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Join the girls this week as they discuss a useless capitalist invention- feminine hygiene wash! They get into details on the history, the necessity, and the misogyny of these products. They also learn why you shouldn’t use your sister’s Lume deodorant, discover several interesting listings on Ebay, and wonder which came first- the lysol or the douche?

Sources:

https://lumedeodorant.com/blog/dark-history-feminine-hygiene?srsltid=AfmBOopypB7oS-Lg_YH3vcUQtRrq5DZLRHwJ8sJc76GCwAFlRORIYy0b

* Here is where you can see some knee-slappingly sexist Lysol douche ads:

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/03/when-women-used-lysol-birth-control/

* https://verso.uidaho.edu/esploro/outputs/graduate/Freedom-From-Worry-Douching-as-a/996638231801851#file-0)

* https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.686167/full)

* https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2018.00181/full

* https://www.jmb.or.kr/journal/view.html?doi=10.4014/jmb.1908.08016

* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513244/

* https://timeeasy.co.uk/shannon-klingman-net-worth/

* in case you’re interested seeing 1970s feminine hygeine wash: https://www.ebay.com/itm/283968633034

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