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For the First Time, a Sanitary Pad Ad Shows Blood, Not Blue Gel!

No women don’t bleed blue every month. This ad was a long time coming.

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Chances are, if you’re not a woman who is past the age of puberty, the ad industry has you convinced that women leak blue liquid from their insides every month.

But finally, a new sanitary napkin commercial has depicted a woman’s period as it should be – a bloody red river!

The Bodyform commercial shows shows a ballerina with bloody feet, a runner with scraped hands and feet and boxers fighting in the ring, instead of women prancing around in white clothes, or staying stiff while sleeping.

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Topics:  Sanitary Pads   Advertisments   Blood 

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