Dancing tampon rap to teach kids about periods

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http://www.thelocal.se/20151014/danc...-about-periods

A rapping and singing children's television presenter and four dancing tampons feature in a new video designed to teach Swedish children to celebrate menstruation.

Alex Hermansson, 23, who is one of the hosts for Swedish television channel Barnkanalen, is seen strumming on a guitar in the video before manoevering four dancing tampons dressed as kings and pirates.

He sings that periods are "something that happen to girls sometimes" and advises that others should be "a little extra kind" to those who are menstruating.

"Periods, periods - hip hip hooray for periods!" the lyrics continue.

"Drippety drop, drippety drop, here comes my period (...) Hooray for periods!".

Hermansson is then seen rapping that when girls menstruate it is healthy, but they might need "films, warmth and a lot of chocolate".

The video will feature as part of a full programme on menstruation to be broadcast by Swedish public broadcaster SVT on Friday.

When contacted by text message on Tuesday, Hermansson told The Local: "I think it's just fun and cool to talk about periods (...) the only thing that was a little awkward was to sing in public, just because I am really not an experienced singer."

He added: "The more knowledge and transparency [there is] the less of a stigma that many girls carry."



The song follows in the footsteps of a song about genitals which went viral after being included in the same show earlier this year.

That earlier track initially attracted criticism after some parents complained that it wasn't appropriate viewing and YouTube briefly classified it as 'adult content' before reversing its decision. But it ended up scoring more than six million hits on YouTube. It was even remixed and played in Swedish night clubs and later released in English.


In a statement, Petter Bragée who is in charge of programmes for children and young people for SVT said he felt the new video on menstruation was important because it is "a topic that is relevant for children to know more about, both boys and girls".

"You should be able to talk about the most natural thing as half the world's population is involved," he added.

He said he believed that one way to demystify the subject was to produce "something lighthearted" and said he hoped that menstruation would become less taboo as a result.

What do you think of this?

Personally I feel it's a pretty ridiculous thing.

[Deleted]

Real life has turned into a weird Al Yankovic parody of itself.

[Celista]

Women menstruating need iron and magnesium, not a lot of chocolate. Unless you're interested in getting fat...the dancing tampon thing is just weird.

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Okay that video was very strange.

[ezgeze]

Not really surprised from Sweden. They have been moving from weird to loony for a while now.

[Azadina]

I fail to see why one would need a lot of chocolate. Does he even know what he's talking/rapping about? Speaking of the rap/video.....I'm just speechless...

[Deleted]

Sweden seems like an experiment to see what happens when radical feminists take over a country.

[Cosmic Janitor]

I guess it's better than a piss yourself campaign. There is definitely room for improvement though...

[Slaskra]

"You should be able to talk about the most natural thing as half the world's population is involved," he added.

I can think of a few more natural "things" that involve far more of the world's population.

[TirielWoW]

http://www.thelocal.se/20151014/danc...-about-periods



What do you think of this?

Personally I feel it's a pretty ridiculous thing.

I think every child should be scarred for life by a dancing, rapping tampon.

I also can't stop laughing at the idea.

[Celista]

I fail to see why one would need a lot of chocolate.

It's high in vitamins/minerals that typically get depleted during menstruation, but you can get those vitamins/minerals from other sources and if you're deficient many of them take time to build up in the body (think weeks/months) so only supplementing during your period is pointless.

[Independent voter]

Now I can't get that "mens" song out of my head.

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Translations avalible.

sounds like somthing from a bad TV show.

[Dextroden]

Real life has turned into a weird Al Yankovic parody of itself.

Get ready. Life around the world is only going to get more bizzare.

[Cosmic Janitor]

The interpreter being a guy somehow makes this even weirder now that I think about it...

[Rudkobing]

Holy Fuck...... Why are you going to screw up some little kids mind with that "song"??

[tehealadin]

I can think of a few more natural "things" that involve far more of the world's population.

I hate it when certain extremists, and as far as I can see, a small minority (though often backed by a more mainstream majority) like to make a big deal about menstruation, that it impacts on half the population, therefore should be a hot topic (often implying shame on those, especially men, who don't want to talk about it), but would probably recoil in horror is you saddled up next to one to talk about boners, or shit, or piss, or vomit or farting.

All in all, it seems a pretty weird way to talk about periods.

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Hermansson told The Local: "I think it's just fun and cool to talk about periods

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Holy Fuck...... Why are you going to screw up some little kids mind with that "song"??

Maybe someone wants to disgust men and put them off women for life.

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It worked for Pirating*, it can work for Tampons.



*Does not actually work.

[Blayze]

All you need to do is play this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-95uL...esearch=always