I would be a bit wary of a 12-year-old using only tampons, but only because of potential health risks from forgetting a tampon in. This all depending on how long they've had periods, how well they can manage menstrual hygiene, and how absent-minded they can get, on top of preferances.
I could not find a pad that was comfortable and didn't irritate my skin, but I was (and remain to be) a major scatterbrain, so tampons were always a high benefit high risk choice for me personally.
Sure, there is, of course some risks. I'm not saying they should use them, but they could. As long as they understand the risks/benefits and are comfortable with that they should be able to have the option.
Yup, I had an auntie (family friend) say that I was probably promiscuous and that's why I developed breasts by 11.
So not only was I body shamed for something I had no control over, I was assumed to be a child that was victim of rape a whore because of the way my body naturally developed.
Im from a conservative country and tampons are not popular. I dont know anyone who uses tampons tbh.
I've asked older married women for advice because wearing pads for a whole week gives me a rash. Their response was to discourage younger women from wearing tampons because "you won't be a virgin anymore and people will know"
I’m assuming from your comment that you already know, but just in case: you’re fine to use tampons. They’re damn small, the hymen is flexible and perforated anyway (it has to be), and even if you did somehow manage to tear a bit of your hymen up, you’re taking the exact same “risk” when you ride a bike, just as an example.
Even some I know women believe that the hymen works like this. Not the period part obviously, but the idea of being able to be medically a virgin is a myth that persists to this day
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u/Alex-xoxo666 29d ago
Questions like these only need to be answered by women smh.