Disney does Women's Hygiene?!!?

Friday, March 2, 2007 4:08 AM

I just found out Disney did a 10 minute cartoon about menstruation in the 1940s. I kid you not.

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From its description:
Walt Disney's The Story Of Menstruation - Presenting the Story of Menstruation. A Walt Disney Production Through the Courtesy of Kotex Products - was originally delivered to the International Cellu-Cotton Company on October 18, 1946. It runs approximately ten minutes ... 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.'
Schoolgirls in the 1950s were shown 'educational' films, such as 'Figure Forum' and 'Facts About Your Figure' (made by the Warner Brassiere Company) and it helped create 'needs' for such things as foundation support, cosmetics, and a variety of 'sanitary' products in young girls as early as eleven years old.

Not fussed about the "as early as eleven years old" since some girls at that age need the 'sanitary' products (some mature sooner than others), but not linking mensturation and reproduction/maturation... messed up. And cosmetics? Why? How is that linked? All it does is make you look prettier (if chosen well and applied properly) and without the 'reproduction' education I am not sure if they'd fully understand the possible end results (ie the 'reproduction').

Reminds me of the recent article that one third of UK women believe if you jump up & down after sex you can help prevent pregnancy! Perhaps they watched the Disney cartoon instead of getting the full facts.

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