Random men carrying tampons is weird

[Ikeasucks]

Just seen a conversation on twitter with men talking about carrying tampons and pads to be helpful if they come across some woman who might need one. I thought it was weird - or am i the weird one?

Why would he offer them round like sweeties just because they're there?

You having them in his bag for your benefit isn't remotely the same as him deciding to carry them for every passing random's benefit.

So only women who menstruate will seek these things out. If you don't need tampons, don't ask passing strangers for one.

Any passing stranger who offers you one is a complete weirdo who is best ignored.
What's not to understand?

I have never once been asked. And I have only ever once had to ask.

And I asked a female colleague.

Honestly didn’t realise I’d come onto the end of a really long old thread when i first posted- but if this is how these men feel about women they can keep their performative tampon shtick and accusing women of perpetuating period stigma for thinking the practice weird/creepy

There are plenty of people who were born biologically female who would find your comments completely offensive and that excludes them from the conversation entirely which isn't right. You're entitled to your opinion of course, but it is just that- your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. I think that if there's an issue that affects any person who was born biologically female then they deserve to be part of the conversation. But you do you.

@Jasminejoy are women not people?

Why shouldn't people also care how trans men on this site feel?

I can’t imagine many transmen wanting to hang around a site set up by women for women/mums. And why should i care how they feel - do they care about how i feel? And I didn’t start the thread to be about transmen

@Ikeasucks there is an entire trans topic

So of course there will be some on the site

And it's usually a good thing for humans to give a shit how other humans feel, shows you have some degree of a soul

It's a good point. Why would a trans man who is apparently triggered by the word woman hang around on Mumsnet?

Yet our conversations must be tempered to spare their feelings. As ever, trans people must be front and centre, even when they're not in the room.
No.

It's a good point. Why would a trans man who is apparently triggered by the word woman hang around on Mumsnet?

Yet our conversations must be tempered to spare their feelings. As ever, trans people must be front and centre, even when they're not in the room.
No.

Quite! 10 years from now it'll be 'did you see that article on 'birthing-persons-net'? 🙄

nope, not really interested in transmen tbh or particularly care. I doubt they’ll be bothered

@Ikeasucks such a nice human being you must be

"Person who menstruates" 🙄

it’s a fetish

fucking creep let’s not excuse this pretence of kind behaviour

I do ok thanks

You're being every bit as objectionable as you're berating other posters for being. We don't all care about the same things, or the things we're instructed to care about by some finger wagging random who uses insults as a spur.
The irony is quite amusing.

Add to that what are the chances they have my preferred brand, correct absorption or as I dont use tampons, correct pad. Frankly at this point they may as well carry a man bag to cover all possibilities including mooncups, period pants, reusable pads etc.

Or just leave us to it, by the time we are a few years in we have the hang of it mostly. We managed all these years without ever asking a man, pretty sure we can carry on.

You left out the ‘be kind’. Don’t hold back now.

Won't somebody think of the trans men 😂

Well yes

Hence why many use inclusive terms, not purposely being a dick is seen in most circles as a positive thing.

Trans men have periods. Thus are as included in this conversation as women

The fact that he only carried tampons, not pads, wipes, moon cup, spare pants etc shows he has no actual understanding of periods just a weird uneducated fetish.
All women just pop a small tampon up there and don't need anything else. It's an American movie version of periods

Seriously? My DSs could barely remember to have their own calculator on them, so I can't imagine them having a spare of anything "just in case", let alone something they would never use themselves.

Anyone triggered by biology needs help. Not placating by unconsenting strangers re writing the English language for said select group who cant handle reality

I don't believe this for a second. It is neither normal nor lovely.

My 17 YO ds isn't even organised enough to make sure he has everything he needs on a school day everyday, no way would he carry tampons just in case a female friend got caught short. As far as I know, neither he nor dd know of any male acquaintances who does this at school, and would consider this behaviour strange if any of their male friends did it.

If I was wearing *white leggings and a crop top I wouldn't take a tampon from him just for being a knob and saying "person who menstruates"!

*Not that I'd ever wear that because I'd look like the Pillsbury Dough Boy!