Product Review: Ruby Cup (warning: Women Only!)

For those men who ignored the title, a ruby cup or moon cup is a sanitary aid. 

Now that the men have been scared off...

I decided to buy a ruby cup after almost a year of trepidation and grossed-outness because 1) I'm a bandwagonner 2) it seems a cheaper, healthier alternative and 3) for each one you buy, one is donated to a girl in need. In case you weren't aware, there have been recent private and government funded drives to donate sanitary towels to girls in rural areas who are often forced to drop out of school during menses as they have nothing to use. This is a great long term alternative so I decided to do my part for some little girl out there. Violins.

Now, quite frankly every time I've tried this thing I feel like I'm in a twilight episode of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader. And apparently I'm not. Because it's bloody hard to use. Excuse the unfortunate language choice. It looks like a bell, and feels the size of one too. You need to be a contortionist extraordinaire to insert it and extraction is like having a root canal. For your vagina. Yes, I said vagina. Get over it.

You have to stick at it though because it does get easier to use with time and you do save money in the long run as it is reusable for like 10 years. Just make sure your two year old doesn't find it and use it for painting circles.. although if they do, you can sterilise it by boiling it clean, The gift that just keeps giving. For now, my motivation to keep trucking is: if a 14 year old can use one, then gosh darn it so can a 20 30 year old I.