People Who Freak Over Breastfeeding Pictures Are Going to Love the Latest Supportive Trend

By Cindy Davis | Miscellaneous | June 11, 2015 |

By Cindy Davis | Miscellaneous | June 11, 2015 |

And by “love,” I mean “have a nervous breakdown.”

Hey, you know how mothers like to post pictures of themselves breastfeeding their babies to promote and normalize the idea of babies (the horror!) eating in public? The latest supportive trend aims to destigmatize, and raise worldwide awareness about menstruation, and more than that to provide aid to girls in countries who may not have access to the sanitary items they need. Started by Plan UK and V Point News, the “Just a tampon” campaign also points out that in countries like Uganda, girls are ridiculed and abused because boys don’t understand menstruation. But it’s not just third world countries where knowledge is lacking; V Point spoke to a few UK men about the subject, and let’s just say the results are both amusing, and slightly horrifying. (Ladies, if you’re at the office, maybe close a door so you can howl with laughter as loudly as you like.)

Get it together, gentlemen! Seriously, tampons are not that complicated. Just ask Jon Snow; he may know…something.

#Justatampon support the effort to stop taxing a female necessity :Text Tampon to 70007 to donate £3 to @planUK pic.twitter.com/Q52zgd2BKe

— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 8, 2015

Now get out there, take a nice little tampon selfie, and drive all your ignorant, prudish friends from the internet for good! It’s…for good!

Let's get this straight men, it's #JustATampon let's break the stigma attached today. (via @PlanUK) pic.twitter.com/PfNoxJICBN

— Darren Gallagher (@DarrenGallagher) June 8, 2015

Putting the 'men' in menstrual health… #JustATampon pic.twitter.com/Y5Nf5XK6Uc

— Andy Shipley (@andyshipley) June 9, 2015

There is only one thing you can do to stop #JustATampon selfies from taking over the Internet. http://t.co/KlD9VbbBLY pic.twitter.com/ZOOySRV9bx

— someecards (@someecards) June 10, 2015

Only 12% of girls have access to sanitary products globally. Help us show that #menstruationmatters > http://t.co/Vq6NAW3Tdx #JustaTampon

— Plan UK (@PlanUK) June 8, 2015

Cindy Davis, (Twitter) is just another tampon promoter.