‘Boomer’ man praised for reaction to question about what ‘hole’ period blood comes out of
Topics: Periods, Health, Women's Health, Instagram, Social Media, Science
Rhiannon Ingle
Featured Image Credit: Instagram/nadyaokamoto
Topics: Periods, Health, Women's Health, Instagram, Social Media, Science
A 'boomer' man has been branded a 'walking green flag' for his reaction to being approached by a street interviewer with a series of questions about periods.
Periods are simply a fact of life with around half the population experiencing them every single month.
However, despite this, it's clear there is still a total lack of understanding surrounding the topic with many people - seemingly especially blokes - not knowing much about the 'basic' scientific anatomy behind the process.
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Nadya Okamoto, co-founder of August period products and PERIOD. which is a global, youth-powered non-profit fighting period poverty and stigma, took to Instagram last month (5 February) to share a clip from a street interview where she asked a man: "Do pee and period blood come out of the same hole?"
"Absolutely not," the man replied before explaining that urine came out of the urethra while blood comes out of the vagina.
"Most guys we talked to don't know that," Nadya continued while the man asked: "Are you serious?!"
Nadya then asked: "How often should you be changing a tampon?" to which the man responded: "Obviously, it depends on the flow. But average, three hours, four hours."
The man's knowledge on periods and female anatomy in general seem to have gone down a treat on social media with one Instagram user writing: "Ok boomer, I'm impressed."
"It’s so good to see boomer men slowly warming up to the period talk," praised a second, while a third chimed in: "HE GETS AN A!"
A fourth quipped: "I hope this man raised a legion of sons."
"I wish more men understood how hot it is when they intimately know about the female body rather than just sexualising it," put forward a fifth before sharing: "I went out with someone who knew what PMDD was, and I instantly felt safer, more comfortable, and happier."
Another noted: "I never could get how men could claim to be attracted to women and then get so uncomfortable when the topic of basic female anatomy comes up."
And a final Instagram user made the very important point that while it's great to see men, especially older men, make the effort to understand 'basic female anatomy' - it should be the 'bare minimum' rather than cause for an avalanche of congratulations.
"No hate at all to this man, good on him for knowing all of this. But I hope all women know that this is the bare minimum. All men should know this," they urged.