by David Linton | Aug 22, 2011 | Communication, magazines, Media, Menstruation
Long before the current fad in Reality TV shows that trade in humiliation and embarrassment, the prevailing menstrual culture inculcated in women a feeling that exposure of the fact that a period was in progress was a social catastrophe. However, just as “The Biggest...
by David Linton | Aug 18, 2011 | Anatomy, Law/Legal, Men, Sex, Virginity
The cultural taboo against male contact with menstrual blood can be traced all the way back to the Biblical book of Leviticus, and there have been various attempts to explain its origins, including the Freudian notion that male avoidance of menstrual blood stems from...
by David Linton | Aug 15, 2011 | Books, Celebrities, Literature, Menstruation
The ways in which a “menstrual stain” can signify embarrassment, shame, or even some sort of moral or career failure are surely infinite. If not a literal stain even being associated with menstruation in the most benign way can be seen as perilous. ...
by David Linton | Aug 9, 2011 | Humor, Media, Menarche, Television
From time to time menstrual references show up in TV programs, mostly on situation comedies and, unsurprisingly, they are usually played for laughs. The most common inclusions have had to do with menarche with menopause coming in second. First periods have provided...
by David Linton | Mar 3, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Language, Literature, Menstruation
In the late 1920s, at the peak of the Flapper Era, a series of Kotex ads made extravagant use of images of attractive young women in couture outfits in sophisticated settings. The most intriguing and subtle ad in the series was published in 1929. It shows two slender...
