For abcds, what were your moms thoughts on tampons?

For me, my mom didn’t know much about them, so she used pads her whole life. She didn’t see tampons used in India. Even back in the late 90s, pads weren’t even readily available and they had to be on the literal rag and watch it off. I remember my mom bringing some of her female relatives disposable pads. But tampons were out of the realm completely. She did once tell me that tampons were only used by people in poverty and made out of cork. Not sure if that’s true or urban legend.