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14-Year-Old Wants To Go Swimming During Her Period, So Her Sister Teaches Her How Tampons Work, Christian Mother Goes Ballistic
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14-Year-Old Wants To Go Swimming During Her Period, So Her Sister Teaches Her How Tampons Work, Christian Mother Goes Ballistic

14-Year-Old Wants To Go Swimming During Her Period, So Her Sister Teaches Her How Tampons Work, Christian Mother Goes Ballistic“We Live In A Christian Household!”: Mother Goes Off At Daughter For Compromising Her 14-Year-Old Sister’s Virginity By Teaching Her How To Use A TamponWoman Gets Accused Of Taking Away Sister's Virginity After Teaching Her How To Use A TamponWoman Asks If She Was Wrong To Give Her Sister A Tampon After Their Christian Mom Came In Screaming Over It Taking Away Her 'Innocence'Christian Mother Aghast At The Fact That Her Oldest Daughter Compromised 14-Year-Old Sister’s “Innocence” By Teaching Her How To Use A TamponMother Accuses Oldest Daughter Of Taking Away Her 14-Year-Old Sister’s Virginity By Teaching Her How To Use A TamponWoman Gives Her Teen Sister A Tampon, Is Shocked When Mom Completely Loses It: Mom Rages At Daughter For Giving Her Sister A Tampon Behind Her Back, Claims It'll Take Away Her Innocence
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If the headline made you cringe, shudder, or laugh at the absurdity of it all, then you’re in the right place. You come across some of these stories that make you feel as though you’re part of the middle ages, with epic sword fighting, ale-drinking, plague-fearing, and Christian praying going rampant throughout Europe.

The notion of ‘innocence’ and ‘virginity’ as such are as useful as a burning house in the modern era, however, the values that generations have put on these terms have somehow survived, continuing their tormentous streak of incomprehensible existence, in turn affecting young women worldwide.

One woman decided to share her story and ask for some advice on the r/AmIthe[Jerk] subreddit, after her mom had gone ballistic over her showing her 14-year-old sister how to use a tampon, believing that it would compromise her ‘innocence.’ The internet was quick to respond with their own opinions on the matter.

Make sure you read to the end, consider all viewpoints, and leave your opinion on this situation in the comments below. And if you’re craving more startling content, Bored Panda has an article just for you. Now let’s get into it!

The social construct of ‘virginity’ has been around since the middle ages thanks to Christianity, however, it still continues to impact the lives of women today

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One woman was yelled at by her mother for teaching her 14-year-old sister how to use a tampon, stating that she could have compromised her ‘virginity’

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Virginity—the state of never having had sexual intercourse, however, it’s a lot more complex than that, isn’t it? From being a social construct, to having a significant amount of impact upon ethics and morality, the idea of ‘innocence’ is one that continues to plague modern society, all thanks to Christianity.

Although humanity has changed a lot since the middle ages, there are some things that have stuck in the collective consciousness, one of them being this notion of ‘purity.’ There have been a lot of issues raised when it comes to virginity as a whole.

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Author and sex educator Dr. Logan Levkoff argues that it is an idea designed to control how and when people (in particular girls and women) engage in sexual activity, yet, truthfully, there is no part of one’s body that is “virginity.” 

The closest we get to it, when it comes to women, is the hymen, a bit of mucosal tissue that may partially surround the opening of the vagina, and that in some cases may (but not always) tear and bleed during first sexual intercourse. However, this bit of tissue comes in all shapes in sizes, some tearing them through sports, others being born with no apparent hymen at all. 

But putting pure anatomy aside for a second, the whole notion of ‘virginity’ has created an imbalance between men and women for centuries, suggesting one is entitled to sex and another has to “wait.” And when we think of the ever-expanding vocabulary of sexual experiences, can we really say that losing one’s ‘virginity’ is limited to penile-vaginal intercourse? Doubtful. 

The internet was left speechless that these sort of discussions are still happening, showing the importance of developing a more fluid understanding of sex as a whole

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Speaking of language, ‘deflowering’ and ‘popping the cherry’ are just a few terms that make it seem like something is being taken away, almost making it seem like it changes one’s personal or physical value. As Dr. Levkoff explains, historically, the way society’s language, cultural references, and sex “education” frames sexual initiation has been sexist, heterosexist, and often harmful for all involved.

Now that we’ve touched upon some of the base issues and explored a bit of the vocabulary, let’s look at what the mother could have been worried about. If we take the notion that ‘virginity’ solely depends on the hymen, it is no wonder why some women may feel worried about using tampons, in the fear of overstretching and breaking them.

