Posted on 05/25/2022 7:00:20 PM PDT by Trillian
A 'uterus-shaped' cereal has been launched with the goal of putting conversations about periods on the table.
Feminine care brand Intimina developed its raspberry-flavoured 'Period Crunch' to encourage families to discuss menstruation more openly at breakfast.
Despite being marketed as womb-shaped, the cereal actually resembles the entire female reproductive system.
The wheat-based cereal — a PR stunt which won't actually ever go on sale — is dyed red to mimic the colour of blood.
Intimina claims conversations about periods are not 'truly normalised' and it wanted to 'make a statement' about the issue.
Although it won't ever be stuck on supermarket shelves, people can get a free box by contacting the Swedish company.
A survey of more than 2,000 people by the company found 48 per cent of girls and women are too embarrassed to talk about their period.
Previous research has shown stigma around the time in the month can cause boys to mock girls at school, while nearly half of women say they have been 'period-shamed'.
The cereal campaign comes after Spain last week became the first European country to propose paid, unlimited menstrual leave for women in pain.
Intimina's Danela Zagar said: 'Periods are normal and talking about periods should be normal.
'But because of the ongoing stigma around menstruation, period conversations remain difficult and embarrassing for people, even with loved ones.
'There's no more normal and everyday a scene than the whole household sitting down together at the kitchen table and talking over a meal.
'And if period conversations were truly normalised then they wouldn't be off this table — or off any table for that matter.'
Period Crunch's box is illustrated with a diagram of the female reproductive system to help educate children.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
kinda wonder if they included a tampon as a prize in every box...
"Look mom! There's an IUD in every box!"
Hahahaha...I saw that image last night on a different computer, and I only saw the left upper corner of the image, and could not for the life of me figure out what it was!
LOL, this thread is killing me!
LOL!
I remember that scene from “Blazing Saddles.”
One of my favorite movies.
Made me laugh aloud just finding the picture! I purchased the disk last year, before they outlaw it.
The special features section was interesting...they interviewed Mel Brooks and the rest of the cast, and they talked about how they actively put as many racial stereotypes into the movie as they could, all in the effort to ridicule racism!
It is interesting. I was looking for the name of one of the characters, and came across an article by some Lefty who was ridiculing conservatives for painting the movie as a “freedom of speech” issue.
Of course it is. The dimwit doesn’t realize that conservatives fully understand how the movie is satire, and that we feel it should be freely shown.
Conservatives are not the ones in a tither about it, putting warnings on it, demanding it not be streamed, sold, or shown anywhere. Every conservative I have ever spoken to understands exactly why the movie was made the way it was, and why it should be freely shown.
Leftists are astonishing in their shallowness. You could hit them in the face with a big, wet Constitutional Flounder and they would have no idea they were just smacked.
“Why woman are so focused on their female parts is just ridiculous.”
When you’ve got accomplishments, you focus on your accomplishments. When you don’t, well...
Yes, that’s what I mean. If they had actual accomplishments, then they would probably be bragging about those, rather than focusing on their genitals as something that makes them special.
Back when Saturday Night Live was actually funny, I was in a bookstore thumbing through a book of original drafts of SNL scripts when I came across Dan's Akroyd's famous Bass-O-Matic sketch.
Here’s how it works: Catch a bass, remove the hook, and drop the bass -that’s the whole bass – into the Super Bass-o-Matic ’76. [ drops the bass into the blender ] Now, adjust the control dial so that the bass is blended just the way you like it. [ turns blender on and grinds it to a pulp ] Yes, it’s that simple!
For those too young to have been there (or so old they've forgotten), the original video is here.
What got cut out of the script they used at air time was a bit at the end that was a segue to another "infomercial" for a product called, "Afterbirth Helper."
Not kidding.
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