#JustATampon Finds Out How Much Men Know About Periods, Then Breaks Taboos Around Menstruation

From hiding tampons up our sleeves when we go to the bathroom, to panicking if we see a guy we know while buying sanitary towels in Tesco, all too often women feel embarrassed about periods.

The result of all this sneaking around is that we rarely talk about menstruation and how products such as tampons affect our health.

That's why the team from V.Point have created the #JustATampon campaign in time for International Tampon Alert Day.

The campaign, created in partnership with Plan UK, aims to end the stigma around periods and help women both in the UK and abroad.

And what better way could there be to break taboos around "ladies things" than to find out how much men know about periods?

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In the above video, a group of guys are quizzed on everything from "how do you use an applicator tampon?" to "what is a moon cup?".

Their rather hilarious answers prove one very serious point: We still have a long way to go when it comes to educating the world about periods.

#JustATampon is a campaign to break the stigma and taboo around women’s periods in partnership with Plan UK. You can support women by donating £3 by texting TAMPON to 70007 or donating online here.

What Hollywood Calls Your Period

'Clueless': 'Surfing The Crimson Wave'(01 of03)

One of the many reasons to love "Clueless" and it's heroine, Cher, are these words from the beginning of the movie: "Mr. Hall, I was surfing the crimson wave. I had to haul ass to the ladies'." That will be the last time Mr. Hall publicly asks her why she's late.The movie was an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma," where of course such a direct referral to menstruation would be hard to find, but it is fair to note that with so many female characters in a single novel, it is no wonder that some were "indisposed" from time to time.You can find the sound clip here. (credit:Paramount)

'Forgetting Sarah Marshall': 'Time Of The Month'(02 of03)

The protagonist Peter's ex-girlfriend Sarah Marshall has a television show, "Crime Scene: Scene of the Crime" in the comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." "Crime Scene" is an hilarious exaggeration of the overuse of puns and mind-bending catch phrases on crime scene shows.In the clip from the show that Peter ends up having to watch on his way to Hawaii, Detective Hunter Rush has a very unique answer to why there is an excessive amount of blood on the victim, "He was either stabbed in the aorta or it was his time of the month." Who says a little period humor can't lighten the mood at a crime scene?You can watch the clip here. (credit:Anyclip)

'Juno': 'The Rag'(03 of03)

It's not surprising to see menstruation included in "Juno," a movie that revolves around a young woman's first sexual experience, childbirth and motherhood.In one of the scenes, Paulie and Juno end up being lab partners with a rather tense couple. After the girl declares that she has a "menstrual migraine," they get into an argument with her boyfriend who says, "Call me when you get off the rag!" Seeing a teenager use such a dated term and Juno's expression when she hears it together make this one of Hollywood's unforgettable period euphemism moments.Watch it here. (credit:Fox Searchlight Pictures)

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