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Penis cleaner elicits mixed reaction on social media
While some social media users think the product is necessary, others have vowed to never use it.
Image: Twitter/ @thapelomap
A tweet that started out as sarcastic commentary intended to highlight the gender disparity in “intimate” hygiene products has introduced a number of social media user to a product that they had previously never seen before – penis cleaner.
Twitter user @NadineKDirks asked cosmetics retailer, Clicks, where she could “find the penis deodorant/wash section” since the section for vaginal hygiene was so well stocked.
Hi @Clicks_SA where can I find the penis deodorant/wash section? Since you now have a whole range of products to make vaginas pristine, even though it cleans itself, please point me to where I can find the stuff for musty balls and smegma. Thanks 🤗
— ADHDiva (@GogoMagosha) November 17, 2018
Dirks was understandably under the impression that such a section doesn’t exist.
I mean, I thought I only needed water but evidently my vagina is a health hazard that needs specialised detergents to ensure men don't realise it doesn't smell like Pleasures by Clinique. Whoops!
— ADHDiva (@GogoMagosha) November 17, 2018
Twitter user @ThapeloMaps then responded with an image of a penis cleaner and social media users have been shook ever since.
For those who don't remove their foreskin.
I don't need it 🤔🏃— 🍏Huka🍏🍏🍏 (@Nemavholam) November 18, 2018
Others also took to the timeline to attest to the fact that they have seen such products for men.
When my boyfriend & I went to Dischem so I could teach him about pads, right there after the pads were penis moisturizers 😂
— Tricia (@Patty_Chabik) November 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/minenhleangela/status/1064034986519658496
https://twitter.com/ahpdeb/status/1064187119063785472
A friend sent me these pics yesterday…they exist…please I urge you all to use them… pic.twitter.com/vepYqPNGle
— Tiff🍭 (@tiffanyanne2706) November 19, 2018
hebaan! kanti! but i wonder if these are safe to use or they are the same as the unnecessary intimate products for women. @sindivanzyl ur take? https://t.co/g0wdWJfGI0
— CondoKay (@condokay) November 19, 2018
The introduction of the products has elicited a mixed reaction on the timeline.
I just saw a penis cleaner on the TL and thought "why would anyone…" but I remembered straight men so…
— Ole (@BadvocateO) November 19, 2018
I wonder what happened to the good ol'shower 😂😂… fresh dry balls , penis cleaner ??? 😂😂😂 https://t.co/NTclWZsLFZ
— Carol ☁️ (@Carol1mcs) November 19, 2018
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