See a 3-D Dr White's ad, an ad contest for Dr White's and wearing Dr White's with a thong. And a penis-tampon ad (they finally yielded to the temptation).
More humor in advertising: Simplicity Freedom ads (British): September 1990 - May 1991 - October 1991 - Freedom Confetti (French): October 1990 - box of Freedom tampons (German): 1991
More Lil-lets tampons, box and instructions, from South Africa, 1978 - ad, U.K., 1976/77 - ad, "How to make a packet of tampons disappear," U.K., 1988
Many Kotex and other ads.
See also Menstrual Humor
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Leer la versión en español de los siguientes temas: Anticoncepción y religión, Breve reseña - Olor - Religión y menstruación - Seguridad de productos para la menstruación.

Potpourri of tampon and menstrual towel (pad)
ads from the United Kingdom
Kotex Simplicity flushable! (date? publication?)

I thank very much the contributor from the U.K.!


Flushable pads, below, have a troubled history; plumbing has been even more troubled!

 
Below: The donor sent a scan of the package. Flowers, of course, have a long association with menstruation
and menstrual products, the Germans having even named an early brand after one although for an amazing reason! Flowers are probably just the opposite of what comes to mind when you think of menstruation, which is the whole point: getting your mind on something nice! But the word was also an early synonym for the process.
 


Next: 1973 New Freedom towel and pantie set  - U.K. Potpourri beginning (Dr White's bus - Dr White's dancing - Lil-lets tampons school - Dr. White's band - Kotex Simplicity bicycle - Kotex faces - Kotex New Freedom towel & pantie - Dr White's attic - Kotex Simplicity bike - Kotex Simplicity boat] ||
See a 3-D Dr White's ad and an ad contest for Dr White's. And a penis-tampon ad. More Kotex pads and tampons.
All tampon and pads (towels). More ads showing pads in panties: Stayfree | from Sweden.

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