The Scottish Parliament just voted (unanimously) to make tampons and other period products available for free to those too broke to pay for them. It’s a big victory for the campaign against “period poverty.” Now no one in Scotland will have to miss school or work because they can’t afford sanitary products.
Naturally, the fellows in the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit have reacted to the news with their customary good sense.
“Sanitary products” are free, EXCEPT THEY’RE PAID FOR WITH MEN’S TAX DOLLARS, blared one headline in the subreddit. And the assembled MEN waxed furious about this terrible new financial burden. (The cost of the program is estimated to be roughly £8.7 million a year, or less than £2 for every inhabitant of Scotland.)
“Every time I see the word free I know it means some man or group of men are paying for it,” complained one commenter.
“Guys in Scotland, including bachelors, asexuals and homosexuals, are going to be paying for vaginas that they dont care about, regardless of their financial status,” charged another.
“The only thing free for men, is dying,” still another commenter moaned.
Several MGTOW Redditors fantasized about ways to sabotage the program. Wrote not_a_beleiber:
If I was Scottish, I’d buy a woman’s pant suit, put it on, then demand free hygine products. Increase the cost, the commentary, and hence the regulation on this.
“No need,” replied Miserable-Lemon.
If I was scottish I’d immediately open a drug store that only offers feminine products. You hand them out like candy, charge like 50$ a pop to the government and buy as much stock as you can store it. You’ll make a hundred times your investment on a monthly basis
(In fact, the products aren’t going to be available at stores bur rather distributed by schools and other public facilities.)
The-Rover-666 demonstrated his keen grasp of period products and their use, writing “[s]o their whymin are that smelly they had to give them free…”
Replied Legs2Big:
They’ve always spent so much of their time hiding their true appearance from a young age, they act like their lives depends on it.
What that has to do with sanitary products is anyone’s guess.
Non-w0ke offered this perplexing political program:
Because single moms are pure toxic cancer for children it makes sense to let those independent to go their own way and provide free stuff only to those who are willing to care for children. It includes a stress free home, food, housing, full family and adequate attention.
Cant provide for a kid? Fuck off, buy your own tampons.
What any of this has to do with sanitary products is also anyone’s guess.
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@The Dumbass
Some men bleed, but you aren’t ready for that yet.
Things that definitely happened.
I’ve never done this and nor has anyone I know.
Also, please answer my questions about queer women. I want to see how bad your answers are.
@.45
I think he has a period blood fetish as well.
@Lainy
Don’t waste a perfectly usable clean tampon on him. You gotta get all up in his shiz with a used one and smear it across his forehead and whisper ‘Simba‘ if you’re gonna do it right.
@naglfar
No he can’t admit queer women exists or that trans women do. or trans men, he can’t open his mind enough to even learn that women don’t piss out blood.
ROFL
“a tyrannical, statist governmnt full of simpletons” ooohhh is baby MGTOW a libertarian? How edgy! Or do you consider yourself an anarchist, for all the wrong reasons?
I swear my dude, you are beyond self-parody.
@Naglefar
FUCK OFF, YOU NAPALM-SHITTING HELLRAPTOR. YOU TIT-JOWELLED ASS SPIDER.
@freneticferret
You are right, throwing a used one would be a lot funnier. You think we should tell him that some women eat their placenta after they give birth? cause I think that would be funny as hell to watch him freak out over that.
@lainy
Oh my FUCKING GOD, what THE FUCK is WRONG WITH YOU ALL.
This is it, people. Society is CRUMBLING before our very ees. Christ the fucking lord, why??? Why do you EAT placenta after giving birth? Would you eat your shit as well? Do you fucking freeze your used tampons to SUCK ON THEM later like popsicles or some other gross shit that I need to be aware of?
You’re an animal. A FUCKING ANIMAL.
@Depletionist
Some women after they give birth eat the placenta that comes out of their body. The placenta is basically the sack that the baby grew in during the time it was inside the womb.
@naglfar
He has a crush on you
Oooh, dibs on ‘Napalm-Shitting Hellraptor’ as a new band name.
@Depletionist
Be honest, are you hard right now?
Yeah, Naglfar, are you flattered?
As an aside, to be honest, the placenta thing I find quite disgusting. I wonder what possessed someone to start that particular thing.
