I was tech support until recentlly. Our job consist of pushing buttons. Still, we were getting constant emails with instructions how to flush toilets. How and when we should push a button in very small room.
My grandma warned me to never bathe when I have my period because she knew of someone who went insane when bathing during her period. I at times have 8-day periods. I couldn't go 8 days without bathing. That was just nuts. Love you grandma, but no.
@@katerinapeklenk1269 water submersion stops my flow and helps with the extremely painful cramps I have. I also go to the bathroom before I take a bath on my period so I’m good for the duration of my bath. The moment I get out though, it all starts up again.
@@faeri_it doesn't stop the flow (internally speaking), it's just the water pressure keeping it in, that's y it all comes out when u go out of the water again. You might already know this, but i just recently learned it and thought to share :)
"Did the US Military really need a PSA to wash themselves with soap and water?" Well after having to explain the importance of hand washing to everyone for the last year I would say yes, yes we do.
I was watching weird history and it’s interesting to see how far many places have come, specifically European countries and America when it comes to bathing and overall hygiene. Example bathing a baby use to be done to “toughen them” not for cleansing and instead of bathing it was common for people to use perfumes/flowers to disguise their stench.
Don't take anything for granted. I remind grown adults when I notice they don't wash after taking a dump, they look at me offended and cross eyed. "I'm clean, it only touches the toilet paper!" they say.
"Did the US military really need a PSA to wash themselves with soap and water?" Well, 70 years later we need a PSA to wash our hands with soap and water.
It always surprises me that whenever there's a chance of an outbreak in the modern world, the first thing that we do is remind people how to do something that we all learned in preschool.
In the defense of a lot of Americans (though I’m not saying it’s RIGHT,) it’s not really something we KEEP talking about. We learn it in preschool, and unless you have a parent who obsesses over making sure you’re doing it right, it can become a quick wash and rinse and you think you’re fine. Having signs up in bathrooms isn’t enough imho, I think it just needs to be a common thing for us all to go together and wash our hands before every meal. Ending the stigma of needing absolute privacy in the bathroom could really help.
I asked my grandfather about that military soap and water film. Apparently back then a lot of recruits came from rural/farm towns. They didn’t have very good hygiene. This was a film about “wash your stinky butt”
Wasn’t just rural. Our military relies on poor individuals who didn’t have money for basic hygiene nor lived in areas where is was being taught in schools. Also why we have lunch programs in schools. Boys being called up were underweight because their families didn’t have sufficient amounts of food.
My dad told me the same thing. He spoke of his training mates being ordered to wash the man who wouldn't wash while the training officer watched and offered pointers 😆
Zachary Lyman Less with the rural stereotyping, please. Despite what you see in the media, many rural people were far healthier than urban dwellers of the same income level. Desperate poverty was no worse in the most depressed rural situations of the time than the most overcrowded ghetto, and at the least there was the potential to bathe in creek water, grow some food, and breathe clean air. (A mining company town and an industrial city might have been the worst of the worst for air pollution. Someone stinking up the place even today says a toxic miasma is "the smell of money.")
I think the “be your most attractive self” comment was actually intended to help a girl who was feeling a bit blah see themselves in a different light. Mom always said if you’re a bit depressed to put on nice clothes and brush your hair. It can actually make you feel more like yourself
and thats how you condition your brain to think your worth has to do with whatever beauty standart your society has. wow. how about mom makes a cup of tea and sits down with her child and spent quality time?
@@Monayla I disagree with that. Taking a shower for instance and feeling clean can make you feel better. Brushing your hair, teeth etc can also make you feel more refreshed. I don’t think it has to be about beauty. I wouldn’t say you need to wear your best clothes or something. Personally I would rather just dress comfortably. But everyone is different. I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong to make yourself look nice while on your period. If that makes you feel a little bit better than why not?
@@jessicablack9960 Fully agree. I actually like the advice of "dressing your best" when you feel down. For me, that means pulling out the nice things I own that I want to wear but don't feel I ever have an ocassion for. And like you said, getting dressed and putting considerate thought and Liking what you are wearing can really help with depression. (Not for everyone. No advice fits everyone. This is just my and my friends' experiences.) 🧡
@@alycat24ab I agree it can help with depression. For me when I get depressed I often don’t even feel like taking a shower but when I do it, it helps me feel a little bit better. I think putting that care into yourself can make you feel better about yourself.
"Always keep a window open in a heated room." The doc literally flinched like he heard the voices of a million dads all screaming at the same time "Do you think I'm paying to heat the outside?!"
@@FedericoAltolaguirre Yep, even nowadays we keep a window open just a crack when heating the sauna, there's always some smoke that comes into the room. I don't seem to be affected, but my mum gets a bad headache the next day if she just does gardening outside in the smoke.
Fun fact: steam boilers in old buildings (those from 1910s and 1920s) we actually designed to keep the building warm in the middle of winter *with all windows open*. You know why? They were designed right after the Spanish flu pandemic when everyone was intensely conscious of the need for ventilation in closer spaces in order to mitigate a virus that spread through aerosols. That's why your old college dorm felt like a sauna - they literally could not run the boilers at a lower capacity. You were just expected to keep the window open even if it was snowing outside.
My Gram always raised a window an inch. She grew up in the late 1800s and early 1900s. We didn't have gas until 1952. Now I understand her fear of CO2.
One factor nobody caught with the last segment is that back in the day, airplane glue (or modeling glue) was toxic; the tubes always came with a warning to use in a well-ventilated area. With the heat up and all the windows closed, the fumes could have caused a severe enough lack of oxygen to the brain, to the point where the boys felt faint and dizzy. When I was in junior high school, huffing became very popular, and airplane glue was generally used for this purpose, because the glue used on shoes, while still more toxic, was not as available to the general public.
