Maybe I’m in a good mood today, but for some reason I’m all about “amusing.” On that note, please enjoy this long-lost 1946 animated Disney film, The Story of Menstruation. Disney and Kotex partnered to “set young ladies of the forties straight on the real story behind the mysterious changes their bodies were going through.”
From BoingBoing:
Neither sexuality nor reproduction is mentioned in this influential film, and an emphasis on sanitation makes it, as Disney historian Jim Korkis has suggested: ‘a hygienic crisis rather than a maturational event.
Watch the video and learn the following piece of advice:
“Once you stop feeling sorry for yourself and take Those Days in your stride, you’ll find it’s easier to remain even-tempered.”
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two comments
I like how in the video's diagram of the female reproductive system, the part labelled "vagina" looks like a laundry chute. It cracked me up... guess I'm not very matoor.
Posted by Anna
September 14, 2007, 1:22 PM
Oh yeah, and "If the egg becomes fertilized, it's because the woman is going to have a baby!" Best sex-ed reasoning ever!!!!
Posted by Anna
September 14, 2007, 10:26 PM
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