Tampon commercials

WHY??

Most woman of childbearing age in Canada (& indeed the Western world) are well aware that they have periods, menstruate, call it what you will & buy tampons & sanitary towels with a frequency and precision that almost equals the purchase of coffee each morning!

Why then do producers of these necessary products insist upon ramming them down our throats (not literally I hope you understand) during out TV dinners, while we are watching a movie with our children & while Mike Holmes is taking a break from whacking his wood!!

My friend & bridesmaid once wrote a letter to the then English labour govt. demanding Tampons be made FREE. Irrelevant to a point, but it would have eradicated the need for such advertisements!

Tattoo man cringes at such advertisements, as I would imagine do most men.
To them these small, white, expanding wads of cotton are nothing more than an inconvenience, nasty & messy to boot.
They cause blocked toilets & endless hours of plunging, sticking your hand down the lav & wanking!

They do of course serve a purpose while out with friends in the bar, not only are they a serious cause for amusement once dropped into your buddy's nice cold pint (much on a level with dentures), but they sop up spill more rapidly than Bounty could ever hope to!
You can wear them over your ears as jewelry & wow, look how far they fly once sopping wet, not to mention how well they stick to the ceiling & for how long!!

OK, so I may be a little off the point here, but now it's gone too far.
Tena underwear for men??
I'm sure middle aged (& above) men with bladder issues will have already been made aware that there are products out there for incontinence (the wives & Dr's have precedence here boys) & will be sending the little lady off to the drugstore on the QT to purchase them!!

I did once witness a commercial for a Douche in the US many years ago........SERIOUSLY

I am no prude (far, far from it) but let's keep things in perspective, no one wants to watch this while they are drinking a nice cold one or eating a delicious rare steak fresh from the grill!!

We are all grown ups & we all go shopping, if we need it we will ask, if it has wings it says so on the packaging .............
& if you leak unnecessarily consult your GP!!!!