For the period seminar where the woman said “be your prettiest self” I kinda agree as during your period you don’t feel good usually, and if you try to make yourself feel good or atleast somewhat better it may help!
So, no oversized shirts and joggers when your vagina is hemorrhaging. Guess that makes me a rebel. Would they institutionalize me for hysteria due to my roaming uterus? Or perform medically prescribed clitoral stimulation? I need answers.
I actually interpreted the teacher saying they should do their hair and wear their prettiest dress as her being more supportive. Basically encouraging them to still be themselves and still find the motivation to want to be pretty even though maybe you feel a little less so on your period. I don’t know if that was what she actually meant (probably not) but I’m choosing to see it that way because it’s a good sentiment. Don’t let your period drag you down or keep you from being yourself and looking good.
Our fifth grade teacher taught us to never reveal to anyone that we were menstruating, because it was private and personal. In that regard, look nice, because if you look slovenly someone might figure out your “secret.” It was good training for the future stepford wives we were meant to become. Always hide your pain. Present a cheerful appearance. Make sure anything messy or unpleasant remains your own little secret.
I'm surprised they didn't mention posture during that film. Kids that eat too quickly tend to eat hunched over too far which can make your ab muscles hurt sometimes, so I can see why they would have linked eating too fast with stomach aches.
So the whole "dress up during your period" discussion came up with my mom when I was younger. Mind you I'm a guy but I grew up with a mom and 2 sisters. Not only was I buying products for them from a young age, I was having to often ride my bike a couple miles to the store to do it. It was never an issue for me since it was normal from a young age. All that growing up with girls helped me alot when recently my daughter reached the point in her life and I had a talk with her about coming to me when she needed anything. She had a good laugh at the story of dad riding his bike to buy this stuff for her aunts. ANYWAYS, the whole dress up part. The way my mom explained it was that it was more of a mental health type deal, not a sexist thing. She said it's not uncommon to feel unclean and so on and by putting on a nice outfit you feel better and more motivated to be in a good mood and feel good about yourself. She would take my sisters out to get their nails or hair done when she could afford it and so on. Maybe for some it was a sexist thing but maybe it wasn't for all. I won't pretend to have all the answers, just that my mom, a life long nurse btw, had a "screw what people think of you, what you think of you is what matters" attitude.
I don’t think of it as sexist. It is a mental health issue and some people feel better when they dress up a bit, and even men want to look attractive once in a while.
When I first got my period, it was actually very regular and pain-free. Over the years, it became irregular to non-existent, even. I felt so broken for not fitting the whole "once a month" thing. Glad I found out it was all because of PCOS. It's scary but empowering to have some sort of answer. Thank you for raising more awareness about it!
Re: the second one - Probably back then, they had a lot of recruits coming in from the back country where people may have bathed only once a week, due to a lack of indoor plumbing.
@@Bacopa68 yes, and it should also be wet and have hidden pockets to hide tampons, pads, tissues, extra underwear, and chocolate bars for when you are sad for no reason.
G C just get a xoloft prescription or hide in your room trying not to sit to comfortably in fear of sitting wrong and bleeding through. Or better yet, ruining your bedsheets in your sleep
As someone with HORRIBLE periods calling it "the curse" is pretty much how I feel about it. I have severally debilitating periods and have for quite a long time. My friends and I usually refer to it as "Satan's Waterfall", which definitely makes more sense, since I feel like a demon/alien is trying to rip its way out of my uterus the entire time.
girl same... i always end up rolling on the floor and almost throwing up because of the pain even after taking pills, thankfully hot showers sometimes help
Did the military really need a training video to- As a navy veteran, I am going to stop you right there and just tell you the answer is yes. Doesn't matter what the rest of that sentence is, the answer is yes.
@@mndlessdrwer ..and then remember the number of people all over the world and realise that you still have a small but real chance to never actually meet anyone from the other half...
@@sholahverassa8582 Somehow, joining the military GREATLY effects the chance... There's legitimately a "Technical Instruction Manual" kept and updated over time for the proper care and use of a broom... Another for a mop (swab)... AND a separate one for a push broom... ...AND I have met guys and gals who needed those manuals. ;o)
Fortunately I went Air Force. We skipped all that. We were assumed to know how to brush our teeth, wipe, shower, and hem our pants. The fourth one, of course, was a bad ass/u/me-tion. I got out of so many chores because I could and would hem others pants!
Man I’m a female, and I’m 19 and I still call the menstrual cycle a curse because I hate it to varying degrees lol. To me it’s mostly annoying and occasionally inconvenient lol.
How crazy is it that the first person to discover penicillin, discovered it by accident? It's amazing. I wonder if he didn't pursue, who would be the next person to discover it and in what era? Do you think someone else would have discovered it in the 1920s as well? Crazy to think about.
It's painful, uncomfortable, and just straight up annoying. And we have to deal with it for most of our lives. Like, whyyyyy did women have to get the short end of the stick on almost everything?
About the Army video: Yes. To this day: they still teach hygiene classes not only explaining the necessity of using soap but also explaining how to wash your body properly.
Ha, I'm a Navy vet. There was always one sailor with an aversion too soap and water. They usually go sent to medical for either a psych eval or training from the Corpsmen. (Something like medics) I was a Corpsman and beinf female or was uncomfortable to tell a grown man to wash his stinky @$$.
When I was a kid, 1950-60's we took baths once a week. That is all that deemed necessary by people my mothers age. We were city folk, I imagine some country people may not have bathed that often.
My grandfathers generation took a bath once a week, and many of them thought that bathing removed the natural oils protection and thought it would make them more likely to be sick. I think its really important that people look at where we have come from. I think people might be living in a fantasy land in terms of our own history, and its just willful ignorance with the amount of information at our fingertips.
As someone with PCOS I feel so validated whenever Dr. Mike talks about how it's a systematic problem!!! It is soooo much more than just a period/fertility issue.
