Women admit avoiding light-coloured clothing, subtly checking seats for leaks after getting up and factoring in regular toilet breaks to check their pad when on their period.
A poll of 1,000 women who menstruate found 81 per cent feel anxious about leaking during their period and 65 per cent experience some level of pad discomfort.
As a result, 86 per cent admit to taking significant steps to avoid such period mishaps.
Monthly behaviours include avoiding wearing light clothing (61 per cent), subtly checking seats for period leaks once getting up (45 per cent) and adjusting daily routines to factor in regular toilet breaks to check their pad (39 per cent).
The research was commissioned by Always to celebrate their FlexProtect range made with SmartFoam technology that absorbs and adapts to a woman’s every move.
A spokesperson for the period protection brand, said, “It is evident women are having to adapt their daily routines when on their period just to avoid leaks and pad discomfort and are accepting it as the norm every month.”
A poll of 1,000 women who menstruate found 81 per cent feel anxious about leaking during their period and 65 per cent experience some level of pad discomfort.
As a result, 86 per cent admit to taking significant steps to avoid such period mishaps.
Monthly behaviours include avoiding wearing light clothing (61 per cent), subtly checking seats for period leaks once getting up (45 per cent) and adjusting daily routines to factor in regular toilet breaks to check their pad (39 per cent).
The research was commissioned by Always to celebrate their FlexProtect range made with SmartFoam technology that absorbs and adapts to a woman’s every move.
A spokesperson for the period protection brand, said, “It is evident women are having to adapt their daily routines when on their period just to avoid leaks and pad discomfort and are accepting it as the norm every month.”
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00:00I definitely feel anxious when I'm on my period.
00:03A constant worry, especially for the first few days when it's heavy, if I don't have
00:08a friend around me who I can ask, am I leaking, am I leaking, then I become extremely paranoid.
00:18Always and I share a philosophy that periods should be talked about, that it's not an embarrassing
00:24subject to discuss and it's something that we need to normalise and I think having a
00:28giant period pad as a bounce pad here in a big shopping centre really shows those values.
00:34There are a number of things as an athlete that I've experienced that have been difficult
00:37around my period and it's one of the reasons I'm so passionate about talking about it.
00:49Today I've come to one of the biggest shopping centres in London, jumped on a giant trampoline
00:54pad and I felt great.
00:56It's 2024, this is something that should be talked about. There are some people that
01:00probably still don't know how to put on period pads, some people don't feel comfortable talking
01:05about it, some people are embarrassed. We need to be talking about it more.
01:18It gets so dry so quick that I wouldn't even have time to leak or to ruin any of my clothes.
01:24This is a big deal, like comfortable, I'm wearing one now, it feels amazing. I was jumping
01:31like a two-year-old on a trampoline, you can't feel anything, I'm going to go home and tell
01:35my daughter to get this one. The fact that they've got the memory foam in it, yeah.