Free Bleeding - another fad?

A few questions for notanan

1 Who is supposed to be cleaning up this blood which is dripping on the buses, in shops, the streets, in schools etc?

2 Will more cleaners have to be employed as a consequence?

3 Will these cleaners be paid above the normal going rate?

4 Will the H&S rules and risk assessments have to be re-written as a consequence?

5 What if someone skids on wet blood that has been freely dripped and sues the dripper? Do they take out insurance to cover that, eg like motor insurance?

6 By how much will the unemployment figures go up as a consequence of makers of sanitary protection being made redundant?

7 Have you ever had a dog or dogs following you when you are free-bleeding - apparently they are attracted by the scent of the pheromones produced

8 Have you ever looked at this from a point of view other than your own?

9 Are you just trying to wind everyone up?

10 Why? Just that, why?

People are going back to using protection that can be washed and reused.
More environmentally friendly.

Luckygirl Snap !!

cloths, not clothes.

My Mum, her sisters and their mother had to use folded clothes as sanitary protection, which had to be soaked in a bucket under the sink, washed, dried and re-used.

I am eternally grateful I never had to do the same. I flooded frequently despite maxi plus san pro, have soaked car seats, had people think I was miscarrying and generally suffered excessive blood loss most months. I could have an 18-day period no probs, and there's not a gusset that could cope with that [grin}

I say thank goodness for people who historically battled for san pro for women and girls, and wish more was being done for them in Third World countries where none is available.

Obviously there is nothing to be ashamed of, but it's an inconvenience I wouldn't wish on anyone.

My choice is to use my gusset. I had to chuckle at that. When I was unfortunate enough to be having periods, my gusset would have lasted all of two minutes before blood would be pouring down my legs! Two large tampons at the same time + two thick pads might just get me though a couple of hours. I certainly would not have inflicted that blood bath on my clothes, my furniture, and that of others. I would have been walking down the street with a trail of blood and bits of womb lining behind me. Why would anyone choose that?!

This does not mean I was ashamed of having periods and had no trouble chatting about the - but, with good reason, I hated the bloody things.

Yuk (to notanan)

Well I can see it’s a problem for you , fortunately for me no form of sport is appealing enough for me to participate in anymore or overcome the choices you face in trying to comfortably take part.

I don't know how popular it is. I just do what works for me and assume others do what works for them. I do 10k races because 5k is my standard jog so 10ks push me a bit. Shoes are indeed the bigger issue.

If I were to wear a pad small enough that it didnt chaffe, I would leak anyway on heavy days & they wouldn't be giving me any protection that my gusset can't give me on light days, so what's the point? Just extra sweatiness for no extra benefit over cotton knickers and cotton running pants (dont wear lycra style knickers and pants on free bleed days: the gussets do nothing)

Serious question, is this popular or a frequent choice of other runners, I have friends who do 10 ks,

I have done a few charity runs, wearing layered protection, Vaseline for chaffing. It was my feet that needed tender loving care not my nethers.

If you have a period or are expecting one you use sanitary wear of your choice for yourself.

I do. My knickers.

No I run 10Ks. One day maybe. And yes I freebleed when I run, pads chaffe.

Do you run in marathons ?

Well obviously they should be whisked away out of sight, !but seriously don’t be ridiculous,
If you have a period or are expecting one you use sanitary wear of your choice for yourself.

My choice is to use my gusset. That's the most comfortable product for me. You use what you like.

I'm still curious re how you feel about the people who finish the Marathon with cut knees?

Yes I do know that, & they wear products of their choice.
But you weren’t talking about that we’re you!

"Use products and medications even if you find them uncomfortable and if they give you horrible side effects to keep other people like Bridgeit happy" is not exactly the freedom of choice that was faught for.

Use or dont use what suits you and makea YOU comfortable.

Exactly they did fight for it, I think they would be very very disappointed to realise it wasn’t worth the efforts that they put in , if it becomes fashionable to ‘free bleed ‘ what an insult, over & out.

Not being ashamed of a leakage, is entirely different than the suggested free bleeding you are advocating.
And we owe it to our ancestors who strove to make life more comfortable & simple for us ladies, to take advantage of those products out of gratitude & admiration.

"Red"

And no Bridgeit, even several menstruating women in a pool will not turn it read or whatever apocolyptic catastrophe you are imagining.

You know that incontinent people use swimming pools too? And its FINE. Because its heavily diluted and public pools are chlorinated. (Nevermind the people that clear their nostrils)

People bathing without washing off lotions and make up is actually the biggest issue affecting pool chemistry and chlorine sensors, not a bit of leaked body fluid which is to be expected.

Bridgeit women faught for choice and freedom. CHOICE.

Artificial hormones are not at all "convenient" for vast numbers of women. And in fact when hormonal contraceptives were trailed for men they were discontinued due to having "unacceptable side effects" when actually it just had some but not all of the side effects of female contraception.

It works well for some women but for others you cannot deny that side effect heavy hormones taken before an event to prevent bleeding are taken out of FEAR of bleeding/leaking/flooding, and not because it is easy & convenient.

Well of course one person in a pool wouldn’t be soo bad perhaps , but maybe several could cause a problem.

BUT , let’s just have a reality check here, living in the real world , working , travelling , sitting, dancing. Sleeping etc where at any given time there would be a high percentage of woman all in the Same places at the same time , it is just not practical & as I have already said an insult to our female ancestors who did their damdeess to improve the lives of females, and now to have it reverted to adhere to a very skewed ideology of being a woman, pathetic .