http://corridor7f.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] corridor7f.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2010-04-15 07:52 pm
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[identity profile] suzycat.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Well I'm wondering if that's it, or whether it's actually fear of unwanted pregnancy. Hey, with Lysol(TM), unwanted foetal matter is washed away!

[identity profile] suzycat.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Including *mucus*. I am wondering if the true subtext of this story is:

"When we were first married sex was just amazing but now we are not ready to have a baby my husband is turned off by having to wear a rubber/doing withdrawal/terror of me getting pregnant. But thanks to Lysol, we now safely have lots of sex and I just douche it all away afterwards!"

[identity profile] air-and-angels.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
That is a FASCINATING NOTION.

[identity profile] suzycat.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
*nods* Until I'd been apprised of the whole abortifacient/anticonception thiing, I just assumed ads like this were an excessive response to Unfeminine Odours...

[identity profile] wonderwonder.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
can you cite some critical articles that explore this? i want to hear more about this subtextual reading!

[identity profile] suzycat.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Not critical, but here are some links:
http://www.mum.org/Lysol48.htm (check out the letter from the elderly lady!)

http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/douche_with_lysol_for_feminine_hygiene

[identity profile] dazedpuckbunny.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to know more about this! Any links? *perks*

[identity profile] koneko-wish.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Add me to that list! I'm now far too fascinated for my own good, and would like to read more. O___O

[identity profile] dachsie-mom.livejournal.com 2010-04-16 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Lynn Peril's Pink Think has quite a few pages devoted to the Lysol ads and ads for similar products (one that was supposedly a douche, a mouthwash, and a liquid for use in enemas !) and how they were disguised contraceptive ads.

http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Think-Becoming-Uneasy-Lessons/dp/0393323544

The whole book is well worth reading : Very entertaining, very informative.
And it's available used for .89 cents!
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