However, most people agree that using tampons does not cause a woman to lose her ‘virginity.’ Tampons may stretch the hymen a little bit, but they don’t usually stretch it open all the way, states Planned Parenthood. Continuing on the discussion, Verywell Family states that ‘virginity’ has to do with sexual activity, not the presence of a hymen or whether or not a girl uses a tampon.

Despite medical evidence, worries about using tampons or “broken” hymens persist, causing unnecessary anxiety and shame for many girls (and parents), leading to the more and more apparent truth that we need to get rid of the social definition of whether someone had sex or not in general.

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This is a story full of very interesting notions, however, one thing is for certain—feminine hygiene is health care, and, as states Verywell Family, learning more about their bodies, tampon use, and what ‘virginity’ really means can help girls feel more confident about making the feminine hygiene choices that work best for them.

But that is just the tip of the iceberg of equality. Angella d’Avignon states that while having sex for the first time is a universal experience, the conditions that define ‘virginity’ are socially constructed and have been used to control and exploit women. Sociologist Dr. Laura Carpenter further explains that we are deeply threatened by “the idea that women could just go have sex with anyone that they wanted to, penalty-free.”

As we move toward a more fluid understanding of gender relations and sexuality, virginity is the last bastion of the binary that relegates sex as “inside or outside” the institution of marriage, serving as another means to limit women. All experiences of sex are valid and none of them change our worth as people. Period.

Let us know your thoughts on this, whether you agree or disagree with the internet’s ruling of the woman not being the jerk in this situation. What would you have done differently? Have a good one, see you in the next one!

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Jeannette Treusch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"She couldn't full on swim" with a tampon? Wtf are the tampons over there be like??? Of course you can go swimming with a tampon, you don't need a "sport tampon" - tampons ARE already the sport version.

Daria
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I facepalmed so hard I just nearly gave myself a concussion.

Spocks's Mom
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too. My mom told me the same thing growing up. I hate tampons regardless, but imagine the shock I felt realizing my mom says weird things and to not TRUST YOUR OWN MOTHER'S WORDS without fact checking. It made me see my childhood in a new perspective. Now to tend to this headache...

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gotham-panda
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The idea that tampons "take away innocence" is directly correlated to the fact that they don't *want* young women to know anything can "go up there". Because if she knows that, she might think about letting a p*nis up there. And thus be well on her way to "sl*tdom". They want women thinking that area is a "one-way street" until marriage. They also think *anything* going up there might "break the freshness seal", rendering her "used goods". Because in their "good book", a woman is the property of her father, and then her husband - and "no one wants used goods". I've also heard the theory that a tampon will be arousing and make young women want to have s*x. Because of course a tampon is exactly like a p*nis. (eyeroll)

Kathryn Smith
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

....I cannot imagine ANYTHING being stuck up there during my period being the least bit arousing, INCLUDING a p*nis. It's literally a bloody mess in there at that time! And for me, at least, even wiping too hard can trigger what I've been told by my gyn are essentially labor contractions.

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Mir Adwari
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES and have good human biology and sex education in schools. People need to know how their bodies work!

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Bobby
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I laughed at the line "it isn't God's will." Just makes me want to ask her what she thought 14 year old girls were expected to do when the Bible was written

A P
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty sure the answer is "marry, keep the house, and have lots of babies"

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Elizabeth Molloy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loathe Christians. They are the worst people. All religions are s**t, but those god-botherers take the absolute biscuit! You live by YOUR beliefs, I live by mine.

Squirrelly Panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please don't paint all christians with the same brush. Don't liken me to uneducated fools like that mom. To my knowledge I haven't actually met a Christian like OP's mom, but if I did, I would be attempting to educate her on some truths. First, innocence and virginity are 2 different things. A person could have sex and still be very innocent about so many things. Second, virginity is only about the first time you have sex. Everyone is a virginity until the first time. While a hymen is often broken during intercourse, it can be broken for many other reasons, so again, not a part of virginity. A tampon is one of many useful tools to deal with a natural process and it is good for all to know the different methods and choose what works for them personally in any given circumstance. Tampons have nothing to do with sex, therefore nothing to do with virginity.

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smithyjones
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hypocrisy of these religious zealots is galling. The parents are divorced - what religion looks favorably on that? The daughters should have asked the mother to show them the passage in the bible that forbids the use if tampons.

Trillian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course you can swim with a tampon. And a supposedly male god who is interested in what I shove into my vagina sounds creepy af

Zophra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet just another religious person "not like everyone else who is religious" and yet, there are just so many weirdos like this.

