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Vintage Lysol Douching Advertisement Corner

The turn-of-the-century Lysol douche: For those married women whose genitalia doesn’t naturally reek of bleach like it used to. These early-1900s ads, courtesy of flickr user mrbill, explain the many marital problems that can be resolved by a good vagina sterilization.


The Lysol douche: for when your husband locks you out of the house

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Nine Ads to Help Fuel Your Misogyny

Blog of Hilarity counts them down, from a dead fish hanging from a French woman’s tampon string to a  Jon Benet-style come-hither ad from Love’s Baby Soft. You have been warned.

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