I am 63. My mom called menstruation the "curse" and I was told not to swim or take baths at that time. Showers were "safer". My first period was in the late 1960s. Pads were held in place with something like a garter belt, not sticky strips. Things were changing a bit at time. I was happy to get pads that stuck in place and use tampons as I got older.
According to my mom, my great-gandmother was a HUGE believer in "old wive's tales," one of which was about bathing while having your period because you'll break out in boils. My mother, of course, thought it was hogwash and still bathed. She did not revisit that upon me, except to share it as a good laugh.
I'm 55 and yes, we called it that too. We got sticky pads, but weren't encouraged to use tampons because they were for married women or "bad girls"... 🤦
The Military shower one reminds me of the scene in Snow White when all of them start washing their hands and face, but Grumpy doesn’t want to, so they end up just dumping him in the tub.
There actually may be a connection. Walt Disney did, in fact, do several "PSA" films for the Department of Defense (then known as the War Department). As did Dr. Seuss.
Active duty navy here, and I completely agree. We had no leas than three people in our berthing who never showered the entire time we were on deployment. Smelled so bad.
@@Desmonk15 my husband has the excuse that he lost his sense of smell in an accident as a kid. But he still knows it’s important to take a shower for other people’s sake. Still have to remind him due to him not being able to check himself.
Sounds more like a PSA about heat exhaustion without calling it that. Don’t know when we as a population started referring to it as such but I know that the military had been calling anyone that suffered from it as “heat casualties” for some time by this point.
There was a time when super plus tampons and over night pad and changing every 2 hours I was a must.. lord help if I sneezed. And people would try to tell me periods were only 2tbsp for the whole thing.. haha ok
@@rachelmilutin7242 mine is almost gone once I got iud. I tried the hormonal one and it gave me pregnancy symptoms my Dr thought I was crazy, but when I got it removed all the symptoms went away. I do not have the same issues with the copper iud, but my Dr suggested an iud to help with the bleeding and because of family history.
In basic training, we had a guy that the drill sergeants required to have watched when showering. This guy would not willingly wash himself and so a roster was created to make sure this guy actually got in the water and used soap. There was also a watch to make sure this guy’s clothes were washed as well. People can get gross. I’m not surprised the military created such a video.
I mean, maybe the person was self conscious 🤷 I was very sheltered and raised in an evangelical fundamentalist church. I ran away to the military, and the first night at basic training, the d.i. said to get naked and go shower. In front of like 20 other women! I had never seen a naked person or been seen naked. It was a shock. Not an excuse but maybe that's why someone would not want to stay in the shower for very long?
I’m honestly surprised that the menstrual video wasn’t too bad in terms of explaining the first few months to a year, but holy moly that dressing up part was insane. Why would you need to pretty yourself up during your period? It kinda implies that you become ugly when at the very least you have some acne and maybe you feel a little worse for wear. My menstrual teaching when I was a kid in the 2000’s wasn’t too bad but it could have been better honestly. I hope nowadays it’s better.
It’s to encourage them into still being themselves and to not let it affect their social life. That’s how at least I interpreted it. People forget that back in the 50s and 60s everyone dressed up nice to go out in public, it’s not like today.
Thank you for bringing up PCOS. I went to 6 doctors to try to get tested for it and they all just told me I was fat and that's why my periods were irregular. The last one I finally said "okay so you're refusing to test me for a medical condition because I'm fat? Put that in my charts please." PCOS is so overlooked, especially in fat patients and it's especially annoying since being fat is a direct side effect of it.
omg yes! i still live in a rural town and am not married in my 30s, i have something like pcos, undiagnosed, untreated and i just gave up and begged for five years for a hysterectomy i finally received!
Yep! I had PCOS for years, and in all the times i had treatment for it (surgeries, medication etc.) there was one doctor in particular who told me I had PCOS BECAUSE I was 'fat,' and if I "just lost some weight it would go away completely." Couldn't explain to me why I first got diagnosed with it when I WASN'T fat though...
Yes same! I’ve had odd periods and very noticeable facial hair I needed to shave every other day so people wouldn’t notice and make fun of me (I was already bullied a lot in school). It took me almost 5 years to get a proper diagnosis.
In one of the cemeteries in the city where I grew up there is a section with, I believe around 6 or 7 graves who are all siblings. They died while their parents were out during the winter because they'd closed all the windows and had their furnace on. CO poisoning. Coming home to find all your children dead like that would be horrible. Also, I believe that the match used might have been to light the furnace.
So wild they would open windows rather than build better furnaces and ventilate them better. I live on the Guilf Coast, we have gas burner heat in attics, so not a problem here. We never had central heat until after we got central air. We used to use gas space heaters and had porcelain gas burners in bathrooms. You gotta understand, this is Southeast Texas, gas was essentially free for a long time. The only cost was the capital cost of piping gas to houses. The risk of such careless use of gas is low, but it was high enough that we needed PSAs on TV to watch for orange flames in gas heaters and bathroom heaters back in the seventies. Main thing about gas space heaters is that they gave off a lot of water vapor. You would not believe how humid a house could become. Running the heat did not make things dry, no humidifiers necessary.
@@Bacopa68 My great grandparents didn't have central air conditioning back then, but they did have a large attic fan. I remember him telling me stories of how he had to replace the motor and the belt on it. Still runs like new!
“Pay more attention to your hair and your nails” Me: hair in a messy bun that I haven’t taken down for three days “Plan to wear your prettiest dress” Me: wearing a hoodie and a pair of spandex shorts “In other words, be your most attractive self.” Me: eating Carmel chocolate, pop tarts, ice cream by the pint, no makeup, and unshaven legs.
9:05 as a person who has osteogenesis imperfecta, thank you for your understanding !!! people assume its only on one part of the body when we get hurt but it goes to several places yes
As a veteran, yes, the military needs hygiene videos. With thousands of people coming from various backgrounds some people sadly have never been taught how to take care of themselves. During basic we spent an entire day learning various personal hygiene information, including brushing teeth, shaving, fingernail and foot care, and more.