Kim Lorton
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Christian" mothers or parents need to be educated about sex and how the body works, male and female. These misconceptions do a great deal of harm to young girls and they often resent their mothers or parents for not telling them the truth. Many pregnancies result from misinformation like this! Snd with abortion laws as they are, if the daughter gets pregnant, watch out, better a tampon than an unwanted pregnancy.

Hannah Patterson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I started my periods when I was about 13, in 1982. My mother would never have bought me tampons and the subject was a taboo. A friend of mine is in her 70s and is bringing up her granddaughter. When the girl started her periods, my friend was appalled when a school nurse gave her granddaughter tampons. My friend tried to get a sanitary towel belt, but they stopped being manufactured decades ago!

Mir Adwari
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor girl. There is absolutely nothing wrong with tampons. They don't take away 'innocence' or 'virginity' and anyone bringing up children should be duty to keep up date with their information, not get stuck in the dark ages. Poor sex education and treating subjects like they're taboo is harmful. It's just a human body doing what it needs to. Let the child know all the options and give her the choice without making any sound bad. I found tampons freeing and much more comfortable.

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socialmedianamehere1
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a guy I just kind of thought it was understood to share with each other. Kinda like if I'm asked for a spare razor blade or something. Maybe mom is too far gone into modern culture?

Gin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, share! The mother's reaction shows how very little she understands the female body. A tampon doesn't 'take your virginity' or alter your innocence the hymen is not some kind of seal and varies massively from person to person and virginity is a social construct used to control women.

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BluEyedSeoulite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom was a very Christian, in a good a way, mom. My grandma was a freaking pastor. I got my period at school during volleyball. My mom was just impressed I used a tampon the first time, by myself, without any coaching. The things people get hung up on ffs

Lady of the Mountains
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm still confused about how you can't full on swim unless it's a sport tanpon? I'm a competitive swimmer and had to figure tampons out in 4 hours between my first period and getting in the pool, and have never had a problem swimming in one, even the cardboard kind from bathroom dispensers. Also as a religious person I can say I have no idea where she got the ridiculous notion that they take away virginity

Marsha Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up before there were ever sports tampons -- this post is the first time I've heard of them! And I used tampons all the time to go swimming, to the beach, etc. I still remember telling my friends, on the bus on the way back from the beach, that I was glad I used them, and a couple didn't yet use them; I was shocked. We were about 15 years old, i.e. circa 1965. BTW, my mother introduced them to me and taught me how to use them. She hated ignorant people, but I don't remember anyone in our crowd or hers having such weird ideas. Of course, none of us were Christian, and it was a liberal neighborhood in NYC.

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S Mi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It sounds like people both supported OP and corrected the misinformation she had. I'd say win-win post.

Jack S
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay that's a fair ointRead my other reply to you from a different comment. Try to understand that there is a reason so many see religioun as a force for ill will. And as I stated in said reply. I'm not calling all religious people bad. I think it's wonderful that you are a good and caring person. Believe, have faith I wouldn't dare to take that away from someone.

KimB
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was also brainwashed with Catholicism growing up. Priest actually told us our bodies are a temple for Jesus. I always found that to be gross. Masturbation is a sin, premarital sexual relations are a sin so we are expected to deny our own urges and attractions. It's just not natural. I was fortunate my mother never denied me using tampons but she didn't like them so she never used them or bought them. I got my first tampon from my public school. To any of you currently living thru this. Just know it ends when you are old enough to make your own decisions and have your own beliefs. My parents forgave me for not following their teachings and I have a great relationship with my mother still (My father passed away in 2018).

Tyke
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She should book a doctor's appointment and ask her mother to go with her. Ring beforehand to prep Dr and then ask him/her to explain to the mother that tampons categorically do not ruin a girl's hymen. OP should also looking into a menstrual cup for herself and her sister (not one to share, obviously)

TCW Sam Vimes
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me you are American without telling me you are American. Also, religion sucks.

Noturmomma
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just can't even with the uneducated women like this mother and man as well. Like WTF!

Seabeast
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe there are still people, some 50+ years after I started menarche, who still believe that tampons take a girl's virginity.

H M
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sigh...it's not a bottle top seal. It's not even a seal. It breaks from all kinds of activities, it's not even covering the entire opening, there is heaps of variation of them also. And what is the big deal with what goes in first anyway? Tampons, doctors smear test. Or a MAN. And sex is possible and more enjoyable for girls without penetration at all actually.

