At what point will we stop shaming women and acting as if periods are a thing that shouldn’t exist?
That’s probably the same question that Chance Ward, a student at Occidental College in California, was asking before one of their more recent Facebook posts went viral.
So I’m in the gym today (getting my life to Truffle Butter on this elliptical ofc) when the girl next to me asks her…
Posted by Chance Ward on Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Chance explains in the post that they were at the gym when they overheard another student asking a friend for a tampon. When the student realized that Chance was listening, she apologized because she was embarrased. But, rather than shaming her for going through what millions of people go through every day, Chance simply offered her a tampon from the fanny pack they carry to the gym. Chance doesn’t menstruate, but still keeps a few tampons around at all times in case someone needs them.
“By the look on her face, you would have thought I did a magic trick and pulled 36 titty-tasseled bunny rabbit out that damn bag,” Chance wrote in the post.
Chance then went on to school their fellow Facebook users on the importance of keeping a few spare pads and tampons around for those who have friends who have periods.
“This is so sad. Why don’t y’all love y’all friends that menstruate? Like men will make whole guest rooms in their house just in case someone needs to stay. But god forbid that person menstruate, because I bet you won’t be no extra pads or tampons under that guest bathroom sink.”
If only everyone thought like Chance.
The post has since gone viral and has been shared more than 2,000 times.