#t/erfs and t/ransmisogynists are not safe on this post goooo shoo shoo. block button at the ready

[bahrlee]

I think shaming people who would rather wear pads than use tampons (and vise versa but I usually see it like this, probably because im a pad warrior and internet algorithms feed on showing you stuff that makes you angry lol) is rather stupid and seems to come from a place of internalized misogyny to me, especially when tampon users shame others for being afraid to put something inside of them, or call pads smelly and unhygenic, and compare them to wearing diapers (which completely ignores that some, usually disabled adults, have to wear actual diapers--wonder if they'd call that unhygenic too).

To me, one isnt truly superior, we are all just bleeding profusely once a month and trying to manage it in a way that's comfortable for us on an indivisual level. Ive watched cis men get grossed out over any used period product in general--they find used pads gross, they find used tampons gross, they dont care how we collect the blood that comes out of us. Many STILL quiver at the thought of even buying either at the store, when theyre not even out of the box yet. So what is the point of mestruators acting like using one or the other is more "clean" based on rather close minded rhetoric? No use being objective when in reality it's all just preferences and that's okay.