> Self-stick came in when I was in high school. When I started needing > protection in the mid-1970s, we used belts, and belt-style pads > were still sold for many years after that.
And tampons were even older though apparently morality issues kept many women from wanting to try them, and advertising was pretty difficult for some time. http://www.mum.org/tamad36.htm And there was a dgap between European women getting to use them and American: http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/359/Kohen.html It's hard to believe a plug like option was never thought of before the 20thC http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/sarahk/hers/school/tampon.html Though I'm sure I read someone had found some better evidence somewhere.. But I can't find it. I'm sure there is a real research paper in there, but it's not going to be easy concidering the shame still felt by a lot of women from discussing their periods. I have a book called "The Woman Beautuful." In it menstruation is discussed, but wow! What a lot of hooey! A period should be clear or only lightly tinged with blood and if it was heavy you were guilty of "amavitive thoughts." My latin grammar is dreadful but it was along those lines. In other words shame on you for having a normal period for you must be lustful! And this book was written at the start of the 20thC. michaela http://costumes.glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/226 - Release Date: 10/01/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
