Tampax getting ratioed

[Awning10]

twitter.com/Tampax/status/1305952342504767491

‘not all women have periods’ is also dangerously misleading as a throw away progressive slogan, because while ‘not having a period’ doesn’t mean a woman is less of a woman, it IS a sign of a medical condition, whether that is menopause, pregnancy, malnutrition or something else.

@merrymouse

‘not all women have periods’ is also dangerously misleading as a throw away progressive slogan, because while ‘not having a period’ doesn’t mean a woman is less of a woman, it IS a sign of a medical condition, whether that is menopause, pregnancy, malnutrition or something else.

This is a good point actually. There are no women who just 'happen not to have periods'. It's not like it is random and some women just don't have them. Every female (unless they are already aware of a medical condition) coming up to adolescence expects to start their period and if it doesn't happen, it will be investigated.

And as you say, if you are a woman and you don't have periods there is a distinct reason for that, whether that be drugs, malnutrition, menopause, pregnancy etc. No one says 'oh no, I'm just one of those women who doesn't have them shrug'

No one says 'oh no, I'm just one of those women who doesn't have them shrug'

You’d hope not, but given the prevalence of eating disorders and the prevailing attitude that many medical conditions that only affect women are ‘normal’ I’m sure that many do just shrug, and this tweet endorses that.

This is also why I think ‘bleed’ is unhelpful. It implies that a period should be traumatic and painful.

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"I’d also question whether ‘bleed’ is a helpful way to describe having a period."
It's not a word I have ever used in my 40 or so years of having periods. I would use bleeding in the context of an injury, and it would need to be stopped before it becomes life threatening. Of course that does apply to absolutely everyone.

When I was at school, and for many years afterwards, having a menstrual period was pretty-much universally called "having the curse" or "being cursed", with a period just being "the curse". In the future tense, as for instance getting out of a swimming lesson next week, "I can't go to that, I'll be cursed." (In the pre-tampon days you couldn't swim if you would bleed into the water, obviously.)

What has always slightly bewildered me is that men seem to want to lay claim to something which we accurately regarded as a thoroughly bad thing and a defect in the design of the reproductive system, or as we used to say a bloody nuisance.

@movingonup20 thanks!

Fact: Not all women have periods Yes, some have reached menopause so they do not get periods anymore.

They only care about their millennials and Gen Z market. Because they are the ones pushing the agenda and blackmailing to boycott companies. Not just agenda on transgenders but other minorities that want power now.

Does people do not think that these are the reasons why populism is back and thriving? Do not ask why certain people get elected.

This reply v telling

@SirVixofVixHall

This reply v telling

Jesus 🤯

Bloody hell, that reply.

I think they need to analyse their millennial market more carefully.

I'm a millennial and very woke. I have been found all over MN lecturing people about inclusion and exclusion for years. However, I'm an equal opportunities SJW, so although I'm inclined to like a company that says, "women and others who menstruate"/"women with a cervix", I also listened when other people pointed out why only saying "people with a cervix" was exclusionary.

So I won't financially support Tampax et al because I'm a woke millennial. There have got to be more of us out there.

@SirVixofVixHall

This reply v telling

And how exactly would that work anyway? Will they start flashing in the shop when touched by someone with a different opinion? Will a siren go off? Jesus. What a tool.

@SirVixofVixHall

This reply v telling

Dog in the manger?

@SirVixofVixHall

This reply v telling

A man, to a woman, objecting about her erasure even from period products: Get ready for that new reality, we make the rules now baby, deal with it.

And then he's amazed, later, when he finds he's on an MRA block list?

twitter.com/boredlacanian/status/1319980668160540673

Poor little lamb. How could the nasty ladies not recognise his abusive behaviour to women is the nice kind, the good kind, the sort where people with penises tell women that only people with penises define womanhood? Great checklist provided by a Twitterer though, thanks for whoever created it.

Love how he thinks that’s the first we’ve noticed 🤣

Yeah, this one is at least unintentionally hilarious. So there's that.

@blueangel19

They only care about their millennials and Gen Z market. Because they are the ones pushing the agenda and blackmailing to boycott companies. Not just agenda on transgenders but other minorities that want power now.

Does people do not think that these are the reasons why populism is back and thriving? Do not ask why certain people get elected.

I guess the thing is though that is 40 somethings have only got so many years left of using tampax. If you can get a 14 year old using your product now she’ll most likely stay loyal and then pass that on to her daughters.

And yes, had it said ‘women and others who menstruate’ then I’d have been more than fine with it.

Ah but consumers these days are far less brand loyal. The do need to remember that.

@SirVixofVixHall

This reply v telling

"We make the rules now"

Fucking chilling.

And a more correct statement would be "we still make the rules"

Because male bodied people must always, always get the final say when it comes to language, freedom of expression and women's safety and security.

If you can get a 14 year old using your product now she’ll most likely stay loyal and then pass that on to her daughters.

It's not the 14 year olds doing the buying though, is it? You're right that it comes from the mum to daughter. And I won't be buying Tampax for my daughter - despite that being my own mother, and then my own, brand.

I don’t have a daughter - but DH and DS are well aware of the brands that don’t get houseroom here and why.

I just went and researched which tampon brands I'd be happy to buy. And there are several.

Inclusive should mean just that. Erasing women is not inclusive - it's misogynist. You can add, not subtract. Most young women are more than capable of understanding the distinction.

Given that this was never in dispute (menopause not being a recent discovery) it’s difficult to conclude otherwise.

Well yes. Have menopausal women, women with a Mirena coil, pregnant women etc ever complained before about 'feeling excluded' from adverts talking about 'women's periods'? Of course not, this seems to be a new phenomenon. I have certainly never felt 'excluded'.

So the 'women' they are talking about when the educate us about the fact that 'some women don't have periods' must be... Men.

Yes there are some excellent ones. I had a good hunt after Always went rogue. It’s amazing how many good brands there are when you don’t even consider it.

@wellbehavedwomen

If you can get a 14 year old using your product now she’ll most likely stay loyal and then pass that on to her daughters.

It's not the 14 year olds doing the buying though, is it? You're right that it comes from the mum to daughter. And I won't be buying Tampax for my daughter - despite that being my own mother, and then my own, brand.

I always bought my own but I do know that’s not always the case.