Honey Badger13
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally speaking as a young female who started her period at 13 and I was on my period 3 weeks out of the month I could not have made it without tampons along with super size maxi pads. Your mother needs to realize what true Christian values are in parenting mine never learned that. Good luck

Max
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, if we're defining 'loss of virginity' as 'breaking the hymen', then I lost mine about two years after I first had sex, to a thrust treatment cream applicator. Also, cellulite just means you have an amount of subdermal fat (any amount, you could be dangerously thin and still have some) and an estrogen-dominant endocrine system. I think it's a more effective way of storing fat so during times of hardship (including pregnancy), you're less likely to starve.

Thomas E S Thomas
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one made me laugh. Tampons are about helping the body to cleanse itself in a discrete way. There is nothing sexual about it, other than where it is placed. Virginity is merely not having sexual relations. The mother's objections don't make sense.

lil bear bear
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was one comment asking where in the bible it said that tampons were bad. It dosen't, and I know they weren't created yet, but the bible addresses wearing modest clothes before crop tops were a thing sooo.

K W
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also mentions stoning kids to death as a good punishment for misbehaving.

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K W
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk but this sort of thing happens often enough in places with no comprehensive sex ed and repressive conservative religious households. It's something I've heard a lot in the US.

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Ryan (Gremlin)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mom sounds like a moron. Tampons don't take away virginity, something a bit harder and less absorbent does however.

Llama_flower93
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just want to see more Christians that care about people. Is that too much to ask? I'm a Christian and hate the association it now brings me to these horrible people. Christianity at its core is about love, acceptance, redemption and hope. But guess what, you never see Christians sharing this message in everyone's faces. It's all this rule and that rule and you have to do this and you can't do that. Jesus literally came to earth to stop the religious nut jobs of his time from spreading this c**p and now they are all doing it again. Christian culture needs a complete reform and redirection back to its roots. I'm getting so exhausted.

TailsFangirl03
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhhhhhhh....My mom. A strong Christian. Was the one who taught me how to use a tampon.

Miss Kat O
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went on the pill at about 14 because of period pain and it was brilliant, I didn't have periods for about 20 years... you can swim as much as you like then

Altea
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTF is a sport tampon? The idea of this is as stupid as "female pens" or "female razors". Just capitalism

SilverIsGold
Community Member
1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude, I’m a Christian (and a guy), and I’m pretty sure this mom is just spewing nonsense and BS.

Lara Verne
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Live of many young people would be much easier if their parents had basic education.

Troy Parr
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember an old TV program where a genuine Doctor said that "Only married women could use tampons." His medical logic was that only married women wouldn't be virgin, and that unmarried women would lose their virginity by using tampons. But surely we are far more enlightened nowadays? Women and girls should be taught all there is to know about the range of products and allowed to have a free choice.

Mad McQueen
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try teaching her about the menstrual cups. Those are better and easier to use. Plus no tss and reusable. And she can swim in it. Just not cough. Lol. Just pop it in. Take out. Rinse and reuse. Only if she has fake long nails would it be an issue mostly because of tearing it and Mostly for retrieval and injuring her "parts".

Lyyyy
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Menstrual cups are great, it is just a little bit freaky to get used to it. I couldn’t get used to tampons, but menstrual cup works. Coughing if it is full is bad lol. But I think mine would need scissors to break it, nails wouldn’t stand a chance.

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CMKL
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great sister you are! I've heard more stories about situations like this. That and people literally putting the tampons in the young lady to show them how to do it. One went to the extreme and did it in the kitchen with other people, including males, in the house. The young lady was holding herself up on the counter while the mother "helped" her.😥🤐

Cyber Returns
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She needs to give her mom a slap of biblical proportions and tell her to grow up

Just a bored scp
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to swim in that era. Didn’t like tampons, so I used a swimsuit with a pad(I swam all year). Be warned. They’re expensive. In my experience tho, usually, you’re ok for a short time with a normal swimsuit, assuming you stay in the water ofc.

Stargazer66
Community Member
1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No you are not AH and you don't need to apologize to your mother. Your mother is a moron. Of course you can 'full on swim' with a tampon. You can swim with a pad too. These days, the foam ones don't swell up and get soggy. And the only thing that can take your virginity away is ACTUALLY having sex.

Jaybird3939
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I started my first period at 12 on a camping trip with my family. Mom didn't have anything but tampons, so that's all I ever used. I guess I was one of those tampon commercials, swimming, skiing (no horseback riding though). Anyway, I never felt shame or was shamed for using them by either parent. I'm so sorry anyone has to have a parent that doesn't understand the basic hygiene requirements of teenage girls.

