See a 3-D
Dr White's ad, an ad contest for Dr
White's and wearing Dr White's with a thong.
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
And here's a contest to make an
ad for Dr White's pads.
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Dr White's menstrual towels (pads,
napkins)
Ad with menstruating
man in women's underwear
1985, United Kingdom
I thank
the frequent Dutch contributor
for these scans!
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Below:
The two-page ad from Company
magazine.
The right-hand page lies below the
top image.
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Below:
"At the risk of sounding sexist .
. . ." (first small-text line)
prods me into conjuring this theory:
In America and in most of the
West women conceal their periods
out of what, shame?
This encourages them
to not openly complain since
that would reveal their period.
Do people like to hear others
complain? No.
I wonder to what extent men have
made menstruation shameful (if
they indeed have)
so they
wouldn't have to listen to
women gripe about their
periods?
Oh, that's just too wacky!
But one of the points of the Steinem
essay is that men would
not feel the same shame
and thus could take it public.
Bottom
line of the ad: "If
you're finding your period a
problem please feel free to write
Sister
[unreadable name]"
shows the British use of Sister to
designate what in America is
called a nurse, just as the
Germans use
Schwester, sister, in
the same way. The word
demonstrates the once intertwining
nature of hospitals and religion
also seen in
the distinctive nurses' headgear
and uniform that once existed in
America; it still does in other
parts of the world.
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See a 3-D Dr White's ad
and an ad contest
for Dr White's.
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
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