Maybe not most tasteless but the more recent kotex commercials have turned me off their products. The one that really pissed me off was a video of irate/emotional women first with negative labels and then saying to rethink those labels and instead saying insipid things like "inspirational" or "perfectionist". If you have a demanding personality and it works for your job, cool, whatever, but dont pretend hormone induced swings make us better.


I work really hard to keep my emotions in check during these times because I know first hand losing your temper over stupid stuff will inevitably hurt people you care about. Sometimes I can't keep it under wraps but after I've cooled off and evaluated what happened I go back and apologize. Everyone loses their cool sometimes, and not just to periods; but its something where you teach yourself to be as disciplined as you can. To start airing commercials where we label these as positive personality traits is egotistical and lazy. Modern society is so narcissistic and entitled as it is already.

As far as man-made events go, Mao's "Cultural Revolution" - basically, turning a nation of one billion people into a giant pseudo-religious cult - deserves more attention.