Lunar
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Although i don't like to use tampons, i don't see what's wrong with girls using it as long as they are comfortable with tampons. The hell with the mother imposing ridiculous logic to her daughter.

Honey Badger13
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother had no idea what she was doing yet convincing me to insert the entire applicator up there and leave it up there with that pulling anything out was the solution I had to have a hysterectomy at 39 is anybody think that's related actually I figured it out myself after about 20 seconds of intense pain.

Sami-Jo Ross
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally don't use tampons because I can never get them in correctly, but even I knew the first time I tried to use one that it wouldn't deflower me. And OP's mom is a nurse?? That as bad as my coworker being a teacher who's also a flat earther...

Persephone
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear lord this religious nut job is a nurse!?!? I hope I'm never in that hospital...

Bubblegum Witch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, this was interesting but people really need to stop blaming EVERY little thing on Christianity. It’s not all their fault, k? Some of it is Atheist’s fault, Muslim’s, non religious , etc. I understand a lot of y’all don’t agree with Christianity, but it is not only their fault.

Bubblegum Witch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOLLLLL y’all can’t take opinions haha. It’s just my opinion, have a nice day babes ;)

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Kennedy Kargeaux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly.... I think a dude wrote this post. I think this is a fake post to get Reddit Karma. I've been seeing a lot of men writing posts from the POV of women lately. This is one of them.

Lil Potato
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me why Christianity is blamed for this????? It was the mother's fault for acting this way, how are we twisting this story to make it seem like all christians are bad?

Mir Adwari
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It literally is the mother who brought Christianity into it. She said 'it is not God's will to have children this age use tampons' (which is utter rubbish) and is basically using her religion, which in this instance is Christianity, as the reason why the 14 year old should not be using tampons as they are 'taking her innocence' (again utter rubbish). When people use religion to make up ridiculous reasons to do or not do something it IS a bad thing. Virginity is a social construct used to control women as, all too often, religion is as well.

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Shyla Bouche
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As a practicing Christian who still needs a lot more practice, I'd just like to point to the scriptures: 2nd Hypocrisy, chapter 42, verses 7 and 8 state "If ever there be products for the women's uncleanliness, they must be without string. Yea, and they must never fit internally, for that is the ruination of women.

Greta Kolding
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1 year ago

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Blaming Christianity again?!?! I am not religious as such, but as far as I know it is Muslim girls who have their hymens repaired if they are unlucky enough to lose or damage them before they are married. Am I allowed to mention this?

Gin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps add the word 'some' to that. It certainly isn't all muslim girls.

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Ches Yamada
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Okay, this gets me so irritated. **WATER STOPS YOUR PERIOD**. I have worn nothing but pads my whole life and I grew up by the shore and later, with a pool. You don't need to wear a pad or a tampon. Wipe with water, put on suit. Later, when you get out, sure, you have to change right away, but who wants to sit around in a wet suit? I understand if you do the tampon is a better choice, but you can halt the flow of your period with water. I had severely massive bleeding, too, and it still worked.

Mir Adwari
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a pool wear protection, thanks, that's not pleasant. Up to you in the sea but I'd prefer not to leak and yes, yes you can.

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Jeannette Treusch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"She couldn't full on swim" with a tampon? Wtf are the tampons over there be like??? Of course you can go swimming with a tampon, you don't need a "sport tampon" - tampons ARE already the sport version.

Daria
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I facepalmed so hard I just nearly gave myself a concussion.

Spocks's Mom
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too. My mom told me the same thing growing up. I hate tampons regardless, but imagine the shock I felt realizing my mom says weird things and to not TRUST YOUR OWN MOTHER'S WORDS without fact checking. It made me see my childhood in a new perspective. Now to tend to this headache...

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gotham-panda
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The idea that tampons "take away innocence" is directly correlated to the fact that they don't *want* young women to know anything can "go up there". Because if she knows that, she might think about letting a p*nis up there. And thus be well on her way to "sl*tdom". They want women thinking that area is a "one-way street" until marriage. They also think *anything* going up there might "break the freshness seal", rendering her "used goods". Because in their "good book", a woman is the property of her father, and then her husband - and "no one wants used goods". I've also heard the theory that a tampon will be arousing and make young women want to have s*x. Because of course a tampon is exactly like a p*nis. (eyeroll)

Kathryn Smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

....I cannot imagine ANYTHING being stuck up there during my period being the least bit arousing, INCLUDING a p*nis. It's literally a bloody mess in there at that time! And for me, at least, even wiping too hard can trigger what I've been told by my gyn are essentially labor contractions.

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Mir Adwari
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES and have good human biology and sex education in schools. People need to know how their bodies work!

