panty liners?

[quietann]

So a couple of days ago, I saw a blurb in the Boston Globe about a new cotton fabric for ladies' underwear that is treated with a antimicrobial. One of the advantages of this fabric was that it would "eliminate the need for panty liners." I read into this that (some? most?) women wear panty liners on a regular basis, even when they don't have their periods. Is this actually true? Have I, in my unlined cotton undies, been unknowingly offending the masses with my _feminine odor_?

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Um, do not stress. :) And, well, follow the money.

A.

yow, how weird

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

yes, and "dress shields"... whatever those are. And girdles. ??? (insert hothead paisan rant here)

Re: yow, how weird

[quietann.livejournal.com]

um, without being too sarcastic, if your body fat percentage was doubled or tripled, you might be tempted to wear control garments of various kinds, at least with certain "clingy" clothes.

As for dress shields, I can see their usefulness if one is wearing a garment of some sort of fine fabric that stains easily. I don't wear silk blouses because something in my sweat stains them badly, but dress shields would be another alternative...

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

hmmm I've never worn panty shields for anything other than very light period days and that was years and years ago. Even now it's pad or nothing. I guess if people are offended by my feminine odor - well hmmm not sure what to say but sorry - oh well.

I do (in reference to klingonlandlady's post however wear the occasional girdle. Or as I call them - suck in my tummy panties. But that's mostly to manage the apron of skin that I now have from all the weight loss (which will eventually be removed surgically). This is especially helpful if I'm doing something really active or if I want a smoother line in front (a smoother bump as it were as the bump will still exist - ah well).

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I have often wondered that myself. Why is wearing a pantyliner any better or different than wearing your underwear and then washing it? I think it's worse, personally, because cotton breathes better, not to mention that I cannot imagine anyone feeling that a pantyliner is more comfortable against their bits than their underwear.

But hey, YMMV: I've known (at least?) one elboid woman who wore pantyliners every day. She said she was just more comfortable that way. Too much media influence? Burlap underwear? I dunno.

[awfief.livejournal.com]

ewww!!!! It's icky "down there"!!! how dare you not protect the world from "down there" and the tuna-fish like smell!!!!



I can understand wearing a pantiliner every day if you have something like bacterial vaginosis, but personally, i agree with pheromone -- what's the difference between pantiliners and underwear?

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[hammercock.livejournal.com]

I actually wear pantiliners most days, and it's not because of any worries about odor. I bathe every day. I smell fine. :-}

The reason I wear them is that I feel drier when I do. I wear the breatheable kinds, which work well for that. Maybe I'm just, I dunno, moister than some women, but I hate the feeling of a damp cotton crotch. The liners absorb that, so I feel more comfortable wearing them than not. I don't know if it's sweat or secretions or what, but I end up feeling vaguely icky when I don't wear them.

Personally, I'm rather wary of unnecessarily anti-microbial objects, be it soap, Q-Tips, underwear, etc. It's even weirder in Japan, apparently; I've heard of entire shops devoted to selling anti-microbial everything. Seriously. Like pens, stationery, pantyhose, and all kinds of things that would never occur to most people. I figure it can't be good to do that with everyday objects. I certainly don't want resistant everyday microbes on stuff I use all the time. People vastly underestimate the power of a good, normal soap-and-water wash.

Re: antimicrobial everything

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

It's even weirder in Japan, apparently; I've heard of entire shops devoted to selling anti-microbial everything.

Sounds neurotic, but i wouldn't put it past the Japanese...
That could also be the start of a science-fiction plot; some government or corporation uses the populace as a breeding ground for resistant bugs, by popularizing antimicrobial everything. then when a bad resistant organism appears, the men in atmosphere suits come along and scoop it up for nefarious purposes...