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Playtex Sports Tampons

Obviously tampon companies work hard to appeal to women and girls, but Playtex Sport Tampons really irk me. I purchased a box on a whim, and to my surprise, each tampon wrapper had an insprirational message on it. Fabulous. Which makes me wonder what inspired them to do this.

I suppose they may claim their intention is to positively support women/girls who play sports while selling their product, which is the gist of what I get from looking at some of their website, but many of the sayings are absolutely ridiculous. How many male athletes are told that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s how you play the game? Sure, that sounds nice, but playing competitive sports is NOT ONLY about playing your hardest. It’s playing your hardest TO WIN.

And it’s hard for me NOT to correlate the sayings as being related to my period, because, umm…I’m changing my tampon. The sayings are something related to being "sporty" and the tampon is cheering you on! Woo hooo! I certainly get really pumped up when I change my tampon now, because while doing so I get to read:

"Victory! " or "Game on! " as though I’m in a fight against my period?

"I’m on your team "— creepy.

or "Celebrate your efforts " (huh? is that similar to "Winning isn’t everything, as long as you do your best"?)

and similarly, "Who cares if you win or lose – play the ...