A backlash on social media follows the introduction of pink glove designed to help women dispose of tampons. — Picture via TwitterBERLIN, April 14 — Two German men who came up with a pink glove to help women dispose of tampons have sparked a backlash on social media, with critics panning the product as useless and sexist.
Andre Ritterswuerden and Eugen Raimkulow, who met in the army, presented their product on Monday on the German version of the Dragons’ Den TV show where inventors pitch to potential investors, drawing 30,000 euros from an entrepreneur. “We both really do understand women,” Raimkulow said on the TV show, basing their qualifications on both being married and having lived with women in flat shares.“After a while it just smells unpleasant. And you can see it, because it starts seeping through the paper.”
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