Bethany Black (@[email protected])
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After all these years I’m rarely surprised by medical misogyny, but finding out that the research from the first ever tests on period products using blood instead of water were published LAST WEEK is one of those surprises.

Archive link to story here: https://archive.ph/HVNLH

Posted here because there is no community for Absolutely Infuriating (that I know of).

  • @CurlyChopzEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    Have you never heard of black pudding or bludwurst?

    • @ByereddithellolemmyEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      I have - but in this context the comparison made me think of sausages composed of period blood, which caused a physical reaction that prompted my response.

      I meant it as a joke, but the down voters clearly didn’t find it funny. Ah well.