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The unspoken implication behind this site is that, for several days every month, women become "unclean" and less desirable, to such an extent that one must use
by aperiodic 16y ago
The unspoken implication behind this site is that, for several days every month, women become "unclean" and less desirable, to such an extent that one must use this application to be aware of and schedule around it. Can you see how that's offensive?
- ErrantX 16y agoThere are some cultures that do consider menstruation unclean (we can't really judge them on that) so there is an outside possibility this comes from one of them... but somehow it doesn't strike me that way. I think it's just how this presented that makes it problematic. The crude terminology and focus on sex (and other areas of lacking sensitivity). Because on the one hand there is a solid/useful idea here. My girlfriends comment was "I'd maybe give it a shot if it was developed by a woman, or for a woman. This looks like something for a man, by a man" EDIT: I thought of a similar thing a friend of mine once had, he had a few girlfriends and recorded their periods on a calendar so he could check back and figure out who would be "free". This gives me the same impression :(
- Confusion 16y agoI said in another comment: I think it's a shame to perpetuate/encourage the idea that there is something inherently dirty about menstruation [..], but: there's your audience. I disapprove of the goals the webapp achieves, but that is not reason enough for me to flag it. I also disapprove of dating sites that cater towards a single 'race', but I don't flag articles on those either.