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oscash said:
I'm a bit concerned about the last paragraph saying *Full strength Listerine is so safe it may be used in any body cavity"???
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Yeah, how about it! If you think that's concerning, you're not going to believe this! Better hold onto your hat! This will blow your mind. 27

With few options available to women, Lysol was once used as birth control and poisoned a lot of women. While this is disturbing, it's also interesting to know.

Most people keep Lysol under their sinks, ready to pull it out to disinfect the countertops or wipe germs off of bathroom surfaces. What most of us probably don’t want to do, is put the disinfectant anywhere in or on our bodies. However, in the early 1900s, Lysol wanted women to do just that.

Lysol marketed directly to housewives, not to use as a household cleaner, but to use as a feminine hygiene product that would ensure their “feminine daintiness” and protect “married happiness.” Rather than the common cleaning agent we all know today, early 1900s Lysol advertised itself as a dou*** that could be used to kill germs that caused odor and entice disinterested husbands.

In fact, a majority of the ads focused on winning back husbands’ attention, seeming to place both the blame and the burden on the wife for causing his indifference. While the ads claim that using Lysol for feminine dou***** would bring back intimacy, they carry a subtler message that goes beyond promoting basic cleanliness.

After the passage of the Comstock Law of 1873, contraceptives were made illegal in the U.S. and remained so until 1965. Therefore, dou***** after in ter course was a common – albeit ineffective – method of birth control. With few options available to women, Lysol’s advertising as a feminine product made it one of the most popular contraceptive devises around. 😱

This is the least offensive Lysol for hygiene ad I could find.

A vintage Lysol ad for feminine hygiene.
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Bella - Can't believe what I've just read. Poor gullible women would believe that nonsense. I wonder if there was any invention that Men would need to take to make themselves more desirable to Women.?
 
oscash said:
Bella - Can't believe what I've just read. Poor gullible women would believe that nonsense. I wonder if there was any invention that Men would need to take to make themselves more desirable to Women.?
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I know, os, it seems unbelievable in this day and age, but back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, The Comstock Law made contraception illegal. Women were desperate and had nowhere to turn to for solutions to such "problems". Lysol was allegedly endorsed by doctors. Your doctor wouldn't tell you to use something that could harm you, would he? 👨‍⚕️

As for products to make men more desirable, apparently, poor Marvin needed Listerine. :rolleyes: The typical ads for men are for cologne, shaving products, clothes, cars, liquor, and cigarettes. Poor Marvin was the exception. The majority of sexist ads were aimed at women telling them that if you don't use this product you don't measure up. 🤨 There are tons of them. Your objective in life should be to be as compliant and desirable as possible in order to please your husband.
 
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