An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry

Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by hkarthik on Monday December 19, 2011 @01:35PM (#3370535)

But menstruation itself is a very big taboo in most parts of India. It's a subject only discussed among women for many reasons.

In many traditional Indian families, the women are not allowed to many daily household tasks while menstruating. This includes cooking, cleaning, performing religious rituals, etc. In many cases they aren't allowed to enter certain parts of the home at all.

To me, that belief system has to change, and it is a gender based issue.

I grew with Indian parents and now I have two daughters. The thought of them growing up with these taboos and feelings about their own bodies is something I'm strongly against.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by rhizome on Monday December 19, 2011 @01:51PM (#3370620)

It's taboo in the Western world, too.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by jules on Monday December 19, 2011 @03:43PM (#3371054)

Where in the western world?

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by marquis on Monday December 19, 2011 @07:52PM (#3371805)

Wherever the ads for sanitary items use blue ink.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by Dove on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @02:16AM (#3372615)

Would you mind explaining what you're referring to? I've never encountered such a taboo, nor can I recall ads prominently featuring blue.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by marquis on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @08:24AM (#3373321)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf35wCmzWw&t=34s

Watch the full ad for a spoof of every tampon commercial ever. They are absurd (basically the ad industry is in denial).

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by hackinthebochs on Monday December 19, 2011 @04:16PM (#3371178)

America, for one. Sure its too a lesser degree, but taboo still.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by 7rurl on Monday December 19, 2011 @05:41PM (#3371436)

Where I live in the US it is no more taboo then urinating or defecating.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by sbov on Monday December 19, 2011 @06:01PM (#3371487)

My female friends (and girlfriend) are all okay with saying they need to pee. However, they will never say something like "I need to change my tampon". If they do, it will be directed at 1 person in hushed tones and because they're out or something.

Maybe yours are different though.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by Dove on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @02:21AM (#3372624)

Isn't that just courtesy? I've found the topic tends to really gross guys out (much as uniquely . . . male things gross out girls), so it's best avoided in mixed company.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by ghaste on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @09:19AM (#3373500)

And we define taboo as...

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by eru on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @01:59AM (#3376639)

But they still use applicators.

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Re:An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry by urbanjunkie on Monday December 19, 2011 @01:36PM (#3370538)

I do understand that, but these are female medical students.

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