In honour of International Women’s Day. Please let this be a joke.
It alleges to be an old ad for a feminine hygene product: Lysol. That’s right, Lysol, the stuff I used to kill the mushrooms and mildew in my livingroom. Worked like a dream, although when I was looking after horses for a living we were always cautioned not to use the stuff on their feed buckets, because it was too toxic. I do hope this image is a joke, and the spelling mistakes in the text of the full version don’t help its case for plausibility, but the current news coming out of South Africa, where they use borax, dirt, or salt, leads one to believe people are stupid enough to have done this. Yeah, on second thought, people are stupid enough to have done this. Here’s the text in full, all italics original:
Often a wife fails to realize that doubts due to one intimate neglect shut her out from happy married love
A man marries a woman because he loves her. So instead of blaming him if married love begins to cool, she should question herself. Is she truly trying to keep her husband and herself eager, happy married lovers? One most effective way to safeguard her dainty feminine allure is by practicing complete feminine hygene as provided by vaginal douches with a scientifically correct preparation like “Lysol.” So easy a way to banish the misgivings that often keep married lovers apart.
Germs destroyed swiftly
“Lysol” has amazing, proved power to kill germ-life on contact…truly cleanses the vaginal canal even in the presence of mucous matter. Thus “Lysol” acts in a way that makeshifts like soap, salt or soda never can.
Appealing daintiness is assured, because the very source of objectionable odors is eliminated.
Use whenever needed!
Yet gentle, non-caustic “Lysol” will not harm delicate tissue. Simple directions give correct douching solution. Many doctors advise their patients to douche regularly with “Lysol” brand disinfectant, just to insure feminine daintiness alone, and to use it as often as necessary. No greasy aftereffect.
For feminine hygiene, three times more women use “Lysol” than any other liquid preparation. No other is more reliable. You, too, can rely on “Lysol” to help protect your married happiness…keep you desirable!
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It’s truly shocking but true. I don’t know if the ad is legit but Lysol was the most popular form of female contraception for many years……back in the day, it was birth control was illegal so “feminine hygiene” became the codes words for birth control.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_n3_v29/ai_18498205/print
WebMD gives a nice history of birth control. And it backs up the first article with these gems.
1873
The U.S. Congress passes the Comstock laws. Written by dry goods merchant and anti-obscenity crusader Anthony Comstock, the law makes all forms of contraception illegal. The contraceptive industry continues to flourish — but the devices are now sold to promote “feminine hygiene.”
1930-1960
The most popular female contraceptive is Lysol disinfectant. Ads tout it as a feminine hygiene product, with testimonials from prominent European “doctors.” Later investigation by the American Medical Association showed that these experts did not exist. Despite its longstanding popularity, Lysol does not work as a contraceptive.
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/71/81244.htm?action=related_link
Gruesome. Thanks for the info.