shopperholic
Registered Shopper
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2014
- Messages
- 10,425
Saying it happens to just girls and women would have you flamed on other forums, Donna. I've noticed that even some sanitary products have stopped mentioning they're for females these days (brands I refuse to use especially when they're ridiculously expensive).
What the hell is wrong with people these days? I'm all for being 'kind' but suffering fools that can't get a grip on reality is way beyond me. And companies trying to jump on the PC bandwagon irritate me even more. Ruby Cup is one. They sell a cup for nearly £30 with an extra case for £9. While I applaud their commitment to educating girls and women I see red (pun not intended) when a company calls women menstruators FFS. I bought an identical cup that included an identical case from Savers for £4.99. I'll stick with companies like Lil-Lets that still refer to us 'menstruators' as good old-fashioned women and girls.
We had a corner shop that sold those giant sanitary pads with loops and as a child, I remember being sent to get a pack for my mum. The owner double-wrapped them in a brown paper bag, leaned close and told me not to tell anyone what was in the bag and to go straight home to my mum.
I'm glad periods have gone from 'dirty' and shameful to being spoken of and products being advertised, though the older generation would have been shocked and horrified by it. My nan was much like Vienna's mum but my mum was a bit more easy-going. Though she did refuse to buy me tampons when I was 12 - so I went out and bought them myself!
That brings me on to 'period poverty'. My first pack cost me 64p out of my hard-earned Saturday job money (I started my job really young as it was in a family business). A pack of tampons costs 89p in Asda. A pack of pads £1. Back then that 64p was a LOT of money yet I see my niece's friends moaning about paying for sanitary protection while texting on their £1k iPhones! My mum would have slapped me into next week for being stupid if I'd have done that. Mum didn't suffer fools either
Also totally agree with Twilight. That ad winds me up, too, as I think women should be educated on pelvic floor health not left to spend a small fortune on pads for the rest of their lives.
Yes! Dr Whites I think they were called the huge, thick sanitary towels with loops, or mattresses as I liked to call them
It’s funny though I haven’t menstruated for 27 years since my hysterectomy, I wonder in this PC world gone mad does that make me? Saying that though, I’m now using liners 27 years later for a whole different reason. (Tena.........ahem!). Oh the irony.