Was It Really Necessary To Post This?

[Deskdiary]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32105388

She states "When I see the picture it looks completely beautiful to my eyes." and then goes on to say "I wasn't being provocative. The point of the photo was to de-mystify all the taboos that are around menstruation."

Questions:

1 - Is it beautiful?
2 - What taboos are there around menstruation? I can't think of any.

I won't draw a parrallel between this natural, normal bodily function and another natural, normal bodily function that I'm sure nobody would like to see (oops, just have drawn the parrallel).

[ummmm]

Ron...we can't chose the exact time.

[DTCwordfan]

you can't dictate when and where women are supposed to change out....how daft is the very suggestion!

I have to say it, the subject of this post, "well it's a mess."

[andy-hughes]

andres - //ummmm----Tea-time is not an appropriate time for sanitary towel ads. Just sitting down to enjoy your meal and then the ads are flashed up. Not very nice . Put them on in the evening //

Advertising timings are governed by the times the target audiences will be watching. If you want to capture a female child-bearing age audience, then the time such an audience is sitting down to eat is as good a time as any.

In the evenings, they are likely to be putting children to bed/ washing/ironing/ cleaning - all the things that they do so men who think like you can sit and watch adverts!

[Mamyalynne]

//you can't dictate when and where women are supposed to change out....how daft is the very suggestion! //


Not sure what that refers to - we certainly cannot predict if our menstruation will suddenly start at 3am in the morning whilst sound asleep,maybe we should be padded up 365 days a year in case.

[Cloverjo]

I don't really like the picture. It's not arty or beautiful, to me.
While there are no taboos as such surrounding menstruation, I still find it embarrassing to take my handbag into the loo at work, where everyone else are men. Silly, because they all have wives or girlfriend and know its a normal bodily function.

[ummmm]

Lol Andy...

Andres...Do you feel the same about toilet paper adverts?

[anotheoldgit]

andres

/// ummmm----Tea-time is not an appropriate time for sanitary towel ads. Just sitting down to enjoy your meal and then the ads are flashed up. Not very nice . Put them on in the evening ///

Or perhaps any time between midnight and dawn? :0)

[andres]

ummmm-now you're being silly.Keep to the subject matter .

[ummmm]

It's not silly. It's all about bodily functions. Why are you offended by one and not the other?

[andres]

ummmm--Nowhere did I say that I was offended by bodily functions just that I did not think showing ads for menstruation products whilst people are eating their meals was appropriate.

[mccfluff]

who dictates dinner times now? if an add comes on for tampons whilst im eating dinner, i don;t pay a blind bit of notice, same with all the other ads.

[douglas9401]

In the evenings, they are likely to be putting children to bed/ washing/ironing/ cleaning - all the things that they do so men who think like you can sit and watch adverts!

Oh Andy, you try so hard and yet.....

[ummmm]

Is there a set time to eat meals?

[EcclesCake]

Ads for sanitary products are so innocuous I cannot understand what is inappropriate about them being aired at mealtimes.

Roller skating women and blue liquid has never put me off my supper!

[andres]

Late evening

[mccfluff]

because no-one ever ate in the late evening?

[Mamyalynne]

I could understand distaste if the advert were to show lifelike colours and graphics but they are heavily sanitised (no pun meant) and not at all off putting.