“Not everyone who has a period and needs to use a pad identifies as female”
Although it’s unclear whether continued social media pressure directly led to the recent change, the company did confirm it wanted to be more inclusive. “For over 35 years, Always has championed girls and women, and we will continue to do so,” Procter and Gamble’s media relations team said in an emailed statement to.
Joanna McClintick, youth sexual health coordinator at The Center, told MTV News that decision is particularly significant given how impactful a period can be for transgender and non-binary people."The simple fact of having a period can be traumatic or gender dysphoric for young people in the gender nonconforming and trans male or masc communities; it can cause disappointing feelings about how their body is going to change in contrast to their identity as they grow,” they said.
A change in period packaging is a positive step forward, but as Nadya Okamota, the founder of PERIOD previously, continued work in making menstruation more inclusive is needed. “We try to come at [periods] from a very gender-inclusive way, starting with our language,” Okamoto said of her organization, “and we acknowledge that not all women menstruate, and that not all menstruators are women. Femininity is about gender expression and has nothing to do with the biological process of menstruating.
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