Did you ever wonder what they used as feminine products way back when?!
Question: Did you ever wonder what they used as feminine products way back when!?
Like in the 1700s!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I watched colonial house on PBS!. I was also a fan of several message boards where participants posted!. This is what I learned!.!.!.
While the show prides itself on total immersion into an authentic experience, the participants were issued modern feminine hygine products!. The reason this was done was because women in colonial house did not have pads or tampons!.
The reasoning was simple - women did not menstruate often!. They married early and were pregnant or nursing most of their lives!. When they did occasionally menstruate they would just wash several times a day or on their heaviest days they would tuck an old rag between their legs!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
While the show prides itself on total immersion into an authentic experience, the participants were issued modern feminine hygine products!. The reason this was done was because women in colonial house did not have pads or tampons!.
The reasoning was simple - women did not menstruate often!. They married early and were pregnant or nursing most of their lives!. When they did occasionally menstruate they would just wash several times a day or on their heaviest days they would tuck an old rag between their legs!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Ever heard of the terms "ragging" or "on the rag"!? Well, being that there was no such thing as underwear (and "bloomers" of the 19th Century were crotchless), women tied rags around themselves to soak up the blood!. There was no such thing as tampons, being that inserting a phallic object into the vagina or touching the vagina would be seen as incredibly sexual and thus shunned (this continued later on, being that vibrators in the 1900's were seen as women's necessities, wheras speculums were taboo because of their shape)!. During "that time", women also stayed inside, and were seen as "indisposed", meaning that they had no visitors!. Yeah it sucked to be sans undies, but imagine trying to pull down underpants and then lift up 2 petticoats and a gown and an undershirt (shift) to pee in a little pot!? Trust me, it's hard!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's pretty disgusting but some historians think they used nothing, just bled into their clothes!. If you're really interested this article is really informative!. I can't even imagine what those women went through!.!.!.!.it's bad enough to deal with having the proper "equipment"!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Cloth rags!. There is a reason they call it being on the rag !. !. !.
There are a lot of issues about personal hygiene back in the bad old days that would horrify people today!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There are a lot of issues about personal hygiene back in the bad old days that would horrify people today!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
pads probably, not exactly high tech!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
yea, i would guess they either jus let it flow (ewwwy) or just use clothes like the other people saidWww@Answer-Health@Com