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Bobby
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I laughed at the line "it isn't God's will." Just makes me want to ask her what she thought 14 year old girls were expected to do when the Bible was written

A P
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty sure the answer is "marry, keep the house, and have lots of babies"

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Elizabeth Molloy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loathe Christians. They are the worst people. All religions are s**t, but those god-botherers take the absolute biscuit! You live by YOUR beliefs, I live by mine.

Squirrelly Panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please don't paint all christians with the same brush. Don't liken me to uneducated fools like that mom. To my knowledge I haven't actually met a Christian like OP's mom, but if I did, I would be attempting to educate her on some truths. First, innocence and virginity are 2 different things. A person could have sex and still be very innocent about so many things. Second, virginity is only about the first time you have sex. Everyone is a virginity until the first time. While a hymen is often broken during intercourse, it can be broken for many other reasons, so again, not a part of virginity. A tampon is one of many useful tools to deal with a natural process and it is good for all to know the different methods and choose what works for them personally in any given circumstance. Tampons have nothing to do with sex, therefore nothing to do with virginity.

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smithyjones
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hypocrisy of these religious zealots is galling. The parents are divorced - what religion looks favorably on that? The daughters should have asked the mother to show them the passage in the bible that forbids the use if tampons.

Trillian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course you can swim with a tampon. And a supposedly male god who is interested in what I shove into my vagina sounds creepy af

Zophra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet just another religious person "not like everyone else who is religious" and yet, there are just so many weirdos like this.

Kim Lorton
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Christian" mothers or parents need to be educated about sex and how the body works, male and female. These misconceptions do a great deal of harm to young girls and they often resent their mothers or parents for not telling them the truth. Many pregnancies result from misinformation like this! Snd with abortion laws as they are, if the daughter gets pregnant, watch out, better a tampon than an unwanted pregnancy.

Hannah Patterson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I started my periods when I was about 13, in 1982. My mother would never have bought me tampons and the subject was a taboo. A friend of mine is in her 70s and is bringing up her granddaughter. When the girl started her periods, my friend was appalled when a school nurse gave her granddaughter tampons. My friend tried to get a sanitary towel belt, but they stopped being manufactured decades ago!

Mir Adwari
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor girl. There is absolutely nothing wrong with tampons. They don't take away 'innocence' or 'virginity' and anyone bringing up children should be duty to keep up date with their information, not get stuck in the dark ages. Poor sex education and treating subjects like they're taboo is harmful. It's just a human body doing what it needs to. Let the child know all the options and give her the choice without making any sound bad. I found tampons freeing and much more comfortable.

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socialmedianamehere1
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a guy I just kind of thought it was understood to share with each other. Kinda like if I'm asked for a spare razor blade or something. Maybe mom is too far gone into modern culture?

Gin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, share! The mother's reaction shows how very little she understands the female body. A tampon doesn't 'take your virginity' or alter your innocence the hymen is not some kind of seal and varies massively from person to person and virginity is a social construct used to control women.

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BluEyedSeoulite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom was a very Christian, in a good a way, mom. My grandma was a freaking pastor. I got my period at school during volleyball. My mom was just impressed I used a tampon the first time, by myself, without any coaching. The things people get hung up on ffs

Lady of the Mountains
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm still confused about how you can't full on swim unless it's a sport tanpon? I'm a competitive swimmer and had to figure tampons out in 4 hours between my first period and getting in the pool, and have never had a problem swimming in one, even the cardboard kind from bathroom dispensers. Also as a religious person I can say I have no idea where she got the ridiculous notion that they take away virginity

Marsha Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up before there were ever sports tampons -- this post is the first time I've heard of them! And I used tampons all the time to go swimming, to the beach, etc. I still remember telling my friends, on the bus on the way back from the beach, that I was glad I used them, and a couple didn't yet use them; I was shocked. We were about 15 years old, i.e. circa 1965. BTW, my mother introduced them to me and taught me how to use them. She hated ignorant people, but I don't remember anyone in our crowd or hers having such weird ideas. Of course, none of us were Christian, and it was a liberal neighborhood in NYC.

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S Mi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It sounds like people both supported OP and corrected the misinformation she had. I'd say win-win post.

Jack S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay that's a fair ointRead my other reply to you from a different comment. Try to understand that there is a reason so many see religioun as a force for ill will. And as I stated in said reply. I'm not calling all religious people bad. I think it's wonderful that you are a good and caring person. Believe, have faith I wouldn't dare to take that away from someone.

