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Feminist Backlash After Sanitary Pad Company Caves to Trans-Activists
2019-10-22
*Sigh* This is why it is unwise for businesses to get involved in anything political.
[BREITBART] Women and several prominent feminists have called for a boycott of Always sanitary pads after it was revealed that the company decided to remove a female symbol from their products amidst pressure from transgender activists groups.

An 18-year-old British trans activist named Ben Saunders complained to Procter & Gamble (P&G), the maker of Always sanitary pads, saying that not everyone who menstruates identifies as female.

Another transgender activist, Melly Boom, tweeted that: “There are non-binary and trans folks who still need to use your products too you know!”

Procter & Gamble, the maker of Always, capitulated to the demands of the activists, announcing: “We are glad to inform you that as of December we will use a wrapper design without the feminine symbol.”

The decision to remove the ‘Venus’ symbol from the sanitary pad wrapper across Europe prompted widespread outrage from women, with some calling for a boycott of Always products.

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Posted by:Fred

#13  Very confusing.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-22 15:14  

#12  If a woman transitions to being a man but still needs sanitary pads they haven't actually changed anything beyond costuming.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2019-10-22 12:12  

#11  Just end all sanitary products. With gender being so fluid women can just identify as men before getting their period! Problem solved!!!
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-10-22 11:36  

#10  Kotex used to make the best emergency battlefield dressings.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2019-10-22 10:35  

#9  #5 Well, transgenderism IS the end of feminism.

Might be the other way around. Either way, not my circus, not my monkey.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-10-22 09:24  

#8  Its the fight between organics and plastics!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-10-22 07:30  

#7   back to moss

From the Greece Gazette, hot off the press...

One daughter of Doris, a Nereid
(of whom there are nearly a myriad)
Is sought by the Police
Of the Sea. Seems the Fleece
Disappeared in this past lunar period.
Posted by: Butch Lumumba4259   2019-10-22 06:39  

#6  Their response should have been: “We deal with biology not psychology.”
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442   2019-10-22 05:31  

#5  Well, transgenderism IS the end of feminism.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-22 04:12  

#4  Idiots, the lot of them. Symbols causing them so much heartache.

What of the real struggle for women's emancipation that is forgotten in the rainbow deluge of mentally ill randoms screaming for attention ?
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-10-22 03:23  

#3  Shitshow Part 143.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-22 01:21  

#2  An 18-year-old British trans activist named Ben Saunders complained to Procter & Gamble (P&G), the maker of Always sanitary pads, saying that not everyone who menstruates identifies as female.

If you don't self-identify as female, don't menstruate.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-22 01:09  

#1  Well, back to moss, I guess.
Posted by: KBK   2019-10-22 00:36  

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