Visit the odor page.
See also Australian douche ad
(ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid
ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital wash
ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad,
1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual pain
pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol
booklet (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad,
1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray
ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad,
1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite douche liquid ad,
1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal
Douching (essay by Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page
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THE MUSEUM OF
MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH
"Vulvar Deodorant System," page 1
(pp. 2, 3) (U.S.
patent 3, 948, 257 - April 6, 1976)
Companies have devised many ways
to deodorize a woman's vulva and
vagina, including sprays, douches,
pad powder, washes (see links in the
column at left and at the bottom of
this page) and deodorant pads and
tampons. The patent below, for a
device probably never manufactured,
describes a little weight designed
to both deodorize and remind a woman
to remove her tampon (the "flower,"
number 23 on the patent drawing
below; flowers have a long
association with menstruation - see
it used in an ad for a
menstrual cup - although I'm sure
that was unknown to the inventor).
Here the writer explains why he -
yes, a man devised this, just as men
seem to invent most of women's
"hygienic" devices, start museums of
menstruation, etc. - invented the
"system."
Read the first part of the patent
for a description of other
deodorizing methods.
The word "system" sure is overused
in America, and this is one of the
silliest examples I know.
I copied this patent at the Patent
and Trademark Office in the
Washington, D.C., area; previous
visitors wrote on it.
Read 1930s criticism
of odor-killer and contraceptive
fluids Zonite
and Lysol.
Visit the odor
page.
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See
also Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date
?) - Kotique
douche liquid ad, 1974
(U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad,
1980s (Germany) - Liasan
(2) genital wash ad,
1980s (Germany) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928
(U.S.A.) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1948
(U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928
(U.S.A.) - Midol
menstrual pain pill ad, 1938
(U.S.A.) - Midol
booklet (selections),
1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum
deodorant cream ad, 1926
(U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pills ad, 1952
(Australia) - Pristeen
genital spray ad, 1969
(U.S.A.) - Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) -
Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with
Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928
(U.S.A.)
The Perils
of Vaginal Douching
(essay by Luci Capo Rome) -
the odor
page
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