honestly I think it was just middle school girls being mean, it was never about which menstrual product someone used, they'd just judge whoever used the opposite of them

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Not doubting that it happens but in my experience I've only heard negative judgement against pad users. Ppl said that using pads is immature/dirty/smelly/it's basically a diaper/etc. Pad users would say that using tampons is painful & pads are better

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I would hear a lot of girls who used exclusively pads say that they hated being judged for using pads and then start saying how much better pads were overall, but the only people I ever heard say mean comments about people based on their menstrual products were pad users judging tampon users. It almost felt like purity culture bullsh*t

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my old friends (tampon users) from freshman year of highschool used to say that if you couldn’t use a tampon you’re unable to take dick so

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See and this was the exact opposite at my school. I was outcast and called gross for wearing pads. It got to the point of where I just said I don’t have the anatomy for tampons to get ppl off my back. Still didn’t work

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