What are your thoughts on this image?

[Crocsandshocks]

Apparently Facebook allow this despite apparently not allowing female nipples. I'm so confused!

It looks like misogyny to me

This is ALWAYS about misogyny.

Also ironic to note that in another currently trending post on mn the OP was apparently told by her partner that presenting a photo of her stained sanitary towel to her GP to help illustrate her concerns around heavy blood loss and clotting was “inappropriate”

Ahhh and good day to you darlings! Mother nature here, just your monthly reminder that despite your very best efforts you are in fact still female! Have a great week now won't you 🤗

This sums it up perfectly. Females have periods.

As the fabulous Magdalen Burns said: “I’d rather be rude than a fucking liar”.

My thoughts start with sadness but end up with anger.

What’s the point of it? An advert for sanitary products? If so, not a very good one for a few reasons. If not, what?

Feels like you can only show female signifiers on Facebook like periods and nipples if you degender them. Mysogony indeed.

someone earlier said it’s a load of bollocks. I had a really good reply to that but I can’t post it.

To edumacate us. Who knew that females have periods and that transmen are still female?

Yes, it rather emphasises that. Probably not the message the advertisers were trying to give.

I have no words for you, only an insufficient unmumsnetty hug. It's fucking shit.

Lost the quote:

Who knew that females have periods and that transmen are still female?

Hardly diverse is it

Get a Mirena, like a real man. Problem solved.

I got a thirty ban for SHARING that vile image yet the original poster had no recriminations!

The more I look at the image the more problematic it becomes, the people in the photo who apparently have breasts are wearing t shirts. The people who’ve had mastectomies aren’t. So breasts are shameful and should be hidden unless surgically removed but blood stained pants legs akimbo is fine. Also the melancholic faces as if they are expressing some sort of ritual humiliation at this most “shameful” and unfortunate biological function with a strange mix of in your face pride “look at me” but it’s a mind bender because they can’t be that proud to be menstruating if the majority have had mastectomies can they? Or can they? Genuinely think it’s all on purpose misogyny tbh

I say never wear white knickers on a period.🙄

They are all women, despite outward appearance, is what I think.

Def lacks the joy of a rollerskating sani towel advert!

I just don't see why anyone would want to shove their menstrual fluid (even fake) in other people's faces.

No women who have had mastectomys are regularly banned

It makes as much sense as doing an ad that says "Women do plops."

(I'll leave you to conjure up the imagery for that one.)

Yes bring back the patronising oooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaah bodyform advert of the nineties. I’d take that over this any day

Medical malpractice

Women continue to have periods, even when they've had double mastectomies and tried to escape the reality of being female.