KimB
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was also brainwashed with Catholicism growing up. Priest actually told us our bodies are a temple for Jesus. I always found that to be gross. Masturbation is a sin, premarital sexual relations are a sin so we are expected to deny our own urges and attractions. It's just not natural. I was fortunate my mother never denied me using tampons but she didn't like them so she never used them or bought them. I got my first tampon from my public school. To any of you currently living thru this. Just know it ends when you are old enough to make your own decisions and have your own beliefs. My parents forgave me for not following their teachings and I have a great relationship with my mother still (My father passed away in 2018).

Tyke
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She should book a doctor's appointment and ask her mother to go with her. Ring beforehand to prep Dr and then ask him/her to explain to the mother that tampons categorically do not ruin a girl's hymen. OP should also looking into a menstrual cup for herself and her sister (not one to share, obviously)

TCW Sam Vimes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me you are American without telling me you are American. Also, religion sucks.

Noturmomma
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just can't even with the uneducated women like this mother and man as well. Like WTF!

Seabeast
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe there are still people, some 50+ years after I started menarche, who still believe that tampons take a girl's virginity.

H M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sigh...it's not a bottle top seal. It's not even a seal. It breaks from all kinds of activities, it's not even covering the entire opening, there is heaps of variation of them also. And what is the big deal with what goes in first anyway? Tampons, doctors smear test. Or a MAN. And sex is possible and more enjoyable for girls without penetration at all actually.

Honey Badger13
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally speaking as a young female who started her period at 13 and I was on my period 3 weeks out of the month I could not have made it without tampons along with super size maxi pads. Your mother needs to realize what true Christian values are in parenting mine never learned that. Good luck

Max
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, if we're defining 'loss of virginity' as 'breaking the hymen', then I lost mine about two years after I first had sex, to a thrust treatment cream applicator. Also, cellulite just means you have an amount of subdermal fat (any amount, you could be dangerously thin and still have some) and an estrogen-dominant endocrine system. I think it's a more effective way of storing fat so during times of hardship (including pregnancy), you're less likely to starve.

Thomas E S Thomas
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one made me laugh. Tampons are about helping the body to cleanse itself in a discrete way. There is nothing sexual about it, other than where it is placed. Virginity is merely not having sexual relations. The mother's objections don't make sense.

lil bear bear
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was one comment asking where in the bible it said that tampons were bad. It dosen't, and I know they weren't created yet, but the bible addresses wearing modest clothes before crop tops were a thing sooo.

K W
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also mentions stoning kids to death as a good punishment for misbehaving.

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K W
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk but this sort of thing happens often enough in places with no comprehensive sex ed and repressive conservative religious households. It's something I've heard a lot in the US.

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Ryan (Gremlin)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mom sounds like a moron. Tampons don't take away virginity, something a bit harder and less absorbent does however.

Llama_flower93
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just want to see more Christians that care about people. Is that too much to ask? I'm a Christian and hate the association it now brings me to these horrible people. Christianity at its core is about love, acceptance, redemption and hope. But guess what, you never see Christians sharing this message in everyone's faces. It's all this rule and that rule and you have to do this and you can't do that. Jesus literally came to earth to stop the religious nut jobs of his time from spreading this c**p and now they are all doing it again. Christian culture needs a complete reform and redirection back to its roots. I'm getting so exhausted.

TailsFangirl03
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhhhhhhh....My mom. A strong Christian. Was the one who taught me how to use a tampon.

Miss Kat O
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went on the pill at about 14 because of period pain and it was brilliant, I didn't have periods for about 20 years... you can swim as much as you like then

Altea
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTF is a sport tampon? The idea of this is as stupid as "female pens" or "female razors". Just capitalism

SilverIsGold
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude, I’m a Christian (and a guy), and I’m pretty sure this mom is just spewing nonsense and BS.

Lara Verne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Live of many young people would be much easier if their parents had basic education.

Troy Parr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember an old TV program where a genuine Doctor said that "Only married women could use tampons." His medical logic was that only married women wouldn't be virgin, and that unmarried women would lose their virginity by using tampons. But surely we are far more enlightened nowadays? Women and girls should be taught all there is to know about the range of products and allowed to have a free choice.

Mad McQueen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try teaching her about the menstrual cups. Those are better and easier to use. Plus no tss and reusable. And she can swim in it. Just not cough. Lol. Just pop it in. Take out. Rinse and reuse. Only if she has fake long nails would it be an issue mostly because of tearing it and Mostly for retrieval and injuring her "parts".

