Lysol advertisement
One Neglect Than Can Be Stronger Than Love ...
- 1949
1949 advertisement for Lysol, with the slogan For complete Feminine Hygiene rely on...
"Lysol." The ad suggests that women should use Lysol as a vaginal douche to keep themselves clean and desirable for their husbands.
This advertisement promotes misogynistic and sexist beliefs that women who fail to practice effective feminine hygiene are to blame for marital failures. While Lysol advertisements did not explicitly recommend it as such, Lysol was commonly used as a contraceptive from the 1940s through the 1960s. Despite being marketed as safe, when used as a feminine hygiene product or as birth control, Lysol proved to be not only ineffective but dangerous.
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Lehn & Fink Products Corporation. “Lysol Advertisement,” 1949. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/i4eiwj5.
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