Less than ten years ago I had to teach a soldier in my platoon how to shave (his dad never taught him and he was just dry shaving). I also had to give him a written counseling statement and order him to shower and shave properly every day, brush his teeth and use mouthwash, and wash his uniforms with detergent. He'd been in the Army for three or four years by that point and was from a middle class neighborhood in a decent sized town. How that happens, I have no idea, but it does. I ran into him a few months ago, actually. He looked sharp and had good hygiene. He'd separated from the Army but had a good job and was doing well for himself. Glad he got straightened out.
@@MichaelDavis-cy4ok If it's like some of the people in dorms/roommate situations I've been in, sometimes their mom/their parents just... take care of stuff for them. They do their laundry and make meals appear so they never learn how to clean clothes or feed themselves properly, let alone housekeeping stuff. And sometimes their parents are also kinda gross and don't shower more than a couple times a week, or their parents are disconnected enough, or don't have the time or energy (or are too grossed out by it) to shepherd their kid through the learning process of adequate hygiene. So, then you have young adults who have affluent backgrounds and good intelligence who honestly do not know how to wash their tshirts or go to the grocery store and are unaware that they need to brush their teeth and hair every day AND shower at LEAST every other day. From what I observed, the older you are when you learn those habits, the harder it gets. Doesn't excuse not learning them, though, but I wonder if it's why their parents gave up the project. If they started in on it when their kid was, like, 13 or 14, they might have just given up and figured their kid would sort themselves out when someone else forced them to do so.
@@NapsAndNoodles I mean, one factor is probably that you can spawn a child with absolutely *nothing* qualifying you as parents other than a round of unprotected sex. There's no mandatory class, no test, nada (unless you do so poorly that someone reports you to social services). Even parents who do try to do parenting right often have no idea what they are doing so they just wing it as best they can. And then there are parents who just give up on parenting for whatever reason and blame the child for not being good enough. Though at least rich parents who give up on parenting can outsource the child-rearing to nannies and tutors. If you're rich enough you can have superficially well-adjusted children while barely ever seeing them after they're born.
@Cally da Froggo When you start cramping a little, put a pad on. I'd recommend a larger, thicker one for your first period since you don't know your flow yet. Hope that helped!
@Cally da Froggo Also, I'd consult your parental guardian, or mom. The first thing you should do is tell your mom or dad, or whoever you're living with.
"did the us military really need a psa on how to shower" have you ever met an 18 year old boy? honestly they probably have to have scheduled and enforced showering times! Also as far as the period one, am 24 year old girl, have been taking continuous birth control for 4 years because periods are in fact a curse.
It was more to do with the fact that most military recruits grew up in rural areas where they likely didn’t bathe everyday due to the lack of indoor plumbing.
The curse of Eve, as in Adam and Eve. To punish Eve for leading Adam astray. [sigh] Born 1952. BTW, Adam was no gentleman, "She made me do it." A..hole.
Really? Noone called it the curse for the fainting, vomiting, stabbing cramps, the rage/depression days? Not even for how it seemed to know the worst possible moment to start or even just the number of clothes ruined? What kind of scampering-in-the-dasies cramps do your people have, and can I join you??
@@GrifoStelle I had the just shoot me cramps from day one. That was back when ibuprofen was by prescription only. Thought I would die Every month!! I’m 54 I haven’t stopped yet.
As a teenager, I went to Alaska, and we went fishing in the backwoods while I was on my cycle. I was genuinely afraid it was going to attract bears. Apparently that's a myth, lol
Birdfeeder z it’s not though, they are attracted by blood, like lions and other predators because bleeding generally means injured which means easy prey
The 1950s had TONS of carbon monoxide or gasline deaths, so opening the window was a good idea. Plus, classic model airplane glue was RIDICULOUSLY toxic, the fumes could wreck you.
The 50s: Where people thought a school desk would save you from nuclear armageddon, gas stoves and furnaces leaked carbon monoxide, doctors smoked while delivering babies, and we used lead in our gasoline cause why not? Its a wonder the human species managed to survive that
I think that the advice for women to dress up during their periods was actually progressive at the time. It was promoting the idea that women don’t have to hide or be shameful when menstruating.
That's how I initially took it, more of a pay attention and try to make yourself feel the most attractive when you're gonna most likely feel your least.
I can understand your view but I think it was meant with more sexist intentions like 'no guy will want you when you're on your gross period, you better dress up if you want to make up for how unattractive that it'. But that's just how I understood it? I dunno I like to think thats not how it was but I wouldn't be surprised.
@@sshwc2286 it was a fertility thing. Once we (women) start our periods, that means we can start having children, so it was basically meant as a way to say, “now that you can have children, you should try and be your most attractive self, so others will notice you, marry you and then have children with you” It wasn’t really meant to empower women, especially considering the time period.
Open fireplace if not swept can do it to. That’s why lots of older houses designed for open fires have air bricks in higher in the walls ( above the damp course).
Yeah came here looking for this. The kid appears to be holding a lit match to turn the gas heater on. This is actually the only video with sound advice
Thank you for talking about PCOS, I was diagnosed with PCOS in high school, I was 15. It wasn’t clear to me that there were so many health issues connected with PCOS. We need to do more to educate people about this condition and doctors need to be more aware of it.
I understand the “be your most attractive self” from a self-care point of view. I know a lot of people, including myself, just don’t feel right/feel kinda gross during their cycle. Self-care through grooming (nails, clean and nice clothes, hair, perhaps makeup, etc.) helps with it. They could’ve put it a better way, but I understand.
