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Are period products too gendered?

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Trans YouTuber Jamie Raines on having periods as a man

Transgender man and YouTuber Jamie Raines explains that it's "not only women who experience periods" and shares his experience of having periods.

6:00 PM · Jul 27, 2019

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No, because period products are for the female SEX. They don’t have a ‘gender’.

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It's not that complicated really. Born female, becoming more Male, still have periods. I'm sure you have dealt with more complex ideas than that before. Then we are asking if making sanitary items pink makes it awkward for these people to buy them. There you go.

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Who cares? Period products are a cumbersome and expensive necessity for 1/2 humanity & many do not have access & have to improvise; often in degrading conditions. Women (particularly girls) struggle with their periods, full stop. We need to de-stigmatise periods and being female.

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As a lesbian, I blame millennials that an article like this was even written.

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I blame them for everything. I think theyd kill their own parents

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Can they be used for nose bleeds ? As a bloke not sure what other use I would have for them

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Tampons can, yes (they have also been used to staunch bullet wounds). Not sure about a pad...

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Er, biological men don’t get periods.

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Needs a name like "Tiger" or "Man up" or ....

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