Hey ladies– (warning to men: we are going to talk periods and tampons here so feel free to avert your eyes…)
Come here. You wanna know what?
People who make tampons and tampon commercials hate women. I mean, they really have to hate us.
Before I continue; yes, I got my period. Yes, I forgot I was going to get it back. And, yes, this is just in time for date night. Aargh. I acknowledge my angst and I embrace it.
It does not change what fucking assholes tampon advertisers and product managers are.
I am in the bathroom unwrapping my little buddy and do you know what it says on the package?
“Go get ’em.”
This is not even a fucking joke. My tampon wrapper is giving me cheesy, high school sports coach talk. For my vagina.
Exactly whom am I supposed to go get? Is my tampon supposed to get my vagina? Is this positive reinforcement for going another month without an unplanned pregnancy?
Or, is this a modern woman tampon? Am I going to go kill it in the boardroom now?
This is really me hitting my limit with lady product advertising and packaging. Every time I see a commercial for feminine products, I sort of start to hate women.
Women care about two things when it comes to vagina products;
1)We don’t want any embarrassing moments.
2)It’d be nice to not even realize we are using the product.
Here’s an idea. Why not turn that whole Ryan Gosling “hey girl” meme into a lady product advert? I’d much rather see his face on my tampon wrapper than fucking “go get ’em.” Go get ’em and fuck yourselves Playtex.
Time for chocolate! XoXo
