Loving this thread even if it is a bit eeewwww. . Just have to pop off to scrub my carpets, settee, sheets, mattress, this bloody blood gets everywhere. Oh hell sorry puss.
I remember a teen girls magazine in the 1990s had a petition, which was to go to an MP (Cherie Blair? or someone or another anyway) who agreed to push for sanitary towels to be exempt from VAT. The argument is (or was) that it doesn't count as a luxury item, or a non-essential item (whatever the wording is that applies to items charged with VAT), its a necessity to ensure good hygiene. Nothing seemed to happen though, I presume it didn't happen? I think it was something like Sugar or Big! magazine, something like that.
you can choose to not wear sanitary products, it may nit be cleanest/safest option but u can still make that choice
Ok. I made a thread a little while back called 'what's the most ridiculous thing you've read on DS forums?' and I would like to nominate the above comment.
Women generally DO want the cleanest/safest option while menstruating, actually - it would be er, pretty UNsafe and er, UNclean not to!!
Sanitary products are called SANITARY for a reason.
Usually it feels like each hair is being ripped out of my face. The one I don't use I got free at work but it wasn't a cheap one either. I think it was worth £40+
This is what I think too...tried to use one in my twenties! Believed all the advertised BS on telly and spent a small fortune on something that left my face feeling like an open sore! Never used on again!
Ok. I made a thread a little while back called 'what's the most ridiculous thing you've read on DS forums?' and I would like to nominate the above comment.
Women generally DO want the cleanest/safest option while menstruating, actually - it would be er, pretty UNsafe and er, UNclean not to!!
Sanitary products are called SANITARY for a reason.
Friggin' hell!
but using sanitary products is unsafe and unclean, they have chemicals in them which can be deadly/irritant
tampons absorb natural moisture/towels can be irritant ,
mooncups are way to go
your destroying the enviroment and your flower using those nasty things
but using sanitary products is unsafe and unclean, they have chemicals in them which can be deadly/irritant
tampons absorb natural moisture/towels can be irritant ,
mooncups are way to go
your destroying the enviroment and your flower using those nasty things
are you male or female grps? I'm having a hard time working it out. Mooncups don't suit everyone, apart from stuggling to find the right fit and working out how to get them postitioned right, there is the remove issue as previously mentioned, and they are not hygenic at all. What happens if you fill it up when you are out (which is a distinct possibilty for those of us with heavy days), do you take it out in a public loo, wash it out in the sink :eek: what if you leak through, I'd not trust the things so would use towels as well.
everything can be an irritant, I'm sure that mooncup is not designed for constant wear, I've not looked into the details but I suspect you'd still need to have a 'break' from it at some point during the day.
whilst I don't agree they should be on benefits - do you you have any idea how much these things cost. Yes there are cheaper versions, but you generally end up using twice as many, thus false economy.
sanitary products are not equal to shaving.
£2 a month is a lot? Women only need to use them for about a week a month.
The only exception to this is women who have very heavy periods and need to change their towels / tampons several times a day.
It's criminal isn't it?! Over £7 for 3/4 blades now. I tried using cheap ones but you end up sticking tissue all over your face to stop the bleeding! Lol. The ones I but aren't even the dearest but I begrudge paying £7 just to shave... So, really either way if you shave or use pads there is going to be some bleeding involved
Haha, I know, they're crazy. I wonder why? They must be expensice to make maybe? Probably because they know men have to buy them, so charge an extortionate amount.
That's what it costs me every month, half a packet of heavy flow towels and half a packet of light flow towels from Wilkos or Asda every period, unless I'm one of the lucky women who doesn't have a heavy period for more than 3 days.
£2 a month is a lot? Women only need to use them for about a week a month.
The only exception to this is women who have very heavy periods and need to change their towels / tampons several times a day.
maybe you should read the rest of the thread, I don't know a single woman that spends just £2 a month on sanitary products. and if there are women that only change pads/tampons once every 24 hours (which is what you'd need to do to make a pack last a week, and even then you'd be pushing it) then they are not only grubby as hell, but also at risk of infection and health issues.
also note my post about the need to vairying pad/tampon sizes depending on the flow and that fact that MOST women do not conform to the light and breezy periods men seem to think we do.
By your reasoning, the 'shaving is an essential' crew should buy the 99p razors and be done with it. Stuff comfort and value for money who cares if they last half the time, they're cheap! :rolleyes:
Oh and btw I use panty liners on non-period days (because of never knowing when aunty flo will arrive), so I use these products every single day of the year.
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Loving the rap
True. Only Jesus is allowed to bleed that much and not die.
imagine having use one as a poo catcher. you get the picture.
edit: apologies for encouraging the shit freaks:o
pretty sure you remove to and clean now again....you dont wait till its full or till your period is over
your using it wrong
Ok. I made a thread a little while back called 'what's the most ridiculous thing you've read on DS forums?' and I would like to nominate the above comment.
Women generally DO want the cleanest/safest option while menstruating, actually - it would be er, pretty UNsafe and er, UNclean not to!!
Sanitary products are called SANITARY for a reason.
Friggin' hell!
This is what I think too...tried to use one in my twenties! Believed all the advertised BS on telly and spent a small fortune on something that left my face feeling like an open sore! Never used on again!
but using sanitary products is unsafe and unclean, they have chemicals in them which can be deadly/irritant
tampons absorb natural moisture/towels can be irritant ,
mooncups are way to go
your destroying the enviroment and your flower using those nasty things
it`s the removal that`a an issue, i used to have a cap which often ended up flicked across the bathroom, i won`t go on.:D
ewwww, its like the spud from trainspotting scene only 10 times worse
are you gonna quote all my posts?...i suggest using multiquote,afterall it is 2013
they are meant to have to reduced vat, i mention earlier
but i doubt any retailer follows that tax guideline
are you male or female grps? I'm having a hard time working it out. Mooncups don't suit everyone, apart from stuggling to find the right fit and working out how to get them postitioned right, there is the remove issue as previously mentioned, and they are not hygenic at all. What happens if you fill it up when you are out (which is a distinct possibilty for those of us with heavy days), do you take it out in a public loo, wash it out in the sink :eek: what if you leak through, I'd not trust the things so would use towels as well.
everything can be an irritant, I'm sure that mooncup is not designed for constant wear, I've not looked into the details but I suspect you'd still need to have a 'break' from it at some point during the day.
edit: realised your male. Explains a lot.
£2 a month is a lot?
The only exception to this is women who have very heavy periods and need to change their towels / tampons several times a day.
Slap! :mad::mad:
£2 a month, you`re having a laugh.
Haha, I know, they're crazy. I wonder why? They must be expensice to make maybe? Probably because they know men have to buy them, so charge an extortionate amount.
That's what it costs me every month, half a packet of heavy flow towels and half a packet of light flow towels from Wilkos or Asda every period, unless I'm one of the lucky women who doesn't have a heavy period for more than 3 days.
maybe you should read the rest of the thread, I don't know a single woman that spends just £2 a month on sanitary products. and if there are women that only change pads/tampons once every 24 hours (which is what you'd need to do to make a pack last a week, and even then you'd be pushing it) then they are not only grubby as hell, but also at risk of infection and health issues.
also note my post about the need to vairying pad/tampon sizes depending on the flow and that fact that MOST women do not conform to the light and breezy periods men seem to think we do.
By your reasoning, the 'shaving is an essential' crew should buy the 99p razors and be done with it. Stuff comfort and value for money who cares if they last half the time, they're cheap! :rolleyes:
Oh and btw I use panty liners on non-period days (because of never knowing when aunty flo will arrive), so I use these products every single day of the year.