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[–]Marsupial 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People being shocked and terrified at the mere mention of girls learning how their body functions. And children are not traumatized by accidentally hearing about how a tampon functions on tv, holy fuck. This outrage is just another example of how women's and girls' bodies are constantly sexualized to the extent that we can't even discuss something completely non-sexual like a period that is a completely natural thing about women's bodies that happens every month without people reaching for the smelling salts. It's ridiculous. All they did was to describe how to use it with their hands, it's not like they had a close-up demonstration with an actual vagina.

Young girls need to learn how to interact with their bodies. They need to know how to insert a tampon. The presence of a vagina does not mean it's sexual. This is not education on how to use a dildo, this is about using hygiene products.