Tampons

I can buy thin tampons, I can buy cigar-thick tampons, but why can I not buy shorter tampons? Because they don't make 'em. You would think that manufacturers would realize that we're not using these things (one would hope) to pleasure ourselves, so why give us a 6" long piece of cotton wadding when maybe 4 would do just as nicely? With a slightly longer piece of string attached to it? If my inner bits are getting pinched & bruised, it makes me wonder how midget women fair?

And I try to be environmentally conscious, but the makers of paper applicators are even more brutal to me... they have this blunt wad of hard cotton that has to be manipulated inside, while the plastic applicators are all streamlined, with a rounded tip and smooth sides. Why can't the paper applicators come w/the same kind of tip, only in cardboard? Do the tampon makers think that we're all well-lubricated when we're trying to change these things out?

I get the feeling that tampons were designed by men who were ignorant of female anatomy.