The One Million Moms Have A Not-So-Fresh Feeling About Menstruating Ladies
It is in fact just one mom.
In 1985, Courteney Cox became the first person to say "period" (in reference to a menstrual period) on television, in a commercial for Tampax — which had been advertised on television since 1972.
This week, it's another Monica who has something to say about menstruation: Monica Cole! As in Monica Cole and the One Million Moms who definitely exist outside of her imagination and who are in fact in the room with her right now. She is upset about a commercial for Thinx period panties, in which a mom briefly attempts to explain to her daughter how to use a tampon, before being interrupted by the girl's hip-and-with-it sister who tells her she doesn't need to use a tampon when she can just bleed into Thinx underwear instead!
Is Monica Cole concerned this young lady is going to wish she knew how to insert a tampon should she someday get her period outside of her own home? No, she is not. She is worried about what horrors will befall families who see this commercial together.
Thinx, the manufacturer of reusable menstruation underwear called period panties, is now promoting its Thinx Teens products to teenagers in a new commercial.
It is concerning that this ad has a fully clothed mom giving her teen a tutorial on how to insert a tampon, which is repulsive and completely unnecessary in a public forum. Thinx even had to turn off the comments to the YouTube video version of this commercial because of the negative comments opposing it.
The ad begins with the mother demonstrating to her teen daughter how to insert and use a tampon. Her daughter is embarrassed because the fully clothed mother is positioned with one leg propped on the side of the bathtub and a tampon between her pants legs as she walks her daughter through the process. All the while, a camera zooms in on the mom’s crotch. Her daughter looks extremely uncomfortable.
The mom says, “Grandma helped me do this my first time.”
The humiliated daughter replies, “Mom, no!”
Nothing is left to the imagination.
Then, the teen’s older sister walks into the bathroom, gives her a pair of Thinx period panties, and tells her younger sister, “Mom won’t have to show you how to use them. You’re welcome.”
The little sister replies, “Thank you!”
How mortifying, especially for anyone watching television with peers of the opposite sex or with family members.
Plus, this inappropriate commercial airs during prime time when young children are most likely to watch television. Yet, Thinx still chose to air this commercial, despite its controversial and personal nature.
Can you imagine what goes through a child’s mind when watching these ads? Thinx should be ashamed!
Thinx also needs to know that some parents do not approve of its marketing tactics. The company may alienate customers if it continues advertising in an unnecessarily repulsive manner that offends parents.
Yes, we must hide the Curse of Blood from the (cis) menfolk! God forbid they know what we do when we go out to the red tent every month. We must keep them pure so they can keep coming out with excellent and normal takes like "Tampons should not be free, why does everyone keep saying they should be?? if u can't control ur bladder then that's not taxpayers problem!"
Or "Ladies creaming and periods is something your body is not suppose to do it's like a cold of the vagina you are releasing toxins that come from your diet & from sex with the wrong people but you also loose most of the minerals your body contains & needs which is why y'all always moody because y'all basically at a chemical imbalance all the time #FreeGame #ThankMeLater"
Or "Only reason why girls have cramps is because they eat cold stuff while they're on their cycle. At first, it may seem like eating ice cream will help you feel better with ice cream but truth is, it's just hurting your body because naturally, the blood is meant to flow out of your body. Girls, eating ice cream stops the blood from flowing out of your body. Just trust me. Therefore, my dear men, stop your girls from eating and drinking cold stuff. Get her something warm even if she's craving ice cream or any cold drinks."
It's just science!
To be clear, the mom in this commercial is not literally inserting a tampon into her vagina. True, she's not riding a horse or playing tennis and vaguely insinuating that maybe something is happening involving Windex that would necessitate the use of a tampon or pad, but it's hardly shocking.
Quite frankly, the old-timey douche commercials were far more jarring (and unnecessary because the vagina is a self-cleaning oven).
Of course, being an old-timey douche herself, Monica Cole probably finds them a lot more relatable.
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Jesus titty-fucking Christ...I think we need a law that NO MAN can fuck any female until they fucking understand how we work!
For years, women have been made responsible for premature ejaculation, flaccid cranks and men who "just weren't feeling it". We were assured that it was OUR FAULT. It was also OUR FAULT if we didn't cook or clean up to the standards of “Mama's Boys" (many of whom had perpetual skidmarks, sooooo…🙄)
We've been told that rape and abuse is OUR FAULT for what we wear, what we said or did or something we DIDN'T say or do. We've been told over and over how stupid we are, yet are still persistently reminded that we “are smart enough to have known better".
We're told that we should endlessly “understand” every peccadillo, including his need to go to strip clubs (stress), titty bars (for business meetings), and bars that host foam and jello wrestling matches (no idea why).
We're supposed to “understand" and not get upset when our bloke damn near whiplashes himself on a public street just to ogle a pair of 44DDD's in a tank top as they go by (not to mention that he can't even tell you what color the tank top was!) or if his eyes stray southward any time he is introduced to a businesswoman.
As most all women know, I could literally go on for DAYS about all the things that men do that they in turn make US responsible for/to. All the things we're “supposed" to understand, lest we be termed a “bitch", “ball buster", c*nt or “the ol’ ball & chain".
The kicker? None of this understanding or responsibility taking carries with it any kind of “quid pro quo". WE don't seem to merit any understanding for why we spent an extra hour with our friends when he was out with his friends, because…HORRORS!! We apparently weren't home to fix him a meal at the exact moment he became peckish, poor dear. (Mind you…he still stops for drinks after work, eats half his body weight in free appetizers, then can't understand why you're a bit miffed when he turns up his nose at the dinner you spent time preparing because he'd said he would be home for supper 😒).
Where was I? 😉 Just kidding. I apologize for digressing…but I was simply pointing out that women come into the world and are immediately tasked with understanding all sorts of things about men. As time goes by we also find out all the adjustments we are called on to make to keep them happy…the laundry list of things we must absolutely, positively NOT DO-SAY-ATTEMPT to keep them genial…and of course, THE BIG ONE…the Care and Feeding of His Genitalia and the Braincells that Operate Them.
This diatribe was intended merely to point out the incredible number of things that MOST women know about MOST men…and to illustrate why ignorant fuckers like the ones who posted the above-referenced “wisdom of the Ages" 🤭 will be incels forever.
BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD EVER GET TO FUCK ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE SO MIND-NUMBINGLY IGNORANT ABOUT.
AMIRITE, ladies?
NOTE: Lest I get taken to the woodshed for generalities, let me haste to point out that, OF COURSE, I don't mean ALL MEN. There are some very lovely blokes out there, and more than a few who get a lot of action <<nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more>> BECAUSE they understand how women work.
The above was merely a statement of dismay that, with SO MUCH fucking information (and so much FUCKING information!😉) available, there could still be men who can figure out a car engine but not have a clue how to drive US.
Tesla lawyers tried to say it was the kind of hyperbole that should be considered "advertisement", but then they run into European laws against false advertising and are no better off. Once again, Musk's mouth is costing Tesla big.