Sunday, 19 July 2009
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Why Can't Guys Buy Tampons?
Maybe it's a weird gesture, but what's so wrong with buying tampons and/or pads for your significant other?
Does buying a female necessity make you that much less masculine even though people know you're buying it for someone else? I mean, I wouldn't mind stepping into a drug store, picking up a package of tampons and paying for it and giving it to my significant other.
Is it a taboo? How did it originate? And why the heck would you think it's disgusting to do so?
What do you think about this?
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My boyfriend doesn't care about buying those products. He knows no one would think they were for him!
Depends on how insecure the guy is, or how immature the person serving him is I guess.
My dad has bought my birth control, my tampons and medicine for a yeast infection. When you have four girls he knows he cant escape it so he needs to embrace it.
I'm sure my bf if I ever asked if to get me a feminine product of any kind he would do it. He might just not know what to look for so I'd have to describe the box to him lol
If some guys find it less masculine then that just sucks because I'm sure the FIRST thing a register person thinks (and it's usually a female) is probably "aw he's picking it up for his gf/sis/mother etc.. or they're not even registering what you're buying because they just want the day to end lol
I work at a grocery store, and I respect my fellow men when I ring up feminine products for their girlfriends.
I work at WalMart so I see everything, I dont think any less of a man who buys feminin products, I've even commented one time "wow you must really love this woman" and he said "well shes my daughter of coarse I do" .. it's not taboo, I think that younger more immature guys might have a problem with it or get embarassed but a man whos mature and confident in himself wouldnt think twice about doing something for the woman he loves or the women in his life.
i think its so stupid. my dad never had a problem buying it for me (hello 4 females in the house). clearly, he's not going to be using it.
they hate it because they think its embaressing to their fellow men to look "whipped" by their girlfriends. they want to look like the strong, macho men that they really aren't rather than look submisssive.
...they hate it because they are insecure and selfish.
My boyfriend is just confused by the massive array of variations in feminine hygiene products. Wings, maxi, overnight, plastic applicator, cardboard applicator, no applicator, Stayfree, Always, gas station brand, pantiliners... It's ridiculous. I wouldn't make someone else buy them for me because there's a good possibility they'd come back with the wrong kind.
All the boyfriends I have had, even some of my guy friends, will just go in and buy them without worrying about it. Some even offer. Maybe...I just have odd male friends.
I think the freakout factor has something to do with privacy, I remember having this even with buying condoms a long time ago hah! Almost like a fear about showing the checkout people that you "know about that stuff" or something. It's basically insecurity, like of COURSE the guy isn't probably using the winged pantiliner or whatever it is, but can't you just hear your junior-high-school buddies giving you crap about it?
Not a problem for my man, ever!
I have never understood this. Do guys assume we think it's their time of the month? Obviously they're buying it for a girl.
I've never asked my man to buy me tampons. I doubt he would though, honestly.
I don't understand why there would be a reason that he would have to buy them ever. Unless I'm bleeding profusely and have absolutely no flow blockage. Then I'm not getting in a car and driving to the store, sorry babe. =)
Whatever floats your boat.
I think its cute
I never had to buy any tampons for my girlfriend. I guess she never feels like she has to be put me in that situation.
I think this is a hugely overreaching stereotype. Most guys I know wouldn't mind picking some up if they were on their way to the store anyway. But it is ridiculous when a girl asks a guy to go out specifically to get tampons. I figure if she needs it, she should get it. I don't know much about tampons, so if I come back with the wrong kind, you're out of luck.
I see guys buy tampons all the time. I have helped a few pick the right kind at my store. Actually, I've seen many men run out for many different female supplies. If you love someone, you don't think twice about it. Just like women will bring home jock itch stuff or something. Women menstruate. You can't get all wierd about something that is THAT natural and a consistent in a woman's life if you are in a relationship with a woman.
I wouldn't have a problem if I saw a man buying tampons. The ones that have problems with it are the immature boys. I think it's kinda sweet that they would buy feminine products for a woman in a heartbeat. That shows maturity.
Although my wife and my daughters never asked me to pick up feminine hygiene products for them, I certainly would not have a problem with it at all. I thinks it's a sign of personal strength of character when a man is able to assist a woman with something very personal like that!
why not?? lol
ha.
Oh god, I don't think I would ever ask my boyfriend to do that, but I know he would if I really needed it. I just buy a lot beforehand.
When my boyfriend buys me tampons he also buys condoms, even if we have plenty. Something about restoring his manhood, like, "Yea, I'm whipped but I'm also getting laid."
I don't mind buying them for my gf, I just need to know exactly which brand and styles she wants.