▲ 256 ▼ First (I repeat, first) test of menstrual products using actual blood published last week (I repeat, last week) (mastodon.social) submitted 3 years ago* by JoBo@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archive link to story here: https://archive.ph/HVNLH Posted here because there is no community for Absolutely Infuriating (that I know of).
[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But how on earth would you get period blood? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Iirc, weren't lots of women going to send their used pads and tampons to that GOP politician something something monitor schedule to detect abortions...? I'm post-menopause and post-hysterectomy myself so I didn't pay complete attention, just sort of cheered them on. Anyway you could start by doing a study based on recording the real-life experiences of a large pool of women who self-identify as having "normal" periods. To set a baseline at least, by which to judge "heavy" bleeding. Or a smaller pool who are willing to alternate cup and tampons to better measure capacity. I think pouring from cup to tampon would be inaccurate because pressure from the vaginal wall affects tampon capacity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Iirc, weren't lots of women going to send their used pads and tampons to that GOP politician something something monitor schedule to detect abortions...? I'm post-menopause and post-hysterectomy myself so I didn't pay complete attention, just sort of cheered them on. Anyway you could start by doing a study based on recording the real-life experiences of a large pool of women who self-identify as having "normal" periods. To set a baseline at least, by which to judge "heavy" bleeding. Or a smaller pool who are willing to alternate cup and tampons to better measure capacity. I think pouring from cup to tampon would be inaccurate because pressure from the vaginal wall affects tampon capacity. permalink fedilink source parent