People who bleed

When I saw the title of the thread, my first thought was "this is about haemophiliac", then I remembered we have of course, in the western world at least, entered this weird parallel universe, because as sure as eggs more conservative cultures aren't going to go along with such notions. I believe "people who bleed" is a nod to an infinitesimal number of transmen who haven't fully transitioned, or are we supposed to pretend recognise that transwomen could also bleed, as it seems such a state is all part of female privilege. Yeah all great! and the menopause well that's off the Richter Scale in the deep joy it's brought to many women's lives, speaking as a person who has had the privilege of enjoying the whole gamut of temperature surges, restless nights and brain fog

Merchant of Venice Act 111 scene 1
“Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?“

The tweet is deliberate ill intentioned woke GFery of the worst kind. All anyone needs to know is that Tampax are for periods ( or sanitary products if we want to be twee).

Tampax.
'For every bleeder'.

Good point bluebellwould. I wonder if this ad could be found to breach some advertising legislation

I suspect Tampex has put this out in anticipation of it causing righteous anger amongst many women. Free publicity

People who bleed! Everyone bleeds don’t they? If you cut someone they bleed. Surely they mean people who menstruate which is a totally different thing.

Didn't we have this same discussion on Gransnet 6 or 8 months ago?

Ilovecheese - maybe I’m being completely thick here, but I really don’t get how it’s bossy? Or how it’s telling anyone who they are?

It makes me as a biological woman feel excluded. But even more importantly it’s part of the movement of redefining sex and denying the biological reality of sex and how it shapes women’s lives and experiences and make women disappear. Tampax can take their transgender wine ideology and ......cannot be polite enough ......

Sex is noted at birth, not assigned. Apart from that, no harm done, but a rather bossy tone, get back in your boxes women! We will tell you what you are!

There is IMO a difference between someone’s sex which is assigned at birth and their gender which is effectively a social construct.
Does the fact that Tampax are recognising this publicly really have to cause debate or derision? Does it hurt anyone?
Maybe I’m missing something here, but if you were born female and now identify as male or non binary and this advert makes you feel a bit more included in society I really don’t see the harm.

Only people born as female have periods, folk can call themselves what they want but it’s impossible to change one’s chromosomes.