[Xymenah]

There is a huge movement towards reusable menstrual products. I use a menstrual cup or reusable cloth pads (have done so for the last 5 years and wish they had been around for much longer). I hate plastic disposable products that make you feel like you are wearing a diaper (note: I cloth diaper my son as well) and that these products and their chemicals have been scientifically shown to cause you to bleed more or even contribute to some cramps and also with tampons TSS. Reusable products dont have these problems and last a long time so are much more cost effective even if steeply priced off the bat as they last longer. It is not gross at all to wash these things if you think your body is gross in this way then you have some other issues you need to probably deal with and likely they come from our culture's deep rooted taboos on the topic. Periods and such used to be celebrated in many cultures as a coming into adult hood, it was a rite of passage type of thing. Now it really is seen as shamefull or taboo to talk about it in some ways. There are many small companies and people who are seeing this problem time and time again and trying to deal with it and get rid of the taboos and help other people out with products that work and are better. These resuable pads they are working with in uganda (I am familiar with afripads which was helped to be created by lunapada a local to me but widely known reusable cloth pad company)really do actually have a positive impact - there are lots of other movements and stuff that does similar things in other african countries. I would totally wihtout thinking about it in an instant buy a product like this underwear, it is a really genius idea and I think this company will do well.