Are you okay with tampons in boys’ washrooms?!
Yyyes. And it’s weird that republicans are not. They’re hygiene products, not a political statement.
They probably think soap is a political statement.
They’re also good for bullet wound first aid which makes this a darkly practical thing for 2a fanatics
They’re really not, don’t stick anything in a penetrating wound, that’s a myth.
My last first aid course didn’t mention tampons specifically, but if you need to stop heavy bleeding, anything is on the table.
We were told that the general practice with a major wound was essentially to use a rolled up bandage to wipe the worst of the blood away so you can see where it’s coming from, then put said bandage over the probable artery and apply lots of pressure.
Your job as first aid is to keep someone alive until paramedics arrive. Tissue damage from a tampon gluing itself in can be fixed. Total blood loss less so.
They did say they’re an option for a major nosebleed though.
Oh no! They might learn vaginas exist! 😱 /s
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Purely out of curiosity, how long ago was this? Cause if your cousin had access to the internet, there’s a 200% chance he already knew what sex was.
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Dafuq does trap-neuters-release programs have to do with the GI Joe movies*?
*If this involves me understanding something from the plot of GI Joe the movie, imma also need a thorough recap.
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I have six sisters. There was always a mega box in sight.
Even aside from the absurdity of objecting to tampons, the idea that boys were “forced” to do anything is ridiculous. The tampons are just there. She makes it sound like Walz held boys and gunpoint and made them go to a convenience store, buy tampons, and then put them in the school restrooms.
But I guess that’s what I should expect from a professional liar.
“you ok with that?”
uh, yeah? they’re just sitting there, no one’s being forced to use them.
mind your own damn business.
FFS that’s not what Tim Walz did, at all. He signed (as opposed to vetoing) a bipartisan bill to provide free menstrual products to students, after a years-long campaign by students who had to pay for these at school.
The law doesn’t say anything about boys bathrooms or genders. At most it can be argued that by not specifying that only girls bathrooms are included, it avoids singling out female-to-male and intersex students who use boys bathrooms for persecution. Which is of course controversial to Republicans.
Wait till they get on a plane and find the bathrooms are “bisexual”. These motherfuckers will be jumping out.
Don’t you realize that they wouldn’t be this close minded in the first place if they were traveling and meeting other walks of life? They’re incurious people.
There’s also the fact that many can’t afford to travel. This is why Republicans are so against college. Because it’s often the first time people get outside their hometown and meet people from different walks of life.
It’s also why Republicans complain about real-life having a “liberal bias.”
That’s what I don’t understand about these attacks, I didn’t even have a sister growing up but my mom would have a box of tampons next to the toilet. I remember wondering what they were… And that was it. For years I used the bathroom next to tampons and it had zero impact on life.
I’m currently taking a shit mere inches from a box of my wife’s tampons and I’m scared, you guys. What if one finds its way into my butt?
You have to tell the tampon you don’t consent, legally the tampon can’t crawl in your butt then
Don’t worry the
femalebody has ways to try to shut that down.
So. Fun story time.
The first time I was getting pads for my GF was pretty traumatizing. Mostly because my-then Gf had given me hyper specific instructions on where to find the pad she needed, and the pads at the spot weren’t that
(They had changed the placement.)
What made it traumatizing is having to call the GF while being screamed at by some karen screeching fundie Christian things at me (as if I were demon possessed,) while also trying to get any staff she could to arrest me; while following me to my car and refusing to let me leave.
Fun fact- it’s illegal to force exorcisms on cops because you’re being arrested. Apparently.
Anyways, Megyn here. She has the same vibes.
Wait, so she was screaming at you for buying pads? I’m so confused
Yup.
Apparently, men aren’t allowed to even go down that aisle.
It was strange.
Mostly, the only coherent thing she was saying is “IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!!” complete with a gesture like catholic priest use to sprinkle holy water.
Boys may play with them. Which is probably for the best actually. Removing stigma from basic hygiene products can only be a positive thing.
It’s not the point of them being there but a nice side effect.
Why do people act weird when you get tampons for your girlfriend?
I think it’s a US thing. I’ve often bought tampons and of course nobody cares.
This just made me realize that I’ve never bought pads for my wife. I wouldn’t have any issue doing it, and I’m guessing she knows that, but she’s never asked me to.
Heck, I once had to go get my mom AND my grandma tampons, and since there was a promotion I got like 3 of the granny ones, no one cared and I only remember because I was like a teenager and thought everyone would care, but no one did!
I really don’t have anything to say here that hasn’t been said already.
I’m just genuinely disappointed and tired of this nonsense. The statement isn’t accurate and even if it was, that’s a complete non-issue.
Seriously, fucking Jesus Christ, what is it with fucking Republicans and their constant obsessions with genitals and the reproductive cycle?
You fucking pieces of shit, will you leave women the fuck alone already??
Are you aware that our mothers – most of them anyway – pushed each of us out of their VAGINAS??
You’re good with that? Totally norms?
Seriously. Are these fuckwads still telling their kids that a stork delivered them as baby or some other fairy tale bullshit?
I saw a tampon once. Crying, I had to call my mom and tell her I was now gay. I had no idea the sight of feminine hygiene products could do that.
