Pictures of this cup and others.
Tentative history of this cup.
Older comments from users of menstrual cups.
CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could?
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Extraction |
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Words and expressions about menstruation |
Would you stop menstruating if you could? |
What did women do about menstruation in the past? |
Washable pads |
Read 10 years (1996-2006) of articles and Letters to Your MUM on this site.
Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Tassette rubber menstrual cup (catamenial receptor) prospectus,
instructions, promotional leaflets for women, doctors & medical
community (1950s-1960s, U.S.A.) (tentative history of this cup,
pictures & sketchy history of American menstrual cups)
Stock prospectus for Tassette, Inc.


Introduction.

I thank the former Tambrands, maker of Tampax tampons, for contributing this material!

Below: Dr. Max Geller developed the image of the tulip for Tassette.
A tulip, of course, relects the shape of Tassette (the founder of The Keeper
menstrual cup decades later considered naming it Liberty Bell) but
flowers in general have often had connections with menstrual products probably
because they smell good (advertisers emphasize the risk of menstrual odor), they're "feminine" ("daintiness" is
a persistent theme in the advertising of menstrual products), and because of the peculiar
etymology of flowers, meaning menstruation. And maybe other reasons.
Femininity and daintiness were literally part of Tassette's ad campaign; and see a silly but
somehow meaningful TEST OF (upper-middle-class-well-educated) FEMININITY!
But this fits in: the general manager was president of the INSTITUTE FOR GRACIOUS LIVING (??)!


NEXT page - undated ad: "3 out of 4 nurses use Tassette" - newspaper article, 20 March 1961: "New Menstrual Aid Offered on National basis" -
undated leaflet: "'Tassette' menstrual cup for internal sanitary protection" - undated leaflet: "a fresh point of view" -
Tassette stock prospectus, 1961 - "Tassette: the safe and sanitary menstrual cup" - "a fresh point of view" (#2) - the third "a fresh point of view"
"A Note to the Budget Minded" - "Tassette Menstrual Cup: The ultimate in Sanitary Protection" -
Pictures of this cup and others. Tentative history of this cup. Older comments from users of menstrual cups.

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