Ita. I saw it as a very 50's way of trying to erase the stigma and normalize what women experience. Remember, periods were never even publicly discussed before this time, so this was probably groundbreaking. Also in the original video, even the dad is part of the conversation and everyone's just talking openly together and being cool with it 😊
Defintely! I sweat more during period and also I'm more sensitive to smell. So I definitely understand the advice to take some more time for myselfe to feel good.
"Today we're going to be watching a film to help us learn about hygiene during your menstrual cycle..." FILM: Soap and water makes you CLEANER THAN YOU USED TO BE...
I think that the “Be your most attractive self” was more for the person themselves than everybody else. I know I feel gross on my period, so when I’m on my period, doing my hair or wearing nicer clothes can make me feel a little more put together and just generally a bit better even when I don’t even go out. Just for myself. I think it can be important for some girls, but everyone deals differently
That’s a nice thought and I think that’s what we’d do today, but back then im sure that’s not the reason for their statement. It was the time of women being only arm candy and presenting yourself in hopes of getting a husband to sustain you, with the expectation of becoming a housewife. So, like I said, nice though but probably not right for the era.
@@septemily That's not quite how it was. I remember those times and it would have been about the girl making herself feel better. We would express it in different terms nowadays, but the advice was essentially the same.
@@septemily "Nice thought, but probably not right for the era." I will throw those words back at you because this was one of the biggest eras of gender equality. It's post WWII which means "working women" is a normal thing, and health science is heavily improved(both things being a direct result of the wars). This video likely meant for girls to stay positive about their image during their period. Because at this time, most women knew full well that they were more than just "arm candy". Obviously, this logic really only applies to city women who felt the changes of the industrial era. But I want people to give credit to the women of this time who were working, voting, creating and dressing up for themselves. This is actually the era many people look back to compare because not much has changed with gender equality since this time. There is still a wage gap, less women in politics, and an absurd amount of beauty pageants just for women. It always seems like the push for gender equality bounces back to this time after people get complacent again.
You are correct if you are talking about todays generation and ways of thinking. Women back then were taught to be good housewives. My grandmother has books on how to properly educate women on household duties and vanity.
Women were strongly discouraged from swimming during their "time of the month". Back then, everyone wore pads. And not the super absorbent, self sticking ones either. Basically, they were like a big lumpy strip of cotton held in place with a menstrulal belt (which always ripped out a nice chunk of pubic hair every time you went to the bathroom). My mother was horrified when I discovered tampons. (Back then, good unmarried girls did not insert anything.). Periods were called the curse because of all the things you couldn't do during them.
90% of medical advice back then ended with "just smoke some cigarettes" Edit: I smoke, so don't be mad, this was an actual thing they did back in the day
Mark Alexander If you are a boy you might not know how many girls tried to get out of pe because they were having their period. PE teachers tried to tell them exercise was good for them but in the end just lowered their grade and let them gossip together at the side of the gym for a few days. We all knew it was a scam but the teacher had better things to do than fight with them over it. They would have loved to have used this excuse to get out of swimming.
@@653j521 I am, but I had more girl friends than boy friends and never really heard of them using that excuse, but I hear it is used all the time in the US. OH except this one girl I didn't really know who used the excuse so often that the school wrote to her parents concerned about how frequently and often she was bleeding.
When I was in high school we would call out periods “our unwanted friends”. When I was in teachers college and practise teaching I had a student put her hand up and ask to go to the bathroom. It was right after lunch and it was against policy. But she gave me a look and I understood why and told her to go. The boy next to her said he had to go too for the same reason. I told him if he had the same problem he needed a doctor not the bathroom.
I suspect this was a psa from the gas company. Gas furnaces were very common in homes from the 50s-70s (source: I live in a 70s home, have a gas furnace, and yes it can get very very warm and make me sleepy if the heat runs all day)
@@Courdorygirl we used to use coal gas which is sooooooo very unsafe without proper ventilation, its also known as town gas and it has been used as murder weapon in an Agatha Christie book. That's why it got changed to nature gas.
I’m pleasantly surprised by the period video! Sure, it’s a bit dated, but the mother character is very sweet, and it gives decent advice (aside from the catch a cold bit). It was better than the period video I got at school!
That’s actually hilarious- I’m 38 and we called it “the curse” when I was a teenager. Now, I also have endometriosis, so I stand by it. But I’m shocked you’d never heard that.
We’ve never called it “the curse” but we all thought it was a thing to be dreaded, and I’m only 22. We did have some interesting code terms though, like: “Japan is attacking, do you have supplies?”
I had such horrible cramps & HEAVY flow! All I could do for 2 or 3 days was roll into a fetal position, pull a blanket over my head & cry! It was horrible! The one thing about growing old as a woman is NO MORE PERIODS! 👍
Hi, If you don't mind answering I have many symptoms of endometriosis but have yet to be diagnosed. Was your condition diagnosed through a ultrasound or another method as my scan came back clear?
7:00 I'm surprised this ad was more open and using the term "menstruation." Considering I remember seeing ads on tv as a kid (90s and early 2000s) where it was "I'm not feeling fresh." Though I imagine the 1950s ad shown wasn't aired on TV, it's still strange to see them talking so openly about it. And all in all, this was a pretty well made ad. Sure that final tidbit about looking your best was dated, I think the ad did a good job at covering all facets of menstruation. In fact, I dare say it was pretty positive. It seemed to be pushing for open discussion so young women can learn to understand it, rather than covering it behind mashed words (the CURSE).
Those were to be shown in school during "special" girls and boys days. When I was growing up my mother had to sign a slip to give permission for me to stay with the girls to watch a more modern "80"s version. The boys watched a similar one but with a boy talking voice changing and others changes. The ads you're referring to are talking about are for like douching commercials.
