This tampon CEO is erasing her customers by calling women 'menstruators'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://nypost.com/2023/07/07/tampon-ceo-is-erasing-customers-by-calling-
women-menstruators/

At only 25, Nadya Okamoto has already been on the Forbes 30 for 30 list
and is the CEO of a feminine hygiene company, August.

I’m truly blown away by the Harvard grad’s drive, follow-through, and
passion.

And I’d like to say, sincerely: You go, menstruator!

Sound ridiculous and dehumanizing? I’m simply borrowing Okamoto’s own
parlance.

This week, the August CEO appeared on a “CBS Mornings” segment to talk
about August — but she excluded and demeaned her lone customer base:
women.

Throughout the interview, Okamoto repeatedly referred to females as
“menstruators” — reducing 50% of the world’s population to one, albeit one
very important, function of our bodies.

All the while, host Gayle King gave enthusiastic exclamations of
affirmation.

It seems like a strange marketing tactic — treating your one target demo
like the Harry Potter villain Voldemort, who “must not be named.”

Even August’s website says its products are for “everyone who
menstruates.” Everyone? Even apes?

In one breath Okamoto recognized the beauty of monthly cycles — saying
periods “make life possible” — but then fumbled by adding: “And yet
history and society has built up this stigma that makes menstruators feel
so ashamed.”

Later in the interview, she revealed why she wasn’t uttering the “w” word:
“I think especially in this age of transphobia it really means a lot to us
to be a proudly gender-inclusive brand,” Okamoto said.

Oof. If we were previously in the fourth wave of feminism, then this is
the goodbye wave to the entire concept.

But Okamoto isn’t the lone guilty party here. Places like CNN, NPR, and
even the White House have tried to change our language and refer to women
as “individuals with a cervix,” “birthing people,” “menstruators” and
“uterus owners” — all to make men who would like to buy a vagina feel more
comfortable.

Even the Centers for Disease Control is now giving tips to trans women on
how to “chestfeed” babies. No ma’am, we can’t call it breastfeeding
anymore.

If we’re going to reduce women to one basic function, then in the name of
equality, we should call men “ejaculators.” It’s only fair.

Call me old-fashioned, but I grew up in an era where companies advertised
their innovation, high-quality materials, craftsmanship, and edge over
their competition.

According to Target, a 16-pack of August tampons is $9.99 while a box of
24 Tampax will cost $10.19.

So why is August worth the extra scratch? Sure, it’s “sustainable,” but
Okamoto’s essentially saying it’s because the brand has far-left
“inclusive” values.

Cool. But progressive ideals aren’t going to reliably absorb monthly
periods.

On CBS, Okamoto also bemoaned society’s “stigma” about our monthly cycles
and “young menstruators” not knowing enough about their own health.

‘It makes us feel like there’s something wrong with our bodies. We’re
taught that period blood is this ‘contaminable’ disgusting thing,” she
said.

I don’t remember this being such an issue in the 1980s and ’90s, beyond
the initial embarrassment that comes with your first few periods. Girls
learn to navigate pool parties and sports with surprise visits from Aunt
Flo — all rites of passage on the way to womanhood.

Perhaps if some schools and radical trans activists didn’t teach our
children that they can be any gender they’d like, there would be less
confusion when nature starts taking its course.

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As for August and Okamoto, I don’t trust my health to a company that
refuses to even acknowledge a simple biological fact: women alone, bleed.

However, we are not bleeders. This is a massively important distinction.


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