An obviously male doctor in Kansas thinks that as an alternative to
pesky and unseemly tampons, women should basically start gluing their
vaginas shut. In case the word “glue” next to the word “vagina” didn’t
already make this apparent, this is a very, very bad idea. And before
you ask, no, he is not joking.
Daniel Dopps is a Witchita chiropractor and the proud creator of Mensez,
what he describes as a “feminine lip-stick” to help ladies combat heavy
flow. But unlike lipstick, Mensez doesn’t just paint your vaginal lips a
lovely shade of blush. It literally sticks them together, turning the
female body into a biological DivaCup. Since debuting in January, the
invention has attracted a fair amount of attention, including in popular women’s magazines.
Dopps
explained to Gizmodo that Mensez is a “natural combination” of amino
acids and oils, to be applied during a lady’s time of month via a
convenient lipstick applicator. The seal holds everything in there until
she goes to the bathroom, when the seal disintegrates. Then you simply
reapply.
Again, this is a really bad idea. For one, Jen Gunter, a San Francisco OB/GYN, points out that
reapplying some kind of glue to the labia over and over again could
cause abrasions, even potentially causing it to grow together and
require surgical separation. And it could be painful — way more
uncomfortable than your average tampon. Plus, the whole things sounds
just completely far-fetched.
“The idea that a complete blood tight seal could be obtained with some kind of simple home application is ridiculous,” Gunter wrote on her blog. “Perhaps he has never seen labia up close?”
Dobbs
told Gizmodo that his invention was inspired by a neighbor who he said
lost her legs due to toxic shock syndrome, a rare but serious
complication of certain bacterial infections that can result from
leaving a tampon in too long. He’s married and has a 30-year-old
daughter. He said he has often observed that women seem to be frequently
embarrassed and ashamed by their periods. So why not dispose of
evidence of them like tampons, to make being a woman, at long last,
embarrassment free!
Dobbs claims his reading pointed him to the
idea that at one point in history, women’s bodies naturally produced a
substance similar to his glue, because he could find no mention of how
women prior to 200 years ago dealt with their flow.
“I’m a doctor and I understand human anatomy,” he said. “I see how
women are designed. I really believe women’s bodies were functioning
this way in years past.”
Asked to provide evidence of such ancient women with magically
self-sealing genitals, he said he has not seen any scientific research
suggesting as much. And he is wrong that there is no evidence of how
women dealt with their periods in history. In fact, the evidence is
substantive. In Ancient Rome, for one, women wore wool tampons soaked in opium to ease cramping, which honestly sounds pretty sweet. (Also, a chiropractor, while receiving extensive medical training, is not exactly a medical doctor.)
Dobbs’ “lip-stick” has been patented but not yet manufactured. He’s currently seeking developers and investors. Dobbs has received a fair amount of blowback and outrage for
his invention, which he finds distressing. He just wants to help women,
he says. And he said women he’s spoken with have expressed enthusiasm,
including his daughter, who has tested it out.
“I’m not insane,” he told Gizmodo. “Men just aren’t allowed to have
an opinions on these things . If [women] look at what I’m doing, I have a
really elegant solution here.”
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… so for those wondering, this product is specifically meant (according to this Forbes report) to be applied to the labia minora, not the labia majora. Which makes this an even worse idea, since the skin there is thinner and has more nerve endings, and is thus much more sensitive.
How do you go about getting someone’s licence to practice medicine revoked and making sure it’s illegal for them to offer medical advice in any kind of professional capacity ever again?
Asking for a friend
This is the most ridiculous Meninist solutions for Periods ever!
I can’t believe we live in a world where the standard of education in america is at a point where “Don’t glue your vagina shut” is a thing people need to explicitly be told
instead of it just being something they can work out for themselves ._.
what i do is not up to you 