Diapers compared to pads in Italy and in Tampax ads. Always ad-writing contest, 1994 Dr White Shapes (pads), U.K., ad-writing contest, 1990 Pad directory See a Modess True or False? ad in The American Girl magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in "How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad (1955) - Modess . . . . because ads (many dates) CONTRIBUTE to Humor, Words and expressions about menstruation and Would you stop menstruating if you could? Some MUM site links: homepage | MUM address & What does MUM mean? | e-mail the museum | privacy on this site | who runs this museum?? | Amazing women! | the art of menstruation | artists (non-menstrual) | asbestos | belts | bidets | founder bio | Bly, Nellie | MUM board | books: menstruation and menopause (and reviews) | cats | company booklets for girls (mostly) directory | contraception and religion | costumes | menstrual cups | cup usage | dispensers | douches, pain, sprays | essay directory | extraction | facts-of-life booklets for girls | famous women in menstrual hygiene ads | FAQ | founder/director biography | gynecological topics by Dr. Soucasaux | humor | huts | links | masturbation | media coverage of MUM | menarche booklets for girls and parents | miscellaneous | museum future | Norwegian menstruation exhibit | odor | olor | pad directory | patent medicine | poetry directory | products, current | puberty booklets for girls and parents | religion | Religión y menstruación | your remedies for menstrual discomfort | menstrual products safety | science | Seguridad de productos para la menstruación | shame | slapping, menstrual | sponges | synchrony | tampon directory | early tampons | teen ads directory | tour of the former museum (video) | underpants & panties directory | videos, films directory | Words and expressions about menstruation | Would you stop menstruating if you could? | What did women do about menstruation in the past? | washable pads 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 Always menstrual pads Rivals' pads are like pillows Shape magazine, August 1991, U.S.A. Menstrual pads, especially big ones, have bothered women undoubtedly for centuries. In the 1920s, Johnson & Johnson commissioned a study that included comments about pad size. Women have liked tampons (and cups and sponges) precisely because they're small and concealable to boot. But in the past few decades technology has reduced pad size to almost manageable proportions. This ad reflects that. Diapers compared to pads in an Italian magazine and in Tampax ads. Below: This ad appeared on the inside front cover of the August, 1991 Shape magazine. All that white space captures your attention, doesn't it? Diapers compared to pads in Italy and in Tampax ads. Copyright 2012 Harry Finley