How much do you know about periods?
Probably about two.
Biologically quite a bit.
Well I know they happen every month.
To answer your question, five.
Probably about three.
Four. Four?
Six maybe.
Let's see. Cool. Let's find out.
Oh God.
Bag of tricks.
Christ. What the hell is that?
Can you identify the items in front of you?
Okay I think this is a sanitary towel. Is it?
Pad. Tampon.
No, I can't... -You don't know what that is.
Pad?
And looks like something the doctor checks your ears with.
Tube?
A sanitary towel. That's a tampon.
I used to play with these actually when I was younger. My mum I used to ask her, "What
are these for?" and I'd playing them around and she'd be like, "Stop! That costs money!"
That's a... is that a mooncup?
Don't even want to touch that.
And is this a Shewee? You know, that they use at festivals.
I know what they look like. I couldn't tell you how it works.
I couldn't give you the name, but I'm assuming that obviously it's a cup that gathers.
And this is a menstrual cup.
Oh!
A menstrual cup.
Heard of one of those?
Where do you think it goes?
Well I can imagine, but just up and hold.
So this goes inside the vagina.
Lovely.
Close it like that, and then you insert it into the vagina.
Why do you like...?
Well because it's quite difficult to get it in like this.
Okay sorry.
That opens, and it creates a valve and it collects the blood. And when it's full you just pull it out, wash it, empty it and stick it back in.
Well, that's quite handy, isn't it? Because it's reusable and you're saving money and your tampon though, and the environment.
Is this the first time you've touched a tampon?
No, but I've not seen anything like this.
Okay so how do you think we use them? How do we insert them?
You put it up somehow.
Okay so you read the instructions.
Click. It's a lot harder than it looks.
Yeah, I was expecting more... the more...
You pull it like that.