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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At lease some of the package inserts from mid- to  late-eighties and on were clear not to flush the tampon itself. I remember.

I've seen one picture from the early 80s. Are you all basing claims about what the boxes stated after that on your memory, or what? I'm relying on memory, and I'm trying to tell if this is differing memories or something more.[/quote]

I'm going from memory and not a very clear one, but this is from a booklet published by Tampax in 1987, under question 5 "only TAMPAX's paper applicator can be flushed [b]like the tampon[/b]"
[img]https://i.ibb.co/pK26Lbd/qandag.jpg[/img]

I do remember Tampax's whole shtick was that they were better than brands with plastic applicators, but clearly they say all tampons are flushed (at that point in time, and yes people with septic systems always had different rules).  I'm not an applicator fan so this might not have been anything I saw, but my mother's advice distinguished tampons from pads by the fact that they were flushable.  That was in the ads and the inserts for a long period of time so surely many people were told the same.
I no longer flush, but to say it was always common sense and anyone who did otherwise is the fool, is full on gaslighting.
Booklet is here: [url]http://www.mum.org/qandag.htm[/url][/quote]

OP asked if you flush tampons, not DID you flush them in 1980.  To which many of women have responded yes, in 2021, they flush them stupidly.  Sorry, no vintage tampon pamphlet from decades ago can excuse this level of ignorance [/quote]

Do you see this was a direct response to a secondary question? OPs question was settled on page one.[/quote]

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