To steal some lines from Ben Elton, until the late 1980s, TV adverts for female sanitary products were banned.
...which must have been an interesting day in Parliament.
"What shall we do, hon. and right hon. gentlemen? Put the unemployed back to work? Give nurses a pay rise? Tackle world poverty? No! Let's ban tampon ads from the telly!"
Just imagine what things would be like if it was MEN that had periods...
Then, periods would be the subject of after dinner speeches!
"I was just about to take this very important penalty kick for the first XI when guess what? My period happened! It was ever so funny - the chaps used to call me strawberry-shorts after that!"
But no...