Do you flush tampons?

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

No, but it's inconvenient. As we can see from this thread, there is a significant faction of women who know they shouldn't flush, but do it anyway in other people's homes or public places.

There is a special spot in hell reserved for the lady who flushes tampons in her friends' homes, but thinks flushing twice makes it all better. God.

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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.

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PP said she hadn't flushed on in over a decade. And she might be older than 48. It all boils down to frequency younger women shame and judge older women for not having been raised the same way as they were. Or frankly, shaming and judging about just about anything.

Frequently, I find women to be other women's worst enemies, not men.

[Anonymous]

I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

[Anonymous]

I have to say, no one taught me this. I just went and looked at my box of tampons. It doesn't say anything about not flushing. I just never flush the outer container.

[Anonymous]

Wow learned something new every day. Have been doing this unknowingly for 20+ years. Just googled and saw this: https://tampax.com/en-us/about/sustainability/can-you-flush-tampons/. Wholly guacamole! I learned about tampons in
High school from friends. Just started using it and never read the instructions on the box. Yikes! Absolutely going to stop doing this and will teach my DD not to do this when the time comes.

The only problem is that I have very very heavy periods (think dripping blood) and there will be a learning curve to figuring out how to get those suckers wrapped in TP and into the waste basket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

You're gross.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

You're gross.

Stop period shaming.

[Anonymous]

Look, they actually make little disposal bags:

https://www.amazon.com/Sanitary-Discreet-Disposal-Feminine-Hygiene/dp/B01LYSELJN

Because I need one more thing in a wrapper floating around my purse.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

You're gross.

Stop period shaming.

I'm not period shaming. I'm poor hygiene shaming. Do you seriously not understand that it is possible to criticize someone's behavior within the context of periods without "period shaming"? Or is your idea that criticising any woman for anything she does regarding her period is "period shaming"? If she took her bloody tampons and smeared them on the wall, would it be "period shaming" to observe that this is disgusting? You are illogical.

My response would be the same for someone who has nosebleeds and then can't figure out how to dispose of her bloody tissues properly. Or someone who goes camping, uses toilet paper, and then throws the used toilet paper on the ground in the woods. It's not something civilized people do.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

You're gross.

Stop period shaming.

I'm not period shaming. I'm poor hygiene shaming. Do you seriously not understand that it is possible to criticize someone's behavior within the context of periods without "period shaming"? Or is your idea that criticising any woman for anything she does regarding her period is "period shaming"? If she took her bloody tampons and smeared them on the wall, would it be "period shaming" to observe that this is disgusting? You are illogical.

My response would be the same for someone who has nosebleeds and then can't figure out how to dispose of her bloody tissues properly. Or someone who goes camping, uses toilet paper, and then throws the used toilet paper on the ground in the woods. It's not something civilized people do.

Ok, so you all have impeccable common sense, but you seem to have trouble discerning hyperbole.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

You're gross.

Stop period shaming.

I'm not period shaming. I'm poor hygiene shaming. Do you seriously not understand that it is possible to criticize someone's behavior within the context of periods without "period shaming"? Or is your idea that criticising any woman for anything she does regarding her period is "period shaming"? If she took her bloody tampons and smeared them on the wall, would it be "period shaming" to observe that this is disgusting? You are illogical.

My response would be the same for someone who has nosebleeds and then can't figure out how to dispose of her bloody tissues properly. Or someone who goes camping, uses toilet paper, and then throws the used toilet paper on the ground in the woods. It's not something civilized people do.

Ok, so you all have impeccable common sense, but you seem to have trouble discerning hyperbole.

"Hyperbole" doesn't mean what you think it does.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just going to start placing them in people’s trash cans unwrapped, right on top. That way, there will be absolutely no doubt about my absolute virtuousness and brilliance. I would hate for anyone to suspect I’m still a flusher.

You're gross.

Stop period shaming.

I'm not period shaming. I'm poor hygiene shaming. Do you seriously not understand that it is possible to criticize someone's behavior within the context of periods without "period shaming"? Or is your idea that criticising any woman for anything she does regarding her period is "period shaming"? If she took her bloody tampons and smeared them on the wall, would it be "period shaming" to observe that this is disgusting? You are illogical.

My response would be the same for someone who has nosebleeds and then can't figure out how to dispose of her bloody tissues properly. Or someone who goes camping, uses toilet paper, and then throws the used toilet paper on the ground in the woods. It's not something civilized people do.

Ok, so you all have impeccable common sense, but you seem to have trouble discerning hyperbole.

"Hyperbole" doesn't mean what you think it does.

Hyperbole: “exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally”

(I’m not seriously going to put my bloody tampon, unwrapped, on top of someone’s garage can so as to prove I didn’t flush.)

[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” 😂

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.

Yep. How many of you indignant posters are peeing out antidepressants, contraceptives and other pharmaceuticals into our waterways?

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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” 😂

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.

Yep. How many of you indignant posters are peeing out antidepressants, contraceptives and other pharmaceuticals into our waterways?

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No one is perfect. A lot of people in this thread are sharing good and useful info, while admitting they used to not know but have changed. The sanctimonious posters are not helping anyone.

[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” 😂

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.

Yep. How many of you indignant posters are peeing out antidepressants, contraceptives and other pharmaceuticals into our waterways?

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No one is perfect. A lot of people in this thread are sharing good and useful info, while admitting they used to not know but have changed. The sanctimonious posters are not helping anyone.

And there are a lot of stupid people. You are a stupid person if it never occurred to you that you shouldn’t flush tampons and why. Regardless of never being “taught.” There is no other explanation for it.