Reply #251: Nobody was "glorifying" it.

[noamnety]

But for some reason, representing the OP's post in that way - or the posts of anyone who uses those items - seems to serve a purpose for you.

I don't glorify it when I get a runny nose from eating spicy food, but I don't go shrieking in horror that the kleenex I wiped my nose in is disgusting, you know? Just a part of life.


Edit, cause I want to add to this.

I would like you to think about what your goal here is. I know mine. Mine is to help make sure women are aware of the possibilities of alternative forms of dealing with their period, beyond a corporate disposable culture that harms the environment. My goal is also to undermine corporations and systems that prey on women by making them think that their only option is to hand over thousands of dollars over their lifetime, unnecessarily, to stockholders, as a tax on having a female body. I know that when I was younger, I didn't even know these options were available. So awareness, that's a goal. And also a side goal is to encourage women to think of their bodies as natural things that serve a purpose and are not gross, because I see that so often our culture sends that message, that women's bodies are disgusting unless slathered in products to mask their disgustingness.

So now, I am trying to figure out what your goal is. Have you thought about that? Your posts here ... are they designed to try to persuade people that women's periods are gross, if they didn't already have that view? Are you trying to encourage women to stay away from reusable and cheap products, because you want the landfills filled with used pads and tampons?

You said you had two teenaged daughters, right? (That was you, no?) Is one of your goals to make them feel that menstrual blood is disgusting, and that if they have a leak someday (and they will) they should be repulsed? If you were to sit down and have a heart to heart talk with them about it, would you tell them this blood that comes out of you is disgusting? Would you be proud and feel like you've done them a service if they read this thread and saw your comments?

Honestly, I don't understand what you are hoping to accomplish with your posts here.