Do you flush tampons?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FFS how many ways to people need to say “I didn’t know this was a problem, no one told me, I was a kid who had to learn to use a tampon on my own, now that I know I don’t flush them”????

Like those of you who have zero empathy for the fact that many of us not only had inadequate (or wrong!) sex Ed when we were young just come off as entitled brats. You really think a young woman should intuitively know what a tampon can do to a plumbing system, especially if her mother, friends, and others have all told her to flush tampons? That’s incredibly unrealistic.

And do really not understand how much shaming young women used to receive around their periods. My number one concern as a young woman regarding my period was hiding it. This was the universal message I received from my mom, teachers, friends, and advertising — that the worst thing that could happen would be if other people, but especially any male, found out you were on your period. So the last thing most of us wanted to do was leave evidence of our period anywhere. Thus, we were encouraged to flush tampons to eliminate evidence.

Basically, women have been treated like disgusting cretins for the mere act of memstruating for decades, and now we are being shamed by younger women for not standing up to that wall off shaming we received as kids and magically understanding material absorbency and indoor plumbing from a young age. Maybe one day you will learn that this is a hateful (and misogynist) behavior, perhaps when you are on the receiving end of it.

- signed, a woman who has not flushed a tampon in a decade and really wishes someone had taught me this much sooner

Lady, I'm 48 years old, my mom never taught me how to use a tampon, she only used pads, yet somehow I have never flushed a tampon. I can read signs in public bathrooms and I have common sense.

[Anonymous]

I would be okay with women who flush their tampons if they would admit that they're wrong, instead of double downing on their flushing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS how many ways to people need to say “I didn’t know this was a problem, no one told me, I was a kid who had to learn to use a tampon on my own, now that I know I don’t flush them”????

Like those of you who have zero empathy for the fact that many of us not only had inadequate (or wrong!) sex Ed when we were young just come off as entitled brats. You really think a young woman should intuitively know what a tampon can do to a plumbing system, especially if her mother, friends, and others have all told her to flush tampons? That’s incredibly unrealistic.

And do really not understand how much shaming young women used to receive around their periods. My number one concern as a young woman regarding my period was hiding it. This was the universal message I received from my mom, teachers, friends, and advertising — that the worst thing that could happen would be if other people, but especially any male, found out you were on your period. So the last thing most of us wanted to do was leave evidence of our period anywhere. Thus, we were encouraged to flush tampons to eliminate evidence.

Basically, women have been treated like disgusting cretins for the mere act of memstruating for decades, and now we are being shamed by younger women for not standing up to that wall off shaming we received as kids and magically understanding material absorbency and indoor plumbing from a young age. Maybe one day you will learn that this is a hateful (and misogynist) behavior, perhaps when you are on the receiving end of it.

- signed, a woman who has not flushed a tampon in a decade and really wishes someone had taught me this much sooner

Lady, I'm 48 years old, my mom never taught me how to use a tampon, she only used pads, yet somehow I have never flushed a tampon. I can read signs in public bathrooms and I have common sense.

Way to miss the point. I’m with PP! Well said, all of it. There’s still a lot of period shaming all over this very website.

[Anonymous]

This post is going to go down in DCUM history

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS how many ways to people need to say “I didn’t know this was a problem, no one told me, I was a kid who had to learn to use a tampon on my own, now that I know I don’t flush them”????

Like those of you who have zero empathy for the fact that many of us not only had inadequate (or wrong!) sex Ed when we were young just come off as entitled brats. You really think a young woman should intuitively know what a tampon can do to a plumbing system, especially if her mother, friends, and others have all told her to flush tampons? That’s incredibly unrealistic.

And do really not understand how much shaming young women used to receive around their periods. My number one concern as a young woman regarding my period was hiding it. This was the universal message I received from my mom, teachers, friends, and advertising — that the worst thing that could happen would be if other people, but especially any male, found out you were on your period. So the last thing most of us wanted to do was leave evidence of our period anywhere. Thus, we were encouraged to flush tampons to eliminate evidence.

Basically, women have been treated like disgusting cretins for the mere act of memstruating for decades, and now we are being shamed by younger women for not standing up to that wall off shaming we received as kids and magically understanding material absorbency and indoor plumbing from a young age. Maybe one day you will learn that this is a hateful (and misogynist) behavior, perhaps when you are on the receiving end of it.

- signed, a woman who has not flushed a tampon in a decade and really wishes someone had taught me this much sooner

Lady, I'm 48 years old, my mom never taught me how to use a tampon, she only used pads, yet somehow I have never flushed a tampon. I can read signs in public bathrooms and I have common sense.

Oh, so you're not a young person who lacks perspective. You're just a condescending jerk. Got it. Congrats on never making a mistake in 48 years and always understanding everything about the world perfectly without being told. Being a total unicorn must be lonely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be okay with women who flush their tampons if they would admit that they're wrong, instead of double downing on their flushing.

