A new radical feminist movement: Free bleeding

[BuiKia]

Recently, the popular imageboard website, 4chan has been on a mission to convince women that feminine hygiene products are a form of oppression and they should not be utilized. What started out to be a bunch of teenage boys sharing a couple of silly hashtag trends have influenced feminists to fall for it and now, a highly disturbing “feminist trend” is born.

“Operation Freebleeding” or “Free Bleeding” describes an act in which a woman who is menstruating chooses to let her blood flow freely out of her body, staining her clothes and thighs, flowing to wherever it may end up, instead of using feminine hygiene products.

The idea behind this trend consists of two ideas – First off, a woman’s menstrual cycle should not be considered unclean or unnatural, and it surely shouldn’t be considered as something to be hidden before it offends or irks out anyone. Secondly, pads, tampons and other feminine hygiene products are man-made inventions, thus, furthering the point that women are living in a world run by men.

These two reasons combined, have led some women to make a stand against wearing products which absorb, collect and discard the menstrual flow. By letting it run freely, they believe that it is nature’s way intended for them to deal with their periods.