To think 'first blood in your knickers' and a drawing of children's underwear with blood spots

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Is closer to red flags than it is to child safeguarding?

Just waiting for the day Andrex goes for shock value.

I must say I don’t like the ad for the toilet roll where people are running for the loo and the camera just focuses on their bum.

My daughter's first real heart break was when all her (female) friends turned against her and dumped her.

Bloody milestone is it?! I can think of better ones growing up. I have been in agony with mine since I first got it aged 16🙄

Such as?
My dd really suffers with hers. It’s a big part of her life due to its impact. Deciding what to wear on heavy days, painful cramps.

im currently going through menopause and I guess that’s also significant and a milestone. And I don’t like it.

Agree with pp though that ‘first peeiod’ would’ve been better and less ambiguous. And better if it was a female poet. On the whole I liked the as probably as it resonated with the stage im at. Especially the texting part.

So in fact, it was a milestone albeit an unwelcome one. It made a big difference to your life and you needed support.

Yep. My mum was well relieved when my first relationship ended. Not that she let on at the time.

I agree, what about parenting sons? Why all the focus on daughters??

The biggest most unwelcome one there ever was😂

I think periods should be more openly spoken about. My dd mentioned hers to a friend (male) who didn’t know it happened every month!

Growing up it was seen as embarrassing / shameful to mention. A secret. I remember ads used to show blue liquid to show a period. I could never say to my dad I had cramps. Mr dds both will and ask for products. A much better place to be.

So in fact, it was a milestone albeit an unwelcome one. It made a big difference to your life and you needed support.

I don’t think girls would welcome their parents talking about this ‘milestone’ to anyone as ‘first blood in their knickers’ ... so who the fuck would word it like that in a poem? It’s weird.

You’d be complaining if it was about boys. They can’t win, can they?

I agree with this and yet still think 'first blood in your knickers' is inappropriate.

Yes I would, if they said 'first seman stain in your pants' but they won't, will they.

You’d be saying “But what about girls?” and calling them misogynist.

Contained cubicles with a sink in are by far the best way of dealing with a period. Whether they are unisex or not is irrelevant because they ARE SINGLE PERSON.

No, I'd be saying it was completely inappropriate to say 'first semen in pants' questioning the drawing and wondering who the fuck thought that this was appropriate to advertise charity who pretends to cares about child safeguarding.

Exactly; perhaps the poet doesn't fully understand how difficult and painful that milestone can be for some girls. I would have hated being discussed by my parents in such a way and not because I'm embarrassed but because its a private thing.

You’d be saying “But what about girls?” and calling them misogynist.

Don’t be so ridiculous, no, we’d wouldn’t. We would be saying it was wrong.

But with ‘blood in knickers’, theres the added issue of that being linked to sexual abuse and the NSPCC should know that better than anyone.

It's an odd thing, this poem.

Clown face? Blood in the knickers? The imagery used doesn' show love for girls or women.

Awful advert OP I agree

The line first blood in your knickers is behind is it to late to talk about the old sex thing.

Nope. Not appropriate at all for this charity.

First blood in pants, period. From a protection of children campaign?

If it was from always ultra fair enough.

I agree with you OP.

But, as you know, you are comparing apples with aeroplanes.

Well I guess that's what happens when a man writes the lines for a mother to speak.

Contained cubicles with a sink in are by far the best way of dealing with a period. Whether they are unisex or not is irrelevant because they ARE SINGLE PERSON.

There was a phone found recording very recently, in a unisex cubical, at a local sports centre here. I bet it wasn’t left in there by the last female user. Let’s keep toilets and other safe spaces, sex based.

agree ⬆️