You all are going to hate me by the end of this post.
I'm not entirely sure how I got to this page but it's basically the history of menstral absortion technology* in the last 200 years or so
Apparently no one used anything until around WWI. No, seriously, nothing.
There's one part of the story, at that link, where diaries from a turn of the century (1900-ish) factory owner describe how the mill women just let it run. The floor was covered in hay to absorb the mess. When someone suggested the women put a damn cotton cork in it the mothers of those women feared for their daughters marriage prospects.
Here's the worst part, apparently men found the sight and smell of bloody women quite the turn on. It was seen as a sign of fertility.
Oh God Why!?
CAN NOT UNSEE!!!!
*I'm copyrighting that phrase. You all saw me use it first.
In other news, despite the fact I've gotten so far into the red I couldn't see the underside of the poverty line if I was standing on a damn ladder, I have purchased the entire M*A*S*H series. It came in a big green box, which I will be living in shortly.
But it was worth it.
If you're wondering, icon choice was made before the implications of the image were fully contemplated.
Apparently no one used anything until around WWI. No, seriously, nothing.
There's one part of the story, at that link, where diaries from a turn of the century (1900-ish) factory owner describe how the mill women just let it run. The floor was covered in hay to absorb the mess. When someone suggested the women put a damn cotton cork in it the mothers of those women feared for their daughters marriage prospects.
Here's the worst part, apparently men found the sight and smell of bloody women quite the turn on. It was seen as a sign of fertility.
Oh God Why!?
CAN NOT UNSEE!!!!
*I'm copyrighting that phrase. You all saw me use it first.
In other news, despite the fact I've gotten so far into the red I couldn't see the underside of the poverty line if I was standing on a damn ladder, I have purchased the entire M*A*S*H series. It came in a big green box, which I will be living in shortly.
But it was worth it.
If you're wondering, icon choice was made before the implications of the image were fully contemplated.