In the second cartoon sketch, keeping windows open was generally accepted practice from the Spanish flu pandemic. That's why old radiator heaters seem to only have "off" and "hellishly hot" settings and were placed under windows, it encouraged people to open their windows, and the fresh cold air would come in, pass over the radiator, and then circulate as fresh, warm air throughout the room. And if they were making models, they were probably dizzy from glue fumes. Also, the construction materials of the time weren't the healthiest, and they might have still been off-gassing, especially in warmer air. And yes, their could easily be CO or CO2 from the fireplace, gas stove, furnace, or any other manner of things. What Stubby is holding looks like a long match for lighting a furnace.
I was coming here to say something similar! I’ve lived with radiator heat and would often crack a couple windows as well because there was no circulation, it got so stuffy!
The glue! Oh, my gosh. They were huffing. Poor Mr. Doright, the only one with common sense. I'm kidding, but yeah, what if they had carbon monoxide plus glue fumes? Thanks, Mr. Doright! Dooright? Do-right. Hm.
Plus the kids were working with glue and scoldering iron (the "cigarette" 😁)... two very good reasons to keep the room well-ventilated. I was born in the late 70s in Germany and when I was a kid the two major glue brands you could find in almost every house (Uhu and Pattex, still sold but with different formulas) did a brilliant job, but when you had a lot to stick together you ended up first dizzy and tired and a few hours later with a major headache.
"Be your most attractive self" You know what, I actually think that's good advice but probably NOT because of the reason in the 1950s video: 1. Hygiene good, always important but especially so with xxtra fluids involved 2. I always feel terrible on a period (mood etc.), so taking care of myself makes me feel better 3. I always feel gross on a period, so being xxtra clean/sexy makes me more confident tl;dr be your happiest self, and making yourself feel attractive can help!!
@@birdyfeederz7940 I didn't get that from their advice, because they specifically said to do it more during and because of the period, not at all times. I actually thought they meant what Yatalu here said, good hygiene and feeling better emotionally and more confident. Not every bit of advice targeted to women from 70 years ago is by definition sexism because it's from a time when there was more of it.
As a woman, I find it very interesting that in the menstruation video they recommended the girls doll themselves up and their prettiest outfit. That is so opposite of nowadays, people telling women to put on some comfy sweats and a tank top or oversized shirt and just relax. The funny thing is I could see benefits on both sides. Personally, when I'm not feeling well getting dressed up and looking nice can help improve my mood a lot. On the other hand when I personally wear something "nice", during that time of the month, I tend to judge myself more harshly because of bloating and just feeling less comfortable in my body in general. I guess that's just one of those things up to the individual situation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I love how she said 'be the prettiest you you can be' and like literally last period I was wearing the baggiest clothes I could find and curling up with a heating pad lowkey dying waiting for my pain meds to kick in. Like she has high expectations
Cereal used to actually refer to cereal grains; the name derives from Ceres, the roman goddess of harvest and agriculture. So it would be directly processed from those grains, usually in the form of a gruel of sorts. It wasn't until much later that we decided to embrace the imbalanced breakfast and started artificially flavoring and overly sweetening our breakfast cereals to make them more palatable.
My dad, who was in the Army in WW2 always used to use that phrase: “Come on in, the water’s fine” when trying to get us to bathe, swim or even try something we hadn’t done before.
I grew up with quite a few young women in the Bible belt who's families called it the "curse of the blood", while others were never taught to expect their period. When I'd explain what was happening, it never failed that they'd cry and swear they were in trouble with God. Many were told that the curse of the blood happened because the girls had "impure" thoughts. Be honest with your kids and give them accurate, age appropriate answers to their questions when they ask 🙂👍🏼❤
I volunteer for a UK suicide prevention charity and the story of how it was set up involved a teenage girl who got her first period. She had no idea what it was and thought she had some horrible disease and ended up killing herself because she was too ashamed and terrified to ask anyone about it. It makes me so angry just thinking about it.
Never got any of that. I only got PMDD- if I became irrationally and violently suicidal, I knew shark week was coming. But I only get my period 3-6 times a year, and it lasts from one day to six. I know how lucky I am, but at the same time, before I started birth control to stop the PMDD, it was hell. Oh, and I can't have children. Doctors aren't even sure if I ovulate, so its doubtful if I could even have a surrogate to have a child. Shitty trade off. I'd take the cramps in return for fertility anyday.
1:29 Dr. Mike: “I can’t show this, there’s 6 naked guys in a shower washing him with soap and water and doing it against his will!” Benjamin: looses his mind laughing I lost it 😂
Maybe she encouraged them to "be their most attractive self" because when you are young and unused to it, it can make you feel insecure to be on your period but wearing something that makes you feel confident will help your emotional health. She definitely didn't say that well. but my whole life I've found that it helps me to wear confidence-boosting clothes and do my hair on my period.
Yea. I mean, I just get dressed up like always because, I don't know about other women or how it works in other countries, but here we don't get a week off on our period, so, still need to go to college and work. So, even if I'm bleeding, I need to put my going out clothes, do hair and make up and use high heels
@@dragonjade8853 is just here im Brasil that we take birth control to decrease period flow and pain?? Becaus I've been taking for more than 2 years now and I never get cramps anymore
@@gisela_oliveira people do that here in America with birth control but it seems like it's oddly more common for americans to have (or at least talk about) debilitating period symptoms. Mine while sometimes get pretty uncomfy are livable.I work with children, and I don't get to take off of work just because I'm bleeding, so dressing well (and boosting my self esteem) helps me to be more emotionally stable which is important when you are caring for kids cos they read emotions.
Lol "the curse" seems accurate to me when every month you're doubled over in pain from the relentless cramps. Although "wear your prettiest dress", just all around seems like bad advice considering how accidents happen 😅
On one hand, looking pretty while on their period might help women feel less miserable, at least I feel better if I put on some comfy but nice clothes and not my regular old rags. On the other hand, I don't think that's why they said it in the 50s.
