The Sexist » advertisement http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist Sex and Gender in D.C. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:08:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Vintage Lysol Douching Advertisement Corner http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/05/14/vintage-lysoldouching-advertisement-corner/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/05/14/vintage-lysoldouching-advertisement-corner/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 14:38:49 +0000 Amanda Hess http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=3961 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

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


The Lysol douche: for when your vagina deteriorates after only five years of marriage


The Lysol douche: for when the "precious air of romance" is directly related to the scent of the air surrounding your vagina


The Lysol douche: for Germans

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