Menstruators lol pmsl etc.

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Can't do a link, but it's a cup company called ultucup. It's quite hilarious- women have been responding to their tweet about menstruators, and whoever is in charge of the company twitter account keeps laughing at them, posting gifs of Taylor Swift 'Haters gonna hate" lol laughing smiley. It's quite enjoyable to watch.

The menstruators thing doesnt even work

Girls don't know when their first period will come
We don't menstruate when pregnant except when we do
Breastfeeding again is?
On the pill, withdrawal bleed is not same as menstruation afaik
Weight loss and some drugs can stop them
Menipause, is this last one? Yes, no. Maybe?

So who's a menstruatior then. We often only know we are one for sure while it's actually happening!

Women menstruate. Only women. If you are menstruating you are a woman, however you feel about it.

You can identify however you want.

I find 'menstruators' and even worse fucking 'bleeders' so dehumanising, I absolutely hate it but I am just one of those awful saggy titted cis women, so how I feel about this stuff doesn't matter one shite.

On the pill, withdrawal bleed is not same as menstruation afaik

Good point. So if you are on the pill and need to use a cup for your 'period' you're not technically actually a 'menstruator'.

Not very inclusive is it Ultucup?

No exactly eaudear

It is a label that fails when it is looking at the actual lives of girls and women

Periods are not regular, we don't know when they start, or when they stop, many life events can disrupt or stop them, then they come back, and we don't know which one is the last one until ages after, can go months with none then have 1

This is not about anything except dehumanising women and girls.

Have school boys been referred to as ejaculators yet?

The problem is, if 'menstruators' is out (and let's be honest it won't be if its only people outside the 'trans umbrella' pointing out that it doesn't include everyone) then that does still leave 'bleeders'....

I loved that Twitter hashtag a few months back where everyone replaced 'woman' in song lyrics with 'menstruator'!

Menstruators wont be out

Women and girls having words that are easily understood and that reflect our experience is of no importance

It's about dehumanisation and all from a very male perspective

Eg vagina is only the front hole if you're only counting holes a man can put his cock in

What is the male equivalent of menstruators?

Wankers.

Trying to think of an example where "ejaculator" would be a comparison like someone said.
Can't think of one so not sure why that would be a comparison and why they would need to say that in a situation like menstruators would accommodate transmen.
I mean the word woman is still there, you're still a woman and you don't have to apply menstruator to yourself, I'm going to still call myself a woman and trans men can crack on and call themselves what they like

Condom sales maybe LimeKiwi? I can see the adverts now:

"We at Jizzlings™ support all ejaculators in their quest to penetrate front holes without the risk of fertilising a bleeder*. Because not all ejaculators are male, and not all who are male ejaculate.

Jizzlings™ - the best an ejaculator can get.

• Bleeders can be purchased separately from www.SexWorkIsWork.com"

I used a gender neutral toilet for the first time yesterday and I wouldn’t fancy trying to empty one of those out in the minuscule sinks. Which were in the communal area outside the cubicles anyway. Absolute fucking nonsense.

I mean the word woman is still there, you're still a woman and you don't have to apply menstruator to yourself

Well, actually yes you kind of do when linking periods with womanhood is deemed offensive.

Brilliant! ByGrabtharsHammarWhatASaving

Who are they actually marketing this at?

How many transmen are likely to a) menstruate, b) want to use a period cup, c) agree that not only women menstruate and d) like this exceptionally hostile PR over the numerous other period cup companies?

There ya go, best I could do with stock photos. Might start doing this every time one of these insane ads comes out.

Ultracup have made the best advert for tampons I’ve ever seen!

Grabthars that is genius!

goulash and grabthars!

How many transmen are likely to a) menstruate, b) want to use a period cup, c) agree that not only women menstruate and d) like this exceptionally hostile PR over the numerous other period cup companies

by the looks of twitter, loads of them!

its incredible that women has become such a controversial word. its quite upsetting really.

by the looks of Twitter loads of them

So despite someone saying up thread how many are likely to have them like it's not much, if there actually is a lot who identify as men and don't want to be called a menstruating woman, why can't they be referred to as menstruator if that's what they want?
It doesn't apply to me, I'm still a menstruating woman.
They can do them and I can do me.

why can't they be referred to as menstruator if that's what they want?

What if I don't want to be referred to as 'menstruator'? What if I find it insulting and dehumanising? What if I use a cup for my pill withdrawal bleed so don't feel like I'm included in 'menstruators'? What about my feelings?

yeah about 20 at least- 20 women who prefer to be called menstruators than women- so clearly all women should be called menstruators.

Nobody's saying that you have to call yourself a menstruator though?
I'm not calling myself one. I'm still a woman.

and hopefully nobodys saying that we cant debate and dislike and reject the word menstruators though?

Nobody's saying that you have to call yourself a menstruator though?

If I were to tweet 'I'm not a menstruator, I'm a woman' I would be labelled a TERF and subject to all that comes with that label.