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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop being so hard on OP. Yes, flushing tampons is bad. But lots of people never get told this. Think about why.

Women are taught from a young age that periods are gross and offensive, something to be ashamed of and to hide. That is 100% the message I got. And that's how women can go decades flushing tampons without realizing you shouldn't do it. They are doing what they think they are supposed to -- hiding their periods, eliminating all evidence of it, and not talking about it.

You need to be gentle with women in this position. Especially those of you who are younger and were raised with a more progressive, open, not shaming attitude towards periods. It's so great that culture has shifted in this direction, but you need to understand that so many women (including me) are brainwashed into believing periods are embarrassing and disgusting and even once you realize this brainwashing has happened, it takes time to undo it.

I don't flush tampons anymore, thankfully, and I'm teaching my kids that periods are normal, period blood is just a bodily fluid like any other, and that they can ask questions about anything body and bathroom related and shouldn't feel ashamed of any of it. But I still have to deal with some of that shame because it's how I was raised. Have some patience.[/quote]

Ok, shame or not, considering the major plumbing damage this does, how anyone has reached adulthood and not come to know this escapes me.  Sorry, but this really should be common knowledge not to flush.  [/quote]

It should be but it obviously is not. And you can't get mad at people for just not knowing something that no one ever bothered to teach them.

One reason I didn't know for a long time is that no one taught me how to use tampons at all. My mom gave me pads and that's what I used. I think she'd never used tampons at all and might have been raised to believe they were a threat to your virginity or something (my mom was raised intensely conservative Catholic). Anyway, I had to teach myself how to use a tampon when I decided I didn't like pads, and the box said not to flush the applicator. This seemed to imply you could flush the tampon itself, plus flushing a tampon is much easier for someone who is just figuring out how to use them. I honestly thought "Oh, this must be one of the reasons why most people prefer tampons -- it's tidier than a pad that you have to wrap up and put in the trash."

So the point is, lots of people just don't get very good information on period car when they are young. If that bothers you (it bothers me) then look for ways to encourage more responsible period care education, and to demystify and destigmatize talking about periods. But yelling at people for doing something they honestly thought was no only okay but preferable is unproductive. It might make you feel superior, but that's about it.[/quote]

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