TikTok Trend Shows Men Reacting To How A Tampon Works And Their Genuine Surprise Illustrates The Need For Better Sex Ed

I watched a montage of videos like this and besides the men’s reactions, ignorance and disbelief, I was actually concerned when I heard one of the women says she leaves the applicator inside and it just dissolves. I can’t tell if she is s**t stirring the guy or being serious. You don’t leave the applicators inside, geez.

Wait till they learn about menustral cups

This is utter bullshit, as a lot of the original comments stated... tampons don't expand to such an amount inside the vagina, cause there isn't a puddle of blood waiting there and also the vaginal wall prevent it from doing so. As a matter of fact, every single comment here like "Oh my gawd, they are so stupid because they didn't know it is like that" are the true idiots here xD

why guys acting like such morons? feel so much shame to saw that.

I find it strange they didn't know before ... I'm a man and I knew but ok, I guess why not... But why be so surprised or shocked? Next, show them sponges soaking up water and watch them lose their minds!

As a girl who uses sanitary pads, I myself am a little confused by the applicator

I'm gonna be honest, why would men have known in the first place, other than from sex ed? They're not (well ok they might knowing that a lot of them collectively share a brain cell) going to get curious and go "Hm, I wonder what happens with a tampon and how it works?" and go to the store and buy a pack if they don't have a woman in their life. Exactly, they wouldn't. That's not on them, nor is it on women. Why are people getting annoyed at men for not knowing this? It's really not their fault, they probably aren't thinking about them unprompted.

I take a wild guess and say it's all in the US? By now it isn't even a cliché anymore that sex education is bad there. It's very common here in Germany to learn that stuff in 5th or 6th grade, you barely would find a guy that doesn't know how they work or why they are necessary here. How about stopping bashing on "stupid dudes" and start to criticize the schoolsystem instead?

This is so weird to me, all these men being so ignorant. We learned about the reproductive systems in school and our teacher went one step beyond by making the boys study the female organs and menstrual cycle, while us girls had to study the male organs and sperm lifecycle. Then each and every one of had to stand in front of the class and explain it.

Did that in 5th grade. With the whole class. In a plastic cross section of a female genital organ.

Some us know that a LOT of that technology came about in the wars in the US and the need to stop/soak up a lot of blood.

I don't understand why they are not interested. I would be. These things are important.

I had to show the women in my office how big tampons get to explain why you should never flush them down the toilet.

They're looking shocked because they knew nothing. The reason for that is OUR fault (society) We must stop having hang ups about periods! Even when it's included in the curriculum we are still seeing boys being 'sent out of the room' Why? Another example of how males lack of knowledge/behaviour has yet to be addressed by those educating them and bringing them up. Toddlers are STILL being told what they can or can't do/play with/wear according to sex, this shapes their entire life.

Yeah, we need better sex ed. I know a girl who went to school (I think it was a Catholic school, I'm not sure) and they taught her that periods were a punishment from God. I don't know if all Catholic schools are like that, but the one she went to was pretty weird.

Tbh, I don't even know how a tampon works and I'm a girl. I mostly use pads

Clearly these boys didn't grow up with sisters. Damn things were all over the place when I was a kid...

Why does this 'tiktok' s**t exist? Is it for high school kids? It's annoying having to hear about it. Now I see vids on my fave compilation channels that are including 'tiktok' submissions and they're all in portrait mode. Seriously, go the f**k away.

Tampons can be very useful for bad nosebleeds, for example. The 'Rhinorocket' they use in ER's to stop the bleeding is essentially a skinny tampon. But you can cut one up and put a little vaseline on it then place it gently in your nostril. Don't try to shove it too far up, though! Use a couple of healthy squirts of Afrin after blowing you nose (gently to get any clots out since they make the bleeding continue) beforehand. Leave it in at least 15 minutes. Your medical tip for the day!

Not to mention pinching yourself "down there" with those horrible plastic applicators!

Anyone can soak a tampon in Vodka and insert it up their ass. Quick intoxication without the smell of alcohol.

This cant be representative of men? Americans? Bible belt? Millennials? I can't believe this is typical. Even if never taught, men have enquiring technical minds enough to work out the physics of the solution.

TBF, the dude with the bowl cut and maybe braces looks about 12, so he gets a pass. Haha

Blood is NOT thicker than water when it is fresh.

This is actually pretty interesting and I do agree that men should learn more about tampons and stuff, but one of the comments said "you would be surprised how little men know" I do agree we should know more about how tampons work, but seriously you don't have to be that rude.

Humorous, but sad.

Huh? I don't know a single male teenager who had not had fun with tampons in class.