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Doodle Tue 03-Sep-19 19:45:50

Just wondering what other GNetters think of the Bodyform add with the huge number of weird vagina shapes. It took me a while to realise quite what was going on (I thought the knitted one was a flower of some kind ?). I don’t think showing blood on a pad is a particularly pleasant thing to watch when eating my dinner or with young children around. Any thoughts from other grans?

janeainsworth Thu 05-Sep-19 08:51:21

I grew up believing that periods were somehow shameful and not to be talked about and I regret that now

I grew up believing that periods were a normal part of a woman’s life, albeit sometimes an inconvenient one.

I still don’t understand how ignorant attitudes in the past justify a commercial company making an advertisement which caricatures a private and indeed precious part of a woman’s body.

Bathsheba Thu 05-Sep-19 08:17:22

I think the idea is that we should be proud of our vulvas, or at least not ashamed of them....I’ve never been ashamed of mine but I don’t see any reason to be proud either.

Well I'm neither proud nor ashamed of my vulva either, any more than I'm proud or ashamed of my left elbow. What an utterly bizarre concept confused

Magsymoo Wed 04-Sep-19 22:37:36

The grans on here might be blood phobic but hospital dramas, violent movies etc are hugely popular both on tv and cinema. Farting and other bodily functions have long been the subjects of slapstick and humour as of course has sex, another natural function that many people think should be private. Women's menstrual blood is one of the oldest and most stubborn of cultural taboos.
I grew up believing that periods were somehow shameful and not to be talked about and I regret that now. Too many aspects of women's lives and experiences have been kept hidden for too long.

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 21:17:51

I think revulsion or fear at the sight of blood is probably a normal, basic biological response.
Menstrual blood is the only blood which is shed as part of a normal process.
Otherwise, it’s the result of trauma or disease, and likely to provoke a ‘flight or fight’ response.

Doodle Wed 04-Sep-19 20:58:06

I don’t particularly like the sight of blood on the TV no matter where it’s from. I keep my eyes shut when I’m having a blood sample taken. Yes it’s a bodily function but so is farting and picking your nose (if you wish to) but I don’t like watching those on the TV either.

annep1 Wed 04-Sep-19 17:09:59

To be honest I've never really thought about it lol.

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 16:09:03

I’ve watched it now. I think the idea is that we should be proud of our vulvas, or at least not ashamed of them, in the same way that some men are proud of their penises.

I’ve never been ashamed of mine but I don’t see any reason to be proud either.

annep1 Wed 04-Sep-19 16:08:01

Some things are just private Magsymoo and should stay that way.
It doesn't need analysed or explained.
World's gone mad imo.

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 15:59:11

MissA it wasn’t the blood that was knitted, was it? A true comparison would be a knitted anus.
Even my phone doesn’t like ‘anus’. First time I used the word it changed it to ‘Andrew’ & the second time to ‘Angus’ ??

Charleygirl5 Wed 04-Sep-19 15:39:20

I googled it and I hope never to see it on TV. Sorry, but which twisted mind put that together?

glammanana Wed 04-Sep-19 15:37:50

I looked at the ad and it was not the most plesent of viewing I must say.

MissAdventure Wed 04-Sep-19 15:35:12

Not even knitted poops?

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 15:34:16

Pooping is a perfectly normal bodily function but it doesn’t mean it’s acceptable to poop in public, or that anyone wants to see pictures of poop on their TV screens while they’re eating dinner.

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 15:29:04

Quite a lot of people have a strong dislike or even a phobia about the sight of blood that’s nothing to do with any stigma about a woman’s periods.

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 15:27:47

Well, not everyone likes seeing blood in horror films, crime dramas, or hospital dramas.
You could argue that such programmes normalise violence.

Magsymoo Wed 04-Sep-19 15:10:45

How strange that some people make such a fuss about a bit of menstrual blood, something that affects over half the population on a regular basis. On TV we are regularly exposed to blood in horror films, crime dramas, hospital dramas, animal programmes, even cooking programmes. This reaction is all part of the stigma that surrounds the perfectly normal functions of a healthy woman's body.

janeainsworth Wed 04-Sep-19 15:01:35

Goodness. I haven’t seen it but what next?
Adverts for Andrex toilet paper featuring knitted anuses? A close up of a toilet bowl complete with skid marks? shockgrin

MissAdventure Wed 04-Sep-19 14:56:39

The kebab shop, for the ones that get dropped and trodden on..

Doodle Wed 04-Sep-19 13:47:31

Sorry Bradfordlass yes a knitted vulva. Brown and pink (I think it had eyes at the top but I might have made that bit up) and lots of oysters, origami. It’s the blood bit I object to most. The rest of it I find a bit weird. The thought of all those add staff searching around for anything that could vaguely resemble a vulva. Checking all the fruit in the supermarket, the fish shop...

harrigran Wed 04-Sep-19 08:14:51

How totally revolting, pleased that I do not watch any TV adverts, I can't imagine who thinks that is may be acceptable.

annep1 Wed 04-Sep-19 03:42:04

Can't find one with blood. Just one with moving vulva , fruits, etc.
Very weird advert.
...anything goes nowadays.

BradfordLass72 Wed 04-Sep-19 02:55:21

So it's actually a knitted Vulva, not a vagina?

Gosh, what fun you all have in the UK.

NanKate Tue 03-Sep-19 21:44:40

A bit of a surprise, but I liked the music ?

EllanVannin Tue 03-Sep-19 21:20:57

I haven't seen it and by the sound of things I don't want to either. I watch mainly BBC programmes----no adverts !

callgirl1 Tue 03-Sep-19 21:03:53

I`ve only seen it once, that was enough!