Has anyone ever taken a pad or tampon out into the light of day only to have boys and grown men back five feet away? This shit is tip of the stigma iceberg that women experience for simply menstruating. How many of those products in the image can cause toxic shock or infections? How expensive are those products? How often do they need to be bought/replaced? These are real issues that affect our health, finances, and social/internalized perceptions of ourselves. Men absolutely REFUSE to acknowledge us for our biology when it’s not sexually appealing to them. They refuse to consider our mental and physiological health, and mock and silence us when we try to talk about it. 

we should make armor out of menstrual products so men stay away

‘it’s never going to happen to us so why should we care’

it’s never going to happen to us so why should we care.

Tell me again why I should care about your boner? It’s never going to happen to me so why should I care?