Mom Teaches Her Teenage Sons To Always Carry Tampons To Break Period Taboo

A mum in the US has taught her two teenage sons to always carry tampons in case any of their female friends have an 'accident'.

Penning a post on CafeMom, blogger Tara Ahrens explained why she's hoping to break down the stigma and 'gender taboo' around menstruation.

"Most women and girls will tell you that merely talking about having your period in public is still pretty taboo," Tara wrote.

"But as the mom of a 10 and a half-year-old daughter and two teen sons, I'm hoping to change that."

After discussing the idea to sons Micah, 16, and Elijah, 17, Tara said that while the pair were initially reluctant, they both now keep a supply of tampons in their school lockers and backpacks.

The mum-of-three explained how 'traumatising' it can be for a woman to experience a 'bleed-through' or be unprepared.

"Bleed-throughs happen," Tara explained to her sons. "They are mortifying and can be traumatising. Kindness and understanding from ANY friend goes a long way.

"Be that person."

She added that her sons also carry some sanitary pads in case their female friends don't use tampons.

"Like many public high schools, ours does not offer or sell period products," Tara wrote. "And with the student population being 60 per cent female, you can see how that can present a problem."

It's not the first time Tara has encouraged her sons to break gender taboos. She previously posted pictures of the boys helping her shop at Target for their little sister's first bras.

"My teenage boys helped me shop today, which included buying their little sister's first bras because breasts happen," she wrote on a Facebook page called Pantsuit Nation.

Tara added in her post that she simply hopes to normalise things that were previously undiscussed with the opposite gender.

"As you normalise these things in your own family by regularly discussing them, they become normal to your kids, too," she said.

"It's my hope that kids of all genders, including transgender kids, know that my boys are a safe place to get period supplies, should they ever need them.

"But it is an even bigger hope of mine that these small actions change the way kids in our high school handle and view the whole subject."

https://www.ladbible.com/news/lates...-carry-tampons-to-break-period-taboo-20210119

 

[AMERICA]

No girl would ever think/want to ask a guy for a tampon. This is just dumb. lmao

 

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

They're more likely to attract creepy fetishists than actual girls, so congrats mom when one of them drags home Yaniv as their new "bride".

 

[VIVIIXI]

If this were to become normalized it would effectively be one more case of women feeling entitled to have men provide things for them with nothing given in return.

 

[CobraPlissken]

Ah yes, because everything we as a society — particularly our young daughters — need is more Yanivs:

 

[Sneed's Feed And Seed]

...and, pray tell, where would Messrs. Ahrens keep these tampons when not going "excuse me you're having a bleedthrough"

Oh god, imagine if one fell out in gym class.

 

[Rokko]

The only guys that carry tampons with them for girls (besides fetishist like Yaniv) are super creepy incels. Bonus creepy points if you know the specific tampon-size of your princess.
I could imagine these people to carry tampons openly in shotgun belts and strolling around near the ladie´s toilets.

 

[Troonos]

This Karen is trying to create the next Yaniv. She must be stopped.

 

[Johan Schmidt]

Jesus christ; women and men have separate spaces and products for a fucking reason. Men shouldn't be intruding on womens private things and women shouldn't be intruding on mens.

 

[Nathan Higgers]

Wait, how do we know those fucking things are actually her "sons"? They're probably just pre-op ftm trannies who actually need tampons.

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

Sometimes matricide is not morally a crime.

 

[Drifting Panzer]

2 future Norman Bates, coming right up.

 

[quickthrowaway]

Where is dad during all this?

 

[AltisticRight]

Where is dad during all this?

On his hormones or gone/black.

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

There is no period stigma among guys. We don't care. Holy shit. I understand some women are insecure about their periods but that is not based on how random men talk about them. The only men who are going to know a woman is on her period is her father (if she's a teen living at home) and her boyfriend (who won't eat her out). That's it.

 

[Big Blue Titties]

It's not the first time Tara has encouraged her sons to break gender taboos. She previously posted pictures of the boys helping her shop at Target for their little sister's first bras.

"My teenage boys helped me shop today, which included buying their little sister's first bras because breasts happen," she wrote on a Facebook page called Pantsuit Nation.

What the fuck. This is creepier and weirder than the tampon thing. No little girl wants her fucking brother to buy her bra for her.

 

[General Disarray]

The only guys that carry tampons with them for girls (besides fetishist like Yaniv) are super creepy incels. Bonus creepy points if you know the specific tampon-size of your princess.
I could imagine these people to carry tampons openly in shotgun belts and strolling around near the ladie´s toilets.

The image of the burly black man on my local bus who wears one of those to hold samples of scented oils he sells springs to mind. I am dying inside thinking of said burly man decked out in an assortment of feminine hygiene products.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

...and, pray tell, where would Mesrrs. Ahrens keep these tampons when not going "excuse me you're having a bleedthrough"

Oh god, imagine if one fell out in gym class.

That or being bullied in a fight.

 

[Iron Hamster]

No doubt this chick was molested growing up.

 

[thismanlies]

Growing up, I knew a guy who’d carry tampons with him. I figured there must have been something to it because he’d always have at least four girls hanging around with him. But then one day I see him sad and alone. Turns out they realized he wasn’t gay.