Tampons 1965

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[anterrabre.livejournal.com]

Anyone remember the awesome Kotex "First period" packages they used to have in the late 70s early 80? My mom got one for my older sister, and it was pretty nice. It came with little booklets for both the mother and the menstrual age girl and a shitload of boxes of samples of every Kotex product imaginable--I remember it coming in a pretty big box, and you had to special order it.

[raptorgirl.livejournal.com]

You know, I do remember receiving something like that, although it was in 1991 and I'm not sure if it was Kotex (may have been Always). It had booklets ("Is it okay to shower? Is it okay to exercise?") and pad samples.

[anterrabre.livejournal.com]

It's similar, but the Kotex pack had sample sizes of EVERYTHING (including junior tampons and *ick* those belted pads. I think a belt came with it as well. The idea was that you could try all of these different methods to find what was right for you.

There was also a booklet in there for mothers to read to give them tips on what to say and how to explain how to use each method (taking in consideration that a lot of moms were "belt" generation). The Kotex people were probably ran by mothers who had moms who used the shaming approach to the menses because it really didn't hold back any punches and told you EVERYTHING you might possibly want to know.

I still remember when my mom came in the room holding hte big box. She asked my other sister to leave the room while she "had a little talk" with the older one, but I played possum and got to hear EVERYTHING, lol. My mom made the menses sound like some really cool club that you got to join when you were old enough and that people got it at different ages and it was all normal and awesome. She also made sure the strees that it was nature's way of telling you that you could now get pregnant, and with the resulting development of the body that you should be careful and not believe the things that some boys (and men) would say to you to make you think that they loved you and gave examples of some things. Then they went out and had lunch.

Later in life I found out that my grandmother was one of those parents who not only DIDN'T tell her anything about periods (which made the first time REALLY traumatic) but was also one of those "LOL Women's curse" people as well, so she went out of her way to teach us differently.

[amadoj0nes.livejournal.com]

Be thankful. It's not that far off... the "IT'S THE CURSE OF EVE!" generation only ended 60-70 years ago.

[otempora541.livejournal.com]

Can I please have your mom? My mom is an old school Ukranian mom. I bled, she gave me pads, explained how to use them, then went on her merry way. (then again, she once told me that in soviet union they used rags instead of belts. Yeah.)

[call-me-seymore.livejournal.com]

I'm a single father with a one-and-a-half year old daughter. I'm already dreading her hitting puberty, because I know *squat*. She's pretty seriously delayed, too, developmentally, so I'm not sure how much of it she'll be able to understand even if I get my act together. [quivering in fear]