Yep. I totally agree. Not often, but I sometimes get painful cramps. Some of my close friends would use pain relievers during periods if they got painful cramps. My parents are traditionalists so I can't use pain relievers lmao - so I buckled down and doubled over from the pain. Even though I don't often get painful cramps, I can't help but fear for them whenever my period comes around; I would think to myself, "I hope I don't get painful cramps". Trust what women say, painful cramps are PAINFUL.
Born in the 60's. There wasn't much choice about pads. I wore garters that secured a very long pad. We changed often because they weren't absorbent. When I didn't have pads, and the stores still closed on Sunday, a rolled up newspaper encased in an old stocking strapped to the garter was a solution. I still thank my mom for the little Kotex kit she had on hand for when i started. Ladies now have so many choices and options, it wasn't that way in the 70's. Best thing ever, I remember, was long pads with wings for night sleeping. I'll spare you the details as how we dealt with it prior. Thank you, Dr. Mike for bringing this conversation up and normalizing it to 2023 standards.
"Be your most attractive self" during your period - I didn't really see that as problematic. I heard that as the 1950's way of saying, "You're going to feel crappy so self-care is extra important right now."
It’s the “make sure you do your hair” as opposed to “try and find things that might make you feel slightly better like: doing your hair” the way she said it didn’t sound like advice to feel better it sounded like instructions.
@@Cabesmum Right, well, as I said, that's how communication worked in the 1950's. Very voice-of-God, thou-shalt-comply type stuff. You can't go back to historical artifacts from the 1950's and expect them to have the communication conventions of the 2020's.
@@Roadent1241 that was kind of the point. If girls wore their favorite dress (that they didn't want to ruin) they would end up change their pads more often.
I think it would be really interesting to look more into the immune system and menstrual cycle relationship. Any time I get sick it is around my period, I also get cold sores and my acne becomes really severe with our fail every single month the day or two before my period. I always assumed all the changes suppress your immune system momentarily but I never looked into it
It's been 10 months since you wrote this, so you may have looked into it since - but the worsening of acne, at least, is almost certainly because of the changes in the levels of certain hormones around your menstrual cycle! Hormonal acne; seeing acne get worse around your period, is VERY common, and entirely normal!!!!! Idk about the immune system thing, though, I'm afraid. Though my stomach always got really bad around my period, and I just felt sick all the time. Of course - depending on what type of sick you feel, as well (possibly) for your sores... Iron defencies can wreak havoc on your body, and make you really exhausted and tired!!!! If this is something you experience, you might wanna talk to your doctor, and start taking iron supplements around your period! I did! ...Until my doctor prescribed me birth control to simply stop having my period altogether.
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"Does the US military really need a psa on how to shower"
As someone in the military, yes. Very much yes. Bring that video back, actually.
I was tech support until recentlly. Our job consist of pushing buttons. Still, we were getting constant emails with instructions how to flush toilets. How and when we should push a button in very small room.
they used to have videos for everything they should bring them all back
The military will teach you how to wipe yourself
I understood and laughed too hard at this..
Yeah who has the link?
“Don’t get overtired... but do talk to a professional when your dog begins talking to you and giving you life advice!”
I dont think that'll help cus maybe the specialist wil start barking
It's the old-timey version of Brian from Family Guy.
Side note... The dog is not the professional you should speak to.
He grows up to be the Son of Sam killer
Nah my dog just ate some alphabet soup 🥰
"That's my son. He has PTSD from the war."
"Did he see someone die?"
"No, he was forcefully bathed by 5 other men against his will."
“Forcefully”
Oh god
Something's wrong with my brain
anyone know where to find the original clip?
@@pavelmedbery3055 uhhh could I ask why?
My grandma warned me to never bathe when I have my period because she knew of someone who went insane when bathing during her period. I at times have 8-day periods. I couldn't go 8 days without bathing. That was just nuts. Love you grandma, but no.
Showers are generally fine when you're dealing with the cycle. I don't feel comfortable sitting in the tub during it tho
@@katerinapeklenk1269 water submersion stops my flow and helps with the extremely painful cramps I have. I also go to the bathroom before I take a bath on my period so I’m good for the duration of my bath. The moment I get out though, it all starts up again.
someone who went insane when bathing during her period???? im so confused like they got a mental disorder from bathing once during period??
@TeeSurvivor factssssss💀💀💀
-someone who's not a boy
@@faeri_it doesn't stop the flow (internally speaking), it's just the water pressure keeping it in, that's y it all comes out when u go out of the water again. You might already know this, but i just recently learned it and thought to share :)
"Did the US Military really need a PSA to wash themselves with soap and water?" Well after having to explain the importance of hand washing to everyone for the last year I would say yes, yes we do.
Forced washing and shaming of others that would not clean themselves did happen
I was watching weird history and it’s interesting to see how far many places have come, specifically European countries and America when it comes to bathing and overall hygiene. Example bathing a baby use to be done to “toughen them” not for cleansing and instead of bathing it was common for people to use perfumes/flowers to disguise their stench.
We have issued orders, with orders for other military members to watch and verify, for some guys to shower, with soap. It's very accurate
Don't take anything for granted. I remind grown adults when I notice they don't wash after taking a dump, they look at me offended and cross eyed. "I'm clean, it only touches the toilet paper!" they say.
I was in the military in the early 2000s. We had issues of some people (men, women, enlisted, officers) not bathing.
"Did the US military really need a PSA to wash themselves with soap and water?"
Well, 70 years later we need a PSA to wash our hands with soap and water.
Haha, so true!
Touche.
my thoughts exactly :D
It always surprises me that whenever there's a chance of an outbreak in the modern world, the first thing that we do is remind people how to do something that we all learned in preschool.
In the defense of a lot of Americans (though I’m not saying it’s RIGHT,) it’s not really something we KEEP talking about. We learn it in preschool, and unless you have a parent who obsesses over making sure you’re doing it right, it can become a quick wash and rinse and you think you’re fine. Having signs up in bathrooms isn’t enough imho, I think it just needs to be a common thing for us all to go together and wash our hands before every meal. Ending the stigma of needing absolute privacy in the bathroom could really help.
