Until as late as the 1950’s, every packet of tampons had to carry the warning ‘Not suitable for unmarried women’ for fear that virginity might be impaired, which was of course untrue. To this day however, in predominately Catholic countries, sales of pads are notably higher than tampons.
Fucking Lemmy people making me do research.
An additional source that I am unable to find is Jo Brand on an episode of QI talking about stores refusing to sell tampons to unmarried women.
I’m not saying it never happened, just that it isn’t a thing anymore, not in any mainstream sense. Obviously there are small communities or whatever. There always are, but they are not representative of any significant group of people and can’t be pointed to as an example of some kind. This is the kind of thing lemmy/reddit does all the time that gets really annoying. It’s low effort circle jerking, and people just eat it up because it makes them feel superior.
Did you miss the part where Catholic and conservative countries still uses tampons less than other countries. The main issue is that they think it
A. Increase masturbation because it requires the girl to familiarize themselves with their own genitals
And
B. Breaks the hymen and makes the girl no longer a virgin.
These are things that conservatives absolutely still care about and if you read r/twoXchromosomes you will eventually see women with conservative parents having to snuggle their tampons into the house.
Also, why are conservatives losing their minds over Tim Walz providing tampons to schools if what I am saying isn’t a thing anymore?
Like a presidential candidate once said, things dont just fall out of coconut trees. They are influenced by what was before.
The tampon thing is about requiring schools to put them in the boys bathrooms, which is a totally different thing. But also my response is about my experience in the US.
As prudish as America is, I’ve never heard that before. Not saying it’s not the case though.
Lol it’s not a thing. I have no idea what lemmy people go on about sometimes.
https://www.ahpma.co.uk/menstruation_facts_and_figures/
Fucking Lemmy people making me do research.
An additional source that I am unable to find is Jo Brand on an episode of QI talking about stores refusing to sell tampons to unmarried women.
Yeah I guess I don’t know much about the Uk or other countries, I’m just speaking for my experience in the US.
But you you did know enough to be smug about it, apparently. These crazy Lemmy people saying such silly things.
I’m not saying it never happened, just that it isn’t a thing anymore, not in any mainstream sense. Obviously there are small communities or whatever. There always are, but they are not representative of any significant group of people and can’t be pointed to as an example of some kind. This is the kind of thing lemmy/reddit does all the time that gets really annoying. It’s low effort circle jerking, and people just eat it up because it makes them feel superior.
Did you miss the part where Catholic and conservative countries still uses tampons less than other countries. The main issue is that they think it
A. Increase masturbation because it requires the girl to familiarize themselves with their own genitals
And
B. Breaks the hymen and makes the girl no longer a virgin.
These are things that conservatives absolutely still care about and if you read r/twoXchromosomes you will eventually see women with conservative parents having to snuggle their tampons into the house.
Also, why are conservatives losing their minds over Tim Walz providing tampons to schools if what I am saying isn’t a thing anymore?
Like a presidential candidate once said, things dont just fall out of coconut trees. They are influenced by what was before.
The tampon thing is about requiring schools to put them in the boys bathrooms, which is a totally different thing. But also my response is about my experience in the US.
Lots of experience being a far right conservative in America?