Does the Super Bowl really need more tampon advertising?

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I get a lot bizarre e-press releases, but this subject line caught my attention: “Women want tampons with their touchdowns: New survey on women & Super Bowl advertising.” What the heck this could mean? There is no room in football for tampons. Just like there’s no crying in baseball. Happily, it turns out women aren’t really clamoring for tampons, or even tampon ads, during the big game. The survey, from a group calling itself The Marketing to Moms Coalition, shows that the

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