Lyyyy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Menstrual cups are great, it is just a little bit freaky to get used to it. I couldn’t get used to tampons, but menstrual cup works. Coughing if it is full is bad lol. But I think mine would need scissors to break it, nails wouldn’t stand a chance.

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CMKL
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great sister you are! I've heard more stories about situations like this. That and people literally putting the tampons in the young lady to show them how to do it. One went to the extreme and did it in the kitchen with other people, including males, in the house. The young lady was holding herself up on the counter while the mother "helped" her.😥🤐

Cyber Returns
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She needs to give her mom a slap of biblical proportions and tell her to grow up

Just a bored scp
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to swim in that era. Didn’t like tampons, so I used a swimsuit with a pad(I swam all year). Be warned. They’re expensive. In my experience tho, usually, you’re ok for a short time with a normal swimsuit, assuming you stay in the water ofc.

Stargazer66
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No you are not AH and you don't need to apologize to your mother. Your mother is a moron. Of course you can 'full on swim' with a tampon. You can swim with a pad too. These days, the foam ones don't swell up and get soggy. And the only thing that can take your virginity away is ACTUALLY having sex.

Jaybird3939
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I started my first period at 12 on a camping trip with my family. Mom didn't have anything but tampons, so that's all I ever used. I guess I was one of those tampon commercials, swimming, skiing (no horseback riding though). Anyway, I never felt shame or was shamed for using them by either parent. I'm so sorry anyone has to have a parent that doesn't understand the basic hygiene requirements of teenage girls.

Lunar
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Although i don't like to use tampons, i don't see what's wrong with girls using it as long as they are comfortable with tampons. The hell with the mother imposing ridiculous logic to her daughter.

Honey Badger13
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother had no idea what she was doing yet convincing me to insert the entire applicator up there and leave it up there with that pulling anything out was the solution I had to have a hysterectomy at 39 is anybody think that's related actually I figured it out myself after about 20 seconds of intense pain.

Sami-Jo Ross
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally don't use tampons because I can never get them in correctly, but even I knew the first time I tried to use one that it wouldn't deflower me. And OP's mom is a nurse?? That as bad as my coworker being a teacher who's also a flat earther...

Persephone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear lord this religious nut job is a nurse!?!? I hope I'm never in that hospital...

Bubblegum Witch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, this was interesting but people really need to stop blaming EVERY little thing on Christianity. It’s not all their fault, k? Some of it is Atheist’s fault, Muslim’s, non religious , etc. I understand a lot of y’all don’t agree with Christianity, but it is not only their fault.

Bubblegum Witch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOLLLLL y’all can’t take opinions haha. It’s just my opinion, have a nice day babes ;)

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Kennedy Kargeaux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly.... I think a dude wrote this post. I think this is a fake post to get Reddit Karma. I've been seeing a lot of men writing posts from the POV of women lately. This is one of them.

Lil Potato
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me why Christianity is blamed for this????? It was the mother's fault for acting this way, how are we twisting this story to make it seem like all christians are bad?

Mir Adwari
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It literally is the mother who brought Christianity into it. She said 'it is not God's will to have children this age use tampons' (which is utter rubbish) and is basically using her religion, which in this instance is Christianity, as the reason why the 14 year old should not be using tampons as they are 'taking her innocence' (again utter rubbish). When people use religion to make up ridiculous reasons to do or not do something it IS a bad thing. Virginity is a social construct used to control women as, all too often, religion is as well.

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Shyla Bouche
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As a practicing Christian who still needs a lot more practice, I'd just like to point to the scriptures: 2nd Hypocrisy, chapter 42, verses 7 and 8 state "If ever there be products for the women's uncleanliness, they must be without string. Yea, and they must never fit internally, for that is the ruination of women.

Greta Kolding
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Blaming Christianity again?!?! I am not religious as such, but as far as I know it is Muslim girls who have their hymens repaired if they are unlucky enough to lose or damage them before they are married. Am I allowed to mention this?

Gin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps add the word 'some' to that. It certainly isn't all muslim girls.

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Ches Yamada
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1 year ago (edited)

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Okay, this gets me so irritated. **WATER STOPS YOUR PERIOD**. I have worn nothing but pads my whole life and I grew up by the shore and later, with a pool. You don't need to wear a pad or a tampon. Wipe with water, put on suit. Later, when you get out, sure, you have to change right away, but who wants to sit around in a wet suit? I understand if you do the tampon is a better choice, but you can halt the flow of your period with water. I had severely massive bleeding, too, and it still worked.

Mir Adwari
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a pool wear protection, thanks, that's not pleasant. Up to you in the sea but I'd prefer not to leak and yes, yes you can.

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