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Thursday, August, 28, 2008

What's in a name: incontinence briefs, or diapers?

by  Craig Clark
Friday, April 25, 2008
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I have been incontinent for about a decade now, due to strong ur...

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When purchasing incontinence supplies, I am often struck by the "briefs" label used by virtually every brand, retailer, and online store. For myself, I never think of the products as briefs. They are clearly adult-sized diapers, and a large majority of incontinence supprt group/forum contributors refer to them as diapers.
 

So why the "briefs" label? I assume it is to reduce the stigma for product users, as if store clerks and other shoppers won't realize what they are. For me, I think this may actually increase stigma, since it implies that adult diapers are too horrible to acknowledge. Maybe a Wal-Mart shelf with an adult diapers label would make it clearer that incontinence is not all that unusual.

 

Just my two cents... What do you think?

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