Former AFL star Dane Swan cops international criticism for tweet about 'male tampons' that were actually protective underwearDane Swan has been criticised for tweeting about incontinence underwear. Swan won the Brownlow Medal in 2010.abc.net.
— tweeted a picture of supermarket shelves stacked with incontinence underwear for men, claiming they were male tampons. "It's a toss up, but for my money, not knowing what a tampon is is more embarrassing than not knowing what an incontinence pad is," Irish drag queen and gay rights activist Panti Bliss-Cabrera wrote.
"Thought you were an advocate for men's health?" Brien Seeney, who runs the popular NRL Physio account, wrote.
This is news?
Gee! Some people are real softies! Would never have made it to 16 in old days!
It was insensitive but that’s life, we’re all human and we all get things wrong. Get a life , we should educate people if they make a mistake or unknowingly cause offence instead of sensationalising to incite conflict and shame. This is not newsworthy.
We got wars, famine, ambo and police issues domestically, dwindling education standards, an economy recovering from covid/government decision making, and this is the big issue…looks like a first world problem to me for some people. It was just a dumb joke gone wrong.
They're incontinent pads - so he's mocking men's health & doesn't know what a tampon is.
As if Dane would care about being called names by wokes.
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Good for him
How is this news? How? *Dopey footballer says dopey thing on twitter and gets dragged* ABC: Brilliant. Let's push the pile-on onto the national news agenda. And then ABCmediawatch gets dragged for raising concerns about perceptions of bias toward LBGTQ+ lobbyists!
Woke
I've read the article, still not seeing how making fun of male incontinence underwear is 'transphobic'? Seriously, how? What a bizarre leap. I think transphobia has been flung at so many people over the last few years it's lost any meaning whatsoever.
I don’t think normal people are transphobic. I think they give no thought to a class of being that is completely made up.
Have you ever known a person called Dane who has a brain?
Defund the ABC.
This was just ignorant. Not transphobic nor making light of prostate cancer. Tone down the outrage and save it for a real reason. It just feeds the rage machine.
wonder where they stick them?🤔 Who cares, as they can all ...
Oh please…😂😂😂
swandane
OMG! Here we go!
Tampon or pad.
If he fucks his sister he’ll fit in at nangwarry
lol give this man another medal
You can’t even make a joke these days! I wouldn’t apologise especially when someone called Panti Bliss-Cabrera calls you out! A bloke in a dress doing a parody of women somehow asks him to pull his head in! Wow!!
Love free speech
Ah .. collingwood .. of course ..
Oh well this is embarrassing .. I thought he was American :)
Utter crap
Ha ABC reporting this as news ?! Swanny will be pissing himself 🤣😂
So he posted he just saw something for the first time he didn’t know existed and now everyone hates him for it? Congrats anti-Collingwood wankers.
Oh FFS 🤦♂️
More like msm phobia
Lmao
At least we now know who is getting cancelled next
swandane is one the least phobic footballers going around. I as a founding member of the pinkmagpies can attest to that. Dane was always attending our functions along with team mates, remember these functions were just relaxed social gatherings of Collingwood supporters.
Jethro Tull plays on.
How the fuck is this news
'Former' is the operative word. 'Star' Is he a brain surgeon, eye surgeon or feeding the poor ? He kicked a silly ball around. Who bloody cares what he says. Send him an invitation to Hillsong Church & he can hang out with the 'Former(wants to remain relevant) Scommo'
DefundTheABC
.......Are you ok ABC? 😂 Wtf haha
Ukraine not getting clicks?
This isn't a legitimate criticism.... Stop with the woke agenda ABC....
No such thing as make tampons.
So what,he's allowed his own opinion
Please explain for clarity !! Are you insinuatingg a female who wants to be a male
Yes tax payers are still paying for this crap on the ABC in 2023.
Everybody just relax. I think he was joking
Do our taxes fund the abc?
How the fck is this news
Ffs 🤦🏻♀️ This is news?
What crap. Transphobia my arse
Maaate…. Don’t you realise these dropkick woke wankers don’t have a sense of humour….
I must be missing something. How does this relate to transphobia?
turnitup omg plz getalife
What sentence does 'transphobia' come with? I can find these details on any legal website
F uck this world. Men cannot have periods, PERIOD.
Slow news day
So a lot of female undie wearing fetishists got upset because he didnt call them 'Miss'. Transphobia is not a thing. You have your adult kinks, I have mine, let's keep it in the bedroom, not the classroom.
