Women's underwear gets an upgrade

I chocked up when they pulled down their pants revealing their underwear. To make something for yourself; something so intimate, that you depend on everyday, to make it, not only have it on shelves but have it on you. That is powerful.

Those "many women" may have menorrhagia and should consult with their doctor for treatment, yet very few realize this and just think they are "heavy flow" people, which puts them at risk for disease and other medical problems. I should think, though, that it's much more convenient to carry around one pad than three, and for the rest of people is probably a relief to not need one at all.

Speaking of antimicrobial underwear — it's not every day I get to use that segue — The New Yorker just had a fascinating piece about the world of extreme cave divers. Apparently, specially engineered underwear is one of the secrets to making it through the world's deepest cave: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/21/140421fa_fact_...

Interesting to me was that culturally even in the US, with native born women, there are clear lines sometimes. Example: I once, being the generally swell guy I am, volunteered to go on an errand to get tampons for my live in partner at the time, who was in a bit of a crisis. We lived in a laregly hispanic neighborhood, and despite the owners of the local store being family friends (they also rented our apartment to us), they were mortified that I was looking for them. I asked my (other white dude) friend who brought me into this circle of friends why everyone flipped out about it, and the general consensus was that in Latino-American culture, you just didn't use them. It was pads or nothing else, and that was disgusting to think of using tampons.

I've had little further discussion or interactions surrounding it, but that one anecdote basically reinforced my gender role of being weird about going to the store to buy them for my partner.

This product isn't for you, which is obvious from the astounding ignorance of your comment.

1. "Expensive underwear are bad because I gain sexual gratification from new underwear and money spent on expensive period underpants take money away from that." Could you be more self-involved? How about respecting women to know what products they want, considering they are the one actually having periods? But no, it's all about keeping your dick hard. Okay.

2. Yes. Women who use tampons carry tampons around with them. However, the way you know when your period starts is when you find blood in your panties. At which point there is already blood in your panties. You shouldn't put a tampon in prior to your period arriving as that is a) extremely uncomfortable and b) risks TSS, but wearing special underwear as a precaution seems reasonable. Also, when the tampon is full, it will leak. This can be pre-empted, but not 100% of the time, as flow varies. This is why many women wear panty liners in conjunction with tampon use. And yes, it is fucking annoying to make sure you always have a tampon with you 100% of the time, and isn't 100% successful, thanks for your concern.

3. Again, your ignorance astounds me here. For one, spotting is common with continual use of birth control. So actually these panties would be pretty helpful with that as spotting is completely unpredictable, unlike actual periods. Secondly, did you seriously just suggest that every woman who menstruates go on continual hormonal birth control as an alternative to expensive panties? You do realize that BC a)has side effects and b) costs money?

4. No, that's not the real goal. They're making a product. For people to buy. Which should be obvious. The charitable link-in is a common marketing technique.