Bethany Black (@BethanyBlack@mastodon.social)
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After all these years I’m rarely surprised by medical misogyny, but finding out that the research from the first ever tests on period products using blood instead of water were published LAST WEEK is one of those surprises.

Archive link to story here: https://archive.ph/HVNLH

Posted here because there is no community for Absolutely Infuriating (that I know of).

  • Urbanfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    Absolutely. Menstrual blood is its own beast altogether. I often found that the mucus heavy days was a real blocker to actual absorbsion and often there would be a still dry but slimy tampon removed at some points.

    • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      It’s posts like these that give me sympathy for my wife and all the other women out there, reminds me to hold the door open from a little further away than I normally would.