Some articles on menstrual, menstrual blood:
... Through the ages women have used different forms of menstrual protection ... used strips of folded old cloth (rags) to catch their menstrual blood, which is why the term "rags" was used to refer to menstruation ... Disposable menstrual pads appear to have been first commercially available from around 1888 with the Southall's pad ...
... Through the ages women have used different forms of menstrual protection ... Menstrual pads have been mentioned as early as the 10th century, in the Suda, where Hypatia, who lived in the 4th century AD, was said to have thrown one of her used menstrual rags at an admirer in an attempt to ... and photos of some early forms of menstrual protection, including among other things knitted pads and menstrual aprons ...
Famous quotes containing the words menstrual blood, blood, collect and/or menstrual:
“If you think you are emancipated, you might consider the idea of tasting your menstrual blood—if it makes you sick, you’ve a long way to go, baby.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)
“The blood we give the dead to drink
is deeds we do at the will of the dead spirits in us,
not our own live will.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Politics is still the man’s game. The women are allowed to do the chores, the dirty work, and now and then—but only occasionally—one is present at some secret conference or other. But it’s not the rule. They can go out and get the vote, if they can and will; they can collect money, they can be grateful for being permitted to work. But that is all.”
—Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958)
“If you think you are emancipated, you might consider the idea of tasting your menstrual blood—if it makes you sick, you’ve a long way to go, baby.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)