A massive group of Clemson students protested against the university's decision to remove feminine hygiene products from men's restrooms after a conservative student group complained.
In response to complaints, roughly 50 protestors marched through campus holding signs that read, "Destigmatize menstruation" and "Hello, it's the 21st century," demanding the school to supply men's bathrooms with tampons.
"If you weren't aware already, Clemson University has tampon/pad dispensers in the MEN'S restrooms located in Cooper Library. We truly live in a [clown] world," the conservative group tweeted.
If you weren’t aware already, Clemson University has tampon/pad dispensers in the MEN’S restrooms located in Cooper Library.
— Clemson College Republicans 🐅 (@ClemsonCRs) September 14, 2023
We truly live in 🤡 world. pic.twitter.com/hjXk9ZQVRF
"Take Back Pride," the group that organized the protest, claimed the removal of famine hygiene products from men's restrooms was "unjustly," claiming that the dispensaries were vandalized with "hateful slurs towards the transgender community" before the university removed "all traces of their existence."
The progressive woke group demanded "formal repercussions" for the Clemson College Republicans who "jeopardized the safety" of the alphabet people.
Lmfao you can't make this up.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 14, 2023
Students at Clemson held a protest this week over the fact that tampons were removed from the men's bathrooms.
They also want the @ClemsonCRs banned from campus for getting them removed. pic.twitter.com/2pICByhlkH
On the contrary, Trevor Tiedeman, chairman of the conservative group, defended the group's complaints, saying, "Men are men. Women are women" and that "men can not menstruate."
"We have simply stood up for biological reality," Tiedeman added. "They reject what we believe, and so they want us to get removed from campus."
The New York Post noted that, according to a Clemson spokesperson, the college does not plan on reinstalling the machines.