Y’know, another thing, too... Tampons aren’t always necessarily safe. A childhood girlfriend of mine back in the ‘80s popped up on a local tv news report after she’d used them and suffered dreadful toxic shock syndrome and issued a warning about them. After all, for women, you’re having to insert a foreign object inside of your body.
Tampons are sterile. However, they can create conditions favorable to the growth of bacteria. I was unable to use them for that reason.