Can I just state, for the record, that if a boy had ever offered me a tampon from his backpack in high school, I would have been creeped out and mortified beyond belief.
And that’s assuming I’d told him I needed one - which, I assure you, I would not.
And yet, one deluded Washington Post reporter seems to think that boys walking around offering protection-deprived girls some free menstrual products from his own personal stash would skyrocket the kid to the top of the dating pool.
“Since #TamponTim is trending I'll point out that in high school, any boy who casually was like “Oh you got ur period? I stashed a pad from the bathroom in my backpack in case one of my friends needed it" -- that boy would be king stud. That boy would be drowning in prom invites,” Monica Hesse posted on X, referring to Republicans’ nickname for Minnesota governor and current Democrat VP candidate Tim Walz, who mandated that free menstrual products be provided in every school bathroom - including the boys’ - across his state.
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The idiotic take prompted many women to chime in that they would definitely not have appreciated some dude offering them a Kotex in math class, and more than a few men commenting that under no circumstances would they have felt comfortable passing out packs of extra-length Always to their female buddies on the bus.
I have had close male friends my whole life. Never once have I hoped they'd bring up my period or offer me tampons. That's weird and gross.
— Abby Libby (@abbythelibb_) August 7, 2024
On what planet does a teenage girl discuss menstruation with a teenage boy?
— islandLife4Me (@SharonJumper) August 7, 2024
I think my high school would have suspended me for asking a girl if it was "that time of month."
— Kevin D. Klagge, Esq. (צבי) (@BIZdisputes) August 6, 2024
This is the most hilariously stupid post I’ve seen all month. Good job.
— GeroDoc (@doc_gero) August 7, 2024
Were you home schooled?
— Angie Jones (@angijones) August 7, 2024
In reality, the only times teenage boys touch menstrual products is to vandalise them and throw them at their friends.
And libs say conservatives are "weird."
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