard of freebleeding years ago but I'm sure it was extra hippy types doing stuff in their own homes.

You would not be able to do what is described in the HOAX would you. I mean it's obvious. If you tried to go out and around the place, let alone to work, covered in blood, you would be stopped. And then told not to do it again on the grounds of wasting public money, health and safety, all sorts of things I'm sure.

What I find most shocking about this is that there is a group of men out there who have nothing better to do with their time than encourage people to think feminists are nuts and women generally are revolting.

PLUS what PP said about women and girls who don't have access to sanpro and how difficult and stigmatising and awful it is, they have posters on my tube for a charity who collect money to buy sanpro.

In fact OP given that you are so freaked by freebleeding maybe you would consider donating the charity I have seen is here actionaid.

Similar to a couple of posters I use minimal sanitary protection. First day, possibly the second, then nothing comes out until I go to the loo.

Very rarely stain underwear and have never bled through to my clothing.

I get 'borderline change' smear results most of the time and it worries me so I try and avoid putting anything unnecessary up there......'Sorry DH, I don't deem that necessary tonight.'

I don't really get what sanpro is? Is it another name for sanitary towels?

Sanitary protection, so towels or tampons or whatever else is used to protect clothes and furniture from the flow.

Ah - with you!

Freebleeding! I'm shocked.

I put a plaster on a torn finger nail.