@frenetic
Lol, are you fucking kidding me? Hahaha yeah, it’s jjust so FUCKING sexy when someone EATS PLACENTA. GOOD GOD. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU.
@Depletionist
Lol because it has a lot of nutrients and vitamins that are good for you in a natural way. things that shit and period blood or not. You are so sensitive little snow flake aren’t you? did anyone ever tell you about nipple discharge? its a sticky substance that comes out of nipples when a hormone change happens. it can be clear, yellow, cloudy, green. normally happens before breast feeding or after breast feeding.
I for one and going to get my placenta made into the little vitamin pills to take after I give birth. It will help make my breast milk rich in nutrients and vitamins for my baby.
if you were here though I would definitely throw a used tampon at you to watch you scream. i would try to aim for your lips or your eye.
@Depletionist
I knew it. your about to cum in your boxers at the though of blood running down my leg after i sneezed. When you sneeze it just gushes out of the vagina. I bet your one of those guys into water sports huh.
@Depletionist
Mmmm, SO dirty xoxoxo
Pics or story links on both of these scenarios or they didn’t happen.
I thought strange men break into cheap studio apartments to leave unwanted semen deposits on the unwilling occupants? Or have I misheard things?
And if a woman dies break into a man’s apartment for money, why wouldn’t she just take his wallet and bank account info and get his money that way? Less work than getting a semen sample, and faster to boot.
@The Depletionist
Aww. He gave me a pet name. Cute.
Oh no, not the ees!
I’ve never eaten a placenta. Would imagine it tastes like blood.
Sounds like you have some fetishes.
See above.
What else would we be, plants?
Ask that of yourself, dude.
@Cyborgette
My money’s on ancap and/or sovcit.
@Lainy
I think we finally broke him.
Note: I tried to append his new nickname for me to my nym, but it appears to be stuck in moderation. If it comes through later, it’s still me.
Can anyone see this? Testing with new name.
David, if you see this, it’s me, just adding a nickname the troll bestowed upon me.
To be honest, once they descend into capslock rage, I think the fun wears off a little bit because I can’t tell, is he trolling, or is he genuinely this low-quality?
@freneticferret
I think he’s just this pathetic.
@naglfar
I don’t think we broke him, I think he’s just a raving idiot.
@Lainy
Fair enough. At the very least we got him mad and I got a nickname.
@The Depletionist
Wait, so women are both so in control of the world that they have completely changed society and culture to the point that men are brainwashed into sex they don’t want and are too infantile to be in power and know nothing of the responsibilities of someone at the top?
You can’t have it both ways. We can’t be completely in control and too dumb to be in leadership positions.
On the topic of your poor understanding of anatomy: people with vaginas don’t pee out blood. We actually have one more hole “down there” than people with penises. There’s the urethra (where pee comes out of), the vagina (where babies come out; penises, fingers, and other things go in), and the anus (where poop comes out; penises and fingers may go in if you’re into that).
A period is the shedding of the uterine lining that happens during the menstrual cycle. The uterus is where the fetus grows and turns into a baby. The body prepares a uterine lining to give the baby a comfy place to rest. If the owner of the uterus does not get pregnant when an egg is released, then the uterine lining is shed. The cycle then starts again.
Some people may stop their periods by using hormonal birth control. But this typically has side effects and is a personal decision.
On the topic of sex: Both men and women enjoy sex (if it is mutually consensual). Sex has the same effect on men and women. Women aren’t robots who are controlling men with sex. We have sex because we’re turned on by the men (or women) we’re having sex with and because it’s fun.
On the topic of women in relationships: Women are not this evil horde you are thinking of. In fact, the majority of women must work to help support their partnerships. We also typically care about our partners as people, not as paychecks. Also, a shocking piece of news, but many of these women in long term partnerships don’t wear makeup and the men (or women) they’re with still have enthusiastic sex with them!!!
@Lainy
You can have your placenta turned into vitamin pills?
I’m never planning on getting pregnant or giving birth, but this is fascinating.
Note to the troll: The reason I’m not planning on pregnancy or birth is that they disgust me on a personal level (look up tokophobia). But I understand that this is my problem and I don’t rant and rave at other people for discussing the normal bodily functions of human beings. I simply skim over things that bother me. This is what healthy adults do. You should try it some time.