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Labia Glue for Periods? Why I'm pissed off at the Patriarchy Pt. 1

I feel like this is going to be an ongoing series of why I'm pissed off at the Patriarchy... I feel like there's good reason to be. Especially when its like "Ohhh feminism is a bad word?" Seriously? I'm a real snowflake for wanting to be treated equally I guess... sorry. My mistake I'll go back to the kitchen... actually maybe I will go to the kitchen we have candy... jk OKAY FOCUS!

Lol... so this brilliant man decided he was a chiropractor with no vagina... so he was the clear authority on creating products for feminine hygiene... and decided "Hey! Let's make a lipstick to glue a woman's labia shut when she has her period so that she's not disgusting anymore!"

No... no... NO!

So from this article we see the ad. It says "You know how your  lips stick together when they're dry and you can separate them and its kind of fun." Like... really? Is that really that fun? That's what this guy thinks fun is? He needs to go to Disneyland or something... his mind will be blown like "Man! I can't believe I was just separating my lips this whole time!"

Also... eating a cheeseburger is something fun that I do with my lips... that's not really something I'd do downstairs because that would be dangerous and have no nutritional value.

If you're thinking "Wait? This guy is a man? He doesn't have a vagina- why is he trying to invent things for women's hygiene?" Mostly because women haven't come up with anything yet! All women have are diapers or plugs! Women haven't come up with the idea of gluing their labia shut!

Gee... I wonder why?

I don't know science that well... but here are some flaws... One... why is this a lipstick? Is it supposed to be more than a one use product... or are we just supposed to keep the same gluestick for each use... cause...ewww? Also... if the moisture is supposed to open it... is this just going to dry you out and you can only break it when you have to pee? No... this isn't going to work for sooo many reasons. Also... there are differences between the lips and the vagina... maybe this will work as a chapstick? But like dry lips isn't the same as... having a period? I feel like I don't need to explain that.

Also something I missed until I saw this... but apparently he says women can't create this because they would be more creative then men but they think about their period 25% of the time so they can't come up with a solution to creatively stop it. What? Does he know that 25% of statistics are made up bullshit? No because it's fake statistic as is his! That's confusing... I'm saying that he's fake. Sorry if I had to shansplain that. Lol. Anyway... yeah does he realize JK Rowling wrote an entire Wizarding World? Do you think she was thinking of her period 25% of the time while she was writing it? No. No I do not!

Its just... ugh? You can see why I'm an angry feminist right? This... THIS is why men kind of suck. I don't want to be an angry feminist... but then someone does this bullshit and it makes me hate everything. Sorry I couldn't think of a more clever way to explain that... I was too busy thinking about my period.

Bye!
-Shannon

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