How will this affect inflation and the rental crisis, that's what's more important to Australians.
Slow news day guys?
Please ABC, explain why a person who's changed sex would suddenly require incontinence pads. My mind can't work it out.
Cancel him
The ABC whipping up another outrage …
Did this really needed to be reported or has the ABC run out of stories.
As usual, the pathetic abc journalist too scared to put their name to the article
Just don’t think Dane Swan is a very bright person.
We should support people who have phobias not condemn them. A phobia is a fear disorder, a fear that is outside of one's control.
Label it what you want. No means no, clowns!!
Described Swan as 'outspoken'. Meaning, he's in the media.
Click bait
A wave of criticism? The criticism was from victocrats. All the 'celebrities' and 'personalities' cited by the Abc were from twitter and rely on exposure to sell their product. Abc is facilitating that. Abc needs to start taking responsibility for publicly funded articles
Women cannot have hard-ons. Men cannot get pregnant. Men cannot menstruate. Why have people and the ABC lost their marbles.
O just fark off with this shit
Imagine how surprised he’s going to be when he finds out there are left and right handed vaginas.
😂😂😂 ABC at it again
Don’t need too many brains to play AFL apparently!
Two genders lads, never forget.
Transphobic? Probably not…simple minded, clearly bored and desperate for attention, yes.
The fact that Swannie thinks an incontinence pad is a tampon doesn’t mean he’s transphobic. It just means he’s a bit of a dill…
Dane swan likes the sound of his own voice. He has gone beyond it.
I dont think it was transphobic. Just a bad joke gone very wrong. But I dont think there was anything malicious about it. My question is, when did we as Australians forget how to take a joke?
WTF HE'S ALLOWED AN OPINION RIGHT OR WRONG . MOVE ON WE HAVE ALBO DESTROYING AUSTRALIANS WITH BULLSHIT AND DIVISION AND YOU REPORT THIS RUBBISH.
Who TF... 1. Doesn't know what tampons are ? & 2. Doesn't know about incontinence products ? That guy needs to seek serious help
I was so disappointed the other day when I enquired about reassignment surgery - apparently tax payers only offer two genders - such bigotry !!
Who cares if someone's transphobic.
Being a bit thick doesn't necessarily make him transphobic.
LOL
Let's not look for wisdom from footballers
Slow news day for abc COPY artists. No journalists were used in this piece of abc spin
ABC news is no more than tabloid garbage these days. This is not news....
The ABC is one big anal tampon.
Mind you it’s got nothing to do with being trans and all to do with shitting one’s pants. To even connect this to transphobia is Woke idiocy gone wrong and in the work world transphobic!
Why is everyone surprised that a footballer is a dumbarse?
Whatever. Next story please .
Yes it was rather a stupid tweet
I don't think anyone is accusing him of transphobia
Why is it at all newsworthy that an ex footballer said something stupid on twitter?
What he said is stupid and reflects badly on him But in no way is it 'transphobic' Although the way that word is used nowadays is that everything is 'transphobic' unless it has an overt trans-positive message, no disagreement or debate allowed! BTW men can buy tampons
Great reporting. Look what the left's ABC has become. Writing stories about social media posts and the responses they get
Humour out, labels in.
He could have deleted and apologised. He chose to double down on his shit take. He really is gross.
The ABC should re-allocate the Queer Unit’s FTE to issues impacting the majority of Australians. This article could’ve been used to inform men of the different types of products available for incontinence to assist men. It’s not about LGBTQIA+SB (you forgot the Aussie version)
This is absolutely none of our business.
I mean it was a stupid and ignorant tweet, but it wasn't transphobic 🤦🏻♀️ wasn't about trans people at all.
on brand
The woke mob.
Not surprising he doesn’t know what a tampon is. He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
How was it transphobia? He never made derogatory comments about any sex, gender, race, colour or otherwise.
Dane is a bit dim.
Weeli92
See, the “transphobia” makes the news… but the hundreds of comments surrounding awareness of men’s health, prostate and prostate cancer does not…. Neither does the fact that a grown man can’t read “incontinence” pads and doesn’t know what tampons look like…!
Oh no. Cancel everything over an opinion!
Its not news Abc. Get a real journalist and stop trashmagging
I wonder why anyone cares about what a former AFL player has to say about anything other than football Now that's astonishing!
There are only 2 genders. Anything else is a mental disorder.
OMG, not the dreaded phobia
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