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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love this new generation. I love that they aren't saddled with the weight of all the sexist expectations that I grew up with.

Even the weirdo upset about having a pad simply sitting on a desk and getting bent out of shape about it - I'm so glad they don't have to deal with those losers!

I love that they are living for themselves and embracing their bodies and not letting people tell them they are defective or gross or dirty for perfectly natural things. [/quote]

You're lumping it all into one thing and it's not. I love that girls are not hiding their pads and tampons and dont feel shamed about a perfectly natural thing. Period stains happen. They are normal. It's not normal to walk around with blood stains, though. Clean that shit up.

It's also not ok to walk around with pee stains or poop stains. All natural things.[/quote]

We're talking about girls who are walking around their own homes in clothes with some period stains.

The comparison to "pee and poop stains" doesn't make sense to me. Those don't stain the way period blood does. I guarantee you there are tons of people walking around right now in clothes they got pee or even poop on at some point, and then washed. They don't have visible stains because those substances don't leave visible stains on the exterior or your clothes after washing. I don't have boys but many of my friends do and they've told me all about their battles with streaky underwear and getting their sons to wipe properly. None of them are throwing this underwear out -- it's just being washed and reworn despite the poor hygiene. And these boys aren't just wearing it around their own home, they are wearing it all the time.

So tell me again why a girl with a period blood stain (a stain, not actually blood) on some pajamas she's wearing at home is an unacceptable situation that must be addressed?[/quote]

Period blood doesn’t stain either unless you leave it to set rather than soaking it. I find it stranger that people don’t take off and soak their clothes / sheets if they get blood on three, they just leave them to dry and stain. [/quote]

It depends on when you discover it. Teenage girls are more likely to get stains because they have irregular cycles and less experience with preventing or addressing stains. I don't find it surprising at all that a teen might have a period stain on a pair of pajamas or on her sheets, and not have known how to remove it completely.

I will also note that there are certain fabrics where you are never going to get rid of the faint stain even if you soak it. This is why sometimes I have to give up on a white t-shirt and just replace it, because certain stains on a fabric like that are never going to look like new, especially if you don't catch them and treat immediately. White sheets or light colored pajama pants are the same. Freaking out that someone has a very faint blood stain on a white sheet they use on their own bed (it's not a hotel) is really precious.[/quote]

Walking around house in stained pants with company there is not at all the same as a faint stain on a bed sheet.[/quote]

"Company" in this case = a teenage brothers friend who is spending the night. You aren't hosting a dignitary or even an elderly relative here. Sibling's friends don't really count as company IMO. If those boys are upset by this they are welcome to not spend the night in a house where a teen girl lives, since apparently it's just too much for them.[/quote]
I think OP is more upset that "boys may have seen a period related notion" rather than her daughter being a slob. She discusses how "mortifying" it would be, like back in the day you'd be embarrassed that anyone even [i]knew[/i] you were on your period. It just isn't the same anymore. [/quote]

PP here and I agree, this is the implication -- that it is somehow upsetting or weird for a boy to see evidence of a girl having menstruated. I think it's actually healthy for boys to know and acclimatize to the idea that their female peers menstruate. It's not a big deal and a teenage boy who is scandalized by it has some maturing to do.

So do a lot of posters in this thread, apparently.[/quote]
Absolutely! Some of the pps are likely the men who won't grab a box of tampons at the grocery store. Or married to them. [/quote]

100%. These boards always have a low level of incels and other men who patrol Recent Topics for any thread where a woman might be existing outside their narrow expectations. Maybe it's Brunch Granny, maybe it's Tucker Carlson, maybe it's just someone who thinks the same way. It freaks them out when women are human or do things not for the express pleasure or satisfaction of men. Periods are, of course, terrifying, and to be denied  and hidden at all costs.[/quote]
I'm just glad the younger generation isn't falling for that sh*t. These nasty sexist views are falling off, and I am here for it! [/quote]

Yeah, totally sexist to learn how to properly wash your clothes. THE HORRORS!!!!!!!![/quote]
You seem to be really worked up and triggered by this topic. Touch grass. The girls are fine. [/quote]

I'm going to tell my son it's totally cool to walk around with shit stains on his pants. TOTAL PROGRESS.

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He probably already does. [/quote]

Nope, he knows better. [/quote]

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