I looked at 100 ads for menstrual products spanning 100 years — shame and secrecy prevailed
"Rather than a natural occurrence, menstruation was framed as an illness."
@estherschindler 1969/70, 8th grade. teacher rounded up all the girls in one classroom and verbally beat us to a pulp because "a boy" knew one of us was menstruating. She claimed even her husband did not know when it was her time of the month.
Yea, sure!