Transgender advocates claim a new tampon advertisement takes the cringe factor surrounding women's sanitary products to new lows by stereotyping its community members.
"It's extremely offensive because it's pretty much saying the only way you can be a woman is to get your period. "That's where a lot of the anger in the community is coming from - it's saying you are not a woman unless you can get your period.I guess it's true, as the late Christopher Hitchens alleged, that women are distinctly lacking in a sense of humor. I guess transgenders must lose theirs, along with some other things...
"Obviously we can't menstruate. However, we identify as female."
The "bitchy" ad also stereotyped all transgender women as drag queens, and reinforced the belief that transgendered people were not normal, Ms Witehira said. She would be asking for the ads to be pulled.
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That was a funny ad. It makes me proud to be a woman and I will go buy more Tampax tampons b/c of this ad.
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