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Women's Rights & Issues

Tree-Hugger

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1. These people gross me out

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 03:24 PM

Feb 2023

People have vaginas. People have periods. They need to get over it. It's a damn sad shame because these are women teaching other impressionable women to be shameful about their bodies and natural functions. And teaching people to be ashamed of their body makes it easier for others to take advantage of those bodies.

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The One Million Moms Have A Not-So-Fresh Feeling About Menstruating Ladies [View all] niyad Feb 2023 OP

These people gross me out Tree-Hugger Feb 2023 #1

Sadly true. niyad Feb 2023 #2

women of Reddit aint having it... lots of threads against period shaming/hiding nonsense BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #6

I am sick and goddamn tired of these fake "women" Jilly_in_VA Feb 2023 #3

I am just a bit younger than you, and yes, I remember those ads. Between niyad Mar 2023 #7

That commercial is cute. And girls need to know this stuff. Timeflyer Feb 2023 #4

"Can you imagine what goes through a child's mind when watching these ads? Thinx should be ashamed!" BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #5

oh, I ammcertain that children are just glued to the ads in rapt horror. niyad Mar 2023 #8