Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/20/myanmar-military-regime-widens-sanitary-towel-ban-claiming-rebels-use-them-for-first-aid
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Prunebutt@slrpnk.net · 32 pts · 123d
Are we the baddies.jpeg
Maeve@kbin.earth · 15 pts · 123d
Tbh, feminine hygiene products are used to staunch bleeding when nothing else is around.
mmcintyre@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 123d
Clothes can be ripped into rags even just folded up and used.. are they allowing clothes in?
Maeve@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 123d
Idk and I'm at work, I said what I said because it's true. I would assume "sanitary napkins" may give one a clue. 🤓
mmcintyre@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 123d
“A sanitary pad wouldn’t stay in place, wouldn’t soak enough blood and wouldn’t keep the area [clean],” she said, blaming the ban on “completely uneducated, misogynistic fools within the military”.
If we're handing out clues.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 123d
When you have literally nothing else, you use what you have on hand. If there's a woman around, chances are they might have an emergency pad tucked away somewhere.
Heck back when I was trying to be someone else, I carried a couple pads and tampons in my messenger bag in case a friend needed one. (still do, they're just in a purse)
Maeve@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 123d
Take it up with my trainers.
Siethron@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 122d
Oh that's what they mean...
I thought they just meant clean towels. Like they were disallowing people to launder their towels.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 122d
It's not a good option. Take off your t-shirt and use that before you reach for a maxi-pad.
Source: First aid training.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 122d
How? They just sit on top?
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 122d
you know who also drank water? Hitler
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 122d
...and, why is it bad that your enemies can use first aid?
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 118d
My guess: cruelty is the point.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 122d
Ahhhh yes. Totally won't lead to a public health emergency
heliotrope@retrofed.com · 4 pts · 123d
Myanmar be cutting off its nose to spite its face.
murmelade@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 122d
Elites of imperial vassal states throwing their own citizens under the bus.