Bethany Black (@[email protected])
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After all these years I’m rarely surprised by medical misogyny, but finding out that the research from the first ever tests on period products using blood instead of water were published LAST WEEK is one of those surprises.

Archive link to story here: https://archive.ph/HVNLH

Posted here because there is no community for Absolutely Infuriating (that I know of).

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Water is comparable to blood in very very few ways. Outside of cleaning purposes I don’t want water where my blood is.

    Also menstrual fluid isn’t water.

    I want you to taste test this hamburger for me, you’re going to eat it 3 times a day 60 days a year, and you’re eating the beta version, which is actually a slice of pizza. Enjoy your hamburgers!

    • gowan@reddthat.comEnglish
      39·
      1 year ago

      You don’t need blood to determine the absorbency of the products. We do in fact have a very clear idea how much more viscous blood is compared to water and adjust for that.

      The people who are complaining about this I suspect have very little experience lab sciences.