A Bloody Minded Reply to Felicity Tuohy

I bleed for Felicity Tuohy and her predicament in the cop shop but feel she has done the sisterhood little good by her inept use of woman's greatest weapon, the period.

Of course the curse arrived at a moment of stress — it always does. Wise sisters count the days; if the timing's out for a big occasion a sympathetic doctor can fix things with a few mild hormones. Real irregularity can disappear with a few months' course of the Pill.

Use the material at hand if caught out. A wadded handkerchief is first choice; a pad of toilet paper or newspaper the second — Russian women used newspaper for years and Felicity had plenty of Salients at hand according to her statement.

If she was worrying about the cops 'having a feel' she should have worn one of those large oldfashioned pads fastened with big, conspicuous pins to the demonstration, whether she needed it or not. What cop would want to be caught redhanded?

The point I am making is that by yelling for help and attention in a situation which a little forethought would have prevented Felicity exposed herself in every possible way. And her supporters knew it, or they wouldn't have chosen to sing 'The Red Flag'......