This Teenager Is Changing the Way Men Talk About Periods

By Macy Cate Williams

Fifteen-year-old Jose Angel Garcia is wise beyond his years. The high school sophomore took to Instagram to discuss the stigma around menstruation. Garcia is encouraging fellow male students to bring feminine products to school so that all females can be prepared when an unexpected period comes along. Hey, it happens — and there's nothing worse than being unprepared. How much better would life be if women could feel comfortable asking guys for backup supplies? Check out what Garcia has to say in his Instagram below.

TO EVERY BOY THAT FOLLOWS ME AND CALLS HIMSELF A MAN OR SIMPLY A GOOD HUMAN BEING. Petition for all of us to start bringing a couple pads or tampons to school to help our girl friends. If you have a girlfriend or are friends with a girl, u should know that they do not always have tampons or pads on them, or that sometimes their period just hits them without notice and have a bit of a problem finding one. We should support them with this, after all, we don't have to go trough all they they do because of menstruation, so it's just logical that we help them. You should already know to give them your sweater and not question when they wrap it around their waist. So let's step it up a notch and help them out. IF YOU HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR YOUR MOTHER, YOUR GIRLFRIEND, OR JUST WOMEN IN GENERAL I EXPECT FOR YOU TO FOLLOW ME ON THIS. To every girl that follows me. You are completely welcomed to ask me for a pad at any time without receiving a negative response or a dirty look. We should all help each other out like this so you don't have to thank me at all. #realmensupportwomen

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The student used #RealMenSupportWomen to accompany his message. Let's hope Garcia is the first of many men to promote this movement.