I wouldn't be ok with women who flush their tampons, because they are simply doing something that convenience them momentarily at at potentially massive cost later on.

Doubling down on this selfish behavior because "I've always done it and never had a problem" is truly the dumbest argument you can make.

"I let my toddler roam around the car unrestrained and never had a problem."

"I keep a loaded gun on the coffee table and run a daycare center in my home and never had a problem."

"I mix organic yogurt, fresh berries and half a cup of Roundup into a delicious, frothy beverage and never had a problem."

What's the eyeroll emoji?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

Ok. This person needs to stop saying “Menses” 😂

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

Ok. This person needs to stop saying “Menses” 😂

Sorry no. Only the ignorant taught this and even more ignorant never figured out it was wrong once they got out of teen years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

Ok. This person needs to stop saying “Menses” 😂

Sorry no. Only the ignorant taught this and even more ignorant never figured out it was wrong once they got out of teen years

It is weird to me to use "ignorant" as an insult when you are literally just talking about people who did not know something because they had been taught incorrectly from a young age. I'm curious about what other people you yell at and criticize for simply not knowing something.

I'm also curious what things you don't know, what things you are currently ignorant of. I am betting a lot, since you are human.

[Anonymous]

I got my period in 1989 and I've never flushed a tampon. I feel like it even says it on the box or in the instructions, doesn't it?

Just wrap it in toilet paper and put it in the garbage. And have a bathroom garbage can with the step closing lid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

Ok. This person needs to stop saying “Menses” 😂

Sorry no. Only the ignorant taught this and even more ignorant never figured out it was wrong once they got out of teen years

It is weird to me to use "ignorant" as an insult when you are literally just talking about people who did not know something because they had been taught incorrectly from a young age. I'm curious about what other people you yell at and criticize for simply not knowing something.

I'm also curious what things you don't know, what things you are currently ignorant of. I am betting a lot, since you are human.

It isn’t an insult, it is fact. Flushing a tampon is ignorant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all are wild. I grew up in a four bedroom house in the suburbs with a stay at home mom and a father with a high paying job. I was taught to flush....pretty sure the boxes also say to flush. Why would you want all that nasty blood sitting in your trashcan. Flush it away down the toilet and you won't have to deal with it. Who are you disgusting slobs that want decaying blood festering in your bathroom?! Putting tampons in the bathroom trash is gross. Do you also wipe you butt when you poop and put the toilet paper in the trashcan rather than flushing it down the toilet like a civilized person? Nasty nasty nasty.

Actually, a lot of "civilized" countries do require that you do this to save their antiquated plumbing systems. It's very clear to me from the language that you use that you're not particularly cultured and rarely (possibly never) travelled overseas.



*As for the "decaying blood" - you are aware that only about 1-2 Tbsp of that is actual blood, right? Or do you think your uterus is lined with fresh blood every month? Oh you did!!? How cute.

+1

I live in a Western European city that has existed since the 1200s and our sewage system cannot handle flushed tampons. I cannot believe that flushing tampons is something people do. My dh's parents own a hotel and have had several costly sewage system repairs necessitated by foreign women who ignore signs and flush anyway. What a disgusting, piggish thing to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

Ok. This person needs to stop saying “Menses” 😂

Sorry no. Only the ignorant taught this and even more ignorant never figured out it was wrong once they got out of teen years

It is weird to me to use "ignorant" as an insult when you are literally just talking about people who did not know something because they had been taught incorrectly from a young age. I'm curious about what other people you yell at and criticize for simply not knowing something.

I'm also curious what things you don't know, what things you are currently ignorant of. I am betting a lot, since you are human.

It isn’t an insult, it is fact. Flushing a tampon is ignorant

+1

When I try to envision the kind of woman who flushes tampons, I see someone who puts Mountain Dew in her toddler's sippy cup. It isn't her fault she is woefully ignorant, but she is doing a lot of damage and I think in cases like this it is appropriate to include some shaming.

[Anonymous]

The instructions on the tampon box state don’t flush them. It’s not that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was taught never to pour grease down the drain, never to use Drano for a clog, but nothing about flushing tampons. My mother handed me a box of pads and a box of tampons and everything else I know came from the back of the box or Seventeen magazine. I wish we could stop resorting to name calling and class shaming over this. We can do better.

Incidentally, I was in a public restroom this morning and there was a stack of tiny paper bags with a sign about using them for feminine products and a small garbage can. That seems like a good way to do it.

Even if no one ever specifically told you not to do it, hello...it is a tampon, that is designed to expand several times its size and NOT break down. Why in the world would you think that is supposed to be flushed? It would be like flushing the empty toilet paper roll, qtips, cotton makeup rounds, etc. Do you flush other random stuff that is not TP?

Lol.

"No one ever told me not to flush apple cores and hole-y socks down the toilet! How dare you call me ignorant, I didn't knooooowwwwwwww."