ADS
for Kotex Lightdays pantiliners in
this kit; they feature named women,
a rarity. But see
famous
women in menstrual hygiene ads.
AD
for Ultra Thin Maxi Pads in this
kit showing what looks like an embarrassed
woman.
PLAYTEX
introduced the evil plastic
applicator for tampons that
you see in this kit.
MANY BOOKLETS
menstrual hygiene companies made
for girls, women and teachers - patent
medicine - a list of
books and articles about
menstruation - videos
What did women do about menstruation
in the past?
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Museum of Menstruation and
Women's Health
Becoming Aware
Educational Kit
Puberty
kit for girls & their
mothers (Kotex, 1992?, U.S.A.)
Box contains booklets for
mothers & their daughters,
and sample menstrual pads &
tampons
Explains menstruation,
adolescence, tampons, girls'
growth, menstrual pads
Lightdays, maxi pad, pantiliner,
overnite
Pads
& tampon in this kit
UltraThin maxi pads
An embarrassed
woman
demonstrates this pad in
an AD.
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Below:
The back of the bag,
which flips open by
pulling the edge (arrow)
upwards; the user then
pulls out the pad. The
user can then put the
bloody pad back into the
bag and toss it not
into the toilet,
not
over her shoulder, not
into the next stall but
into
a trash receptacle.
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Below:
The pad measures 8 3/4 x
3 3/4" (22.2 x 9.5 cm).
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Below:
Peel the well-meaning
(a term sometimes used
to describe me) Kotex
Understands
strip off and . . .
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Below:
.
. . using the
Kotex Overnite pad as an
example, below, you see
the three
pieces of tape
that hold the pad to the
crotch of the panties.
I've heard that much
public hair has been
lost
when attention-deficit
afflicted users put the
pad in upside
down.
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Copyright 2009
Harry Finley
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