Today I learned what freebleeding is

[The Illusive Man]

 Folks, I'm not supporting freebleeding due to very obvious reasons. Also, I don’t want to cause the embarrassment of any members here, I apologize if I have.

TL:DR Extra cost, procedure and associated stigmatism for hygiene is yet another reason why women have it harder in society than men. Unfortunately misogynist men and extremists are not helping matters.

These is an observed stigmatism towards matters of feminine hygiene, for too many heterosexual men it seen as a revolting, confusing unknown that turns women wicked thus run for the hills.


And now for immaturity, I just finished playing a round or two of Brutal Doom and could not stop laughing at this.

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpXh33Mbeg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpXh33Mbeg</a>

I told this to special boy and he was slightly caught off-guard but supportive. He said I could bleed on him in bed if I didn't want to be in a little menstrual hut. He also pointed out that all our sheets are garish beasts from thrift stores and he didn't care if little gusts of blood got on them. Hooray! He is a special boy. Did I mention he used to fold flannel menstrual pads that his mum sold? He is a man with a good attitude toward menstruation.

It still does not appeal to me to just gush all over things and not use any products at all, but I do like this middling-free situation. I think it allows satisfaction and practicality at the same time. Mainly it is just about being comfortable with menstruation. In that way I partly credit my old roommate with my current state of mind, as she was very open about when she was bleeding and when she was wearing pads with tight pants, and would let friends in to pee while she was in the tub and leave her period underwear on the floor and so on. I think using reusable products encourages this kind of behaviour, especially flannel pads, since you end up with a bucket of them sitting around soaking.

MOD EDIT:  Spoilered the bleeding pic just to be safe.

[The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist]

Something being natural doesn't mean we shouldn't take steps to keep things as hygienic as possible. While I agree that certain stigmas and issues wouldn't exist if men menstruated, having random people's blood dripping into public spaces is kind of a health hazard & wouldn't be socially acceptable even if men were the source.

[SpaceProg]

 

Something being natural doesn't mean we shouldn't take steps to keep things as hygienic as possible. While I agree that certain stigmas and issues wouldn't exist if men menstruated, having random people's blood dripping into public spaces is kind of a health hazard & wouldn't be socially acceptable even if men were the source.

Quoted for the bloody truth.

...Uh, no pun intended.

[Meshakhad]

Something being natural doesn't mean we shouldn't take steps to keep things as hygienic as possible. While I agree that certain stigmas and issues wouldn't exist if men menstruated, having random people's blood dripping into public spaces is kind of a health hazard & wouldn't be socially acceptable even if men were the source.

Quoted for the bloody truth.

...Uh, no pun intended.

Given your current avatar, I find this extremely unlikely.

[Osama bin Bambi]

Also, some periods are particularly heavy, and if someone sits on a chair and bleeds all over the place like that... ew. That's like pissing in the seat.

[Witchyjoshy]

This is kinda like the equivalent of... no, I won't go there, that's too gross.

But suffice it to say, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?  I can't imagine it's comfortable or pleasant in the least.  Not to mention the stains aaagh.

Even if everyone went back to wearing robes and smocks and going commando, that would still be terrible.

[Random Gal]

Once again, obligatory creepypasta:

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THIS IS THE STORY OF A DAY WHERE THERE WAS ALL THIS BLOOD. A MAN WAS WALKING AROUND AND BLOOD STARTED COMING OUT OF HIM EVERYWHERE. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD THAT IT FILLED UP AN ELEVATOR. HE WENT TO THE STORE AND THERE WAS JUST BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE! PEOPLE WERE SLIPPING IN IT AND THEY WERE ALL GROSSED OUT. HE TRIED TO GO SWIMMING AND ALL OF THE SHARKS WENT NUTS AND BITTENED EVERYBODY. HE GOT CHASED BY ALL THE VAMPIRES EVER. ONE TIME THE BLOOD GOT A KID AND A DOG. AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYONE DECIDED THEY WOULD SEND HIM TO SPACE SO THAT HE WOULD STOP GETTING BLOOD EVERY WHERE. THE SCARIEST PART IS THAT THE MAN WAS YOU!!! (OR HE WAS A LADY IF YOU ARE A LADY) AND YOU FORGOT THAT THIS HAPPENED

[SpaceProg]

Something being natural doesn't mean we shouldn't take steps to keep things as hygienic as possible. While I agree that certain stigmas and issues wouldn't exist if men menstruated, having random people's blood dripping into public spaces is kind of a health hazard & wouldn't be socially acceptable even if men were the source.

Quoted for the bloody truth.

...Uh, no pun intended.

Given your current avatar, I find this extremely unlikely.

* SpaceProg shrugs

Random Avatar Possession Syndrome.   It could happen to you.

Once again, obligatory creepypasta:

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THIS IS THE STORY OF A DAY WHERE THERE WAS ALL THIS BLOOD. A MAN WAS WALKING AROUND AND BLOOD STARTED COMING OUT OF HIM EVERYWHERE. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD THAT IT FILLED UP AN ELEVATOR. HE WENT TO THE STORE AND THERE WAS JUST BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE! PEOPLE WERE SLIPPING IN IT AND THEY WERE ALL GROSSED OUT. HE TRIED TO GO SWIMMING AND ALL OF THE SHARKS WENT NUTS AND BITTENED EVERYBODY. HE GOT CHASED BY ALL THE VAMPIRES EVER. ONE TIME THE BLOOD GOT A KID AND A DOG. AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYONE DECIDED THEY WOULD SEND HIM TO SPACE SO THAT HE WOULD STOP GETTING BLOOD EVERY WHERE. THE SCARIEST PART IS THAT THE MAN WAS YOU!!! (OR HE WAS A LADY IF YOU ARE A LADY) AND YOU FORGOT THAT THIS HAPPENED

Damn, I'm getting hungry.

See?  There it went again.  NOBODY IS SAFE.

[lord gibbon]

* SpaceProg shrugs

Random Avatar Possession Syndrome.   It could happen to you.

Hmmm, I find that more than a bit worrying, seeing as I now have an urge to go shout dramatic things while pointing at the sky...

[ironbite]

And there's a reason you felt the need to post these pictures unspoiled...because?

[SpaceProg]

Because we're just that frikkin' hardcore.

EDIT: I went ahead and spoilered it.

[Barbarella]

*BLAUGH*! I'm a Sex-Positive Feminist NeoPagan woman who's very much into the "Women's Mysteries/Mensuration Is Not Evil/Shameful" thing & EVEN I FIND THIS REPULSIVE!

[Shane for Wax]

Let's not do this. It's a silly thing.

Seriously. It's a lot easier to just stick a tampon up in there or sit on a pad than be a health hazard to everyone around you.

[Flying Mint Bunny!]

"for too many heterosexual men it seen as a revolting"

Maybe that's because having having blood come out of your vagina is kind of revolting.

Iv'e freebled, I guess, when i've woken up to discover i'm on a period and been too lazy to get up for a while, and it's just horrible.

Spoilered for TMI

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Blood is sticky, and it feels uncomfortable as it starts to dry. Also, you sometimes get clots of blood come out, and I really wouldn't want one of those slowly sliding down my leg

So, I don't understand why anyone would want to do this.

[Patches]

This is like saying it's sexist to expect men to clean up after themselves after a wank but not have the same expectation of women.