I asked my grandfather about that military soap and water film. Apparently back then a lot of recruits came from rural/farm towns. They didn’t have very good hygiene. This was a film about “wash your stinky butt”
Wasn’t just rural. Our military relies on poor individuals who didn’t have money for basic hygiene nor lived in areas where is was being taught in schools. Also why we have lunch programs in schools. Boys being called up were underweight because their families didn’t have sufficient amounts of food.
My dad told me the same thing. He spoke of his training mates being ordered to wash the man who wouldn't wash while the training officer watched and offered pointers 😆
@@cristiewentz8586 Very navy of them lol
Did u know they keeps next eachotyer
Zachary Lyman Less with the rural stereotyping, please. Despite what you see in the media, many rural people were far healthier than urban dwellers of the same income level. Desperate poverty was no worse in the most depressed rural situations of the time than the most overcrowded ghetto, and at the least there was the potential to bathe in creek water, grow some food, and breathe clean air. (A mining company town and an industrial city might have been the worst of the worst for air pollution. Someone stinking up the place even today says a toxic miasma is "the smell of money.")
I think the “be your most attractive self” comment was actually intended to help a girl who was feeling a bit blah see themselves in a different light. Mom always said if you’re a bit depressed to put on nice clothes and brush your hair. It can actually make you feel more like yourself
and thats how you condition your brain to think your worth has to do with whatever beauty standart your society has. wow. how about mom makes a cup of tea and sits down with her child and spent quality time?
@@Monayla Tea's kinda cringe ngl
@@Monayla I disagree with that. Taking a shower for instance and feeling clean can make you feel better. Brushing your hair, teeth etc can also make you feel more refreshed. I don’t think it has to be about beauty. I wouldn’t say you need to wear your best clothes or something. Personally I would rather just dress comfortably. But everyone is different. I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong to make yourself look nice while on your period. If that makes you feel a little bit better than why not?
@@jessicablack9960 Fully agree. I actually like the advice of "dressing your best" when you feel down. For me, that means pulling out the nice things I own that I want to wear but don't feel I ever have an ocassion for. And like you said, getting dressed and putting considerate thought and Liking what you are wearing can really help with depression. (Not for everyone. No advice fits everyone. This is just my and my friends' experiences.) 🧡
@@alycat24ab I agree it can help with depression. For me when I get depressed I often don’t even feel like taking a shower but when I do it, it helps me feel a little bit better. I think putting that care into yourself can make you feel better about yourself.
Dr.Bear doesn’t sound too bad. Maybe we should get him an outfit and name tag to make it official🤔😃
Dog doctor mean he's a veterinarian
@@dragoninthewest1 😂
He could get a doggie scrub shirt.
I would sew him a scrub cap that his ears fit through 🥺
yes
"Always keep a window open in a heated room."
The doc literally flinched like he heard the voices of a million dads all screaming at the same time "Do you think I'm paying to heat the outside?!"
Old heaters did not have separated combustion chamber. The kids were sleepy from carbon monoxide poisoning.
My dad
@@FedericoAltolaguirre Yep, even nowadays we keep a window open just a crack when heating the sauna, there's always some smoke that comes into the room. I don't seem to be affected, but my mum gets a bad headache the next day if she just does gardening outside in the smoke.
Fun fact: steam boilers in old buildings (those from 1910s and 1920s) we actually designed to keep the building warm in the middle of winter *with all windows open*. You know why? They were designed right after the Spanish flu pandemic when everyone was intensely conscious of the need for ventilation in closer spaces in order to mitigate a virus that spread through aerosols. That's why your old college dorm felt like a sauna - they literally could not run the boilers at a lower capacity. You were just expected to keep the window open even if it was snowing outside.
My Gram always raised a window an inch. She grew up in the late 1800s and early 1900s. We didn't have gas until 1952. Now I understand her fear of CO2.
"Plan to wear your prettiest dress."
Honey, that's a good way to stain a good dress.
That was my thought, too! lol
True, 😂so true
Yeah it was completely irrational
@@ChrisSunHwa Jesus Saves Love God ✝️
What are "Things that once ran through Monica Lewinsky's head", Alex?
One factor nobody caught with the last segment is that back in the day, airplane glue (or modeling glue) was toxic; the tubes always came with a warning to use in a well-ventilated area. With the heat up and all the windows closed, the fumes could have caused a severe enough lack of oxygen to the brain, to the point where the boys felt faint and dizzy. When I was in junior high school, huffing became very popular, and airplane glue was generally used for this purpose, because the glue used on shoes, while still more toxic, was not as available to the general public.
Why would this be more of an issue with the heat being on though? Do the fumes become more toxic with a warmer temperature?
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue."
“Wear your prettiest dress while on your period.” Hell, no! I don’t know a single woman willing to ruin her best dress. Leaks happen. 😠
Lol
Simply ✨don’t leak✨
This whole looks your best self during your period probably made PMS worse
Best outfit? Sweatpants, sweatshirt, bed, book (or movie). DONE. Everyone else gtfo lol
Exactly
When Bear is fully trained as a therapy dog, he could be called Dr. Bear.
Nice
He would have a PhD in cuddling
@@leslielaramie2373 Yes, he earned that easily!
Yes
Same
“Look your best.”
Me laying on the bathroom floor dying of cramps: wth is that gonna do Kathy? Not a dang thang!
At least if you did your hair and nails you'd be lying on the floor in agony being "your most attractive self". 😅
Guess, she think girls want to dress frumpy, and she would be right.
I’ll just grab my sweatpants and sweatshirt and that will be my best for that “time”
I like looking at my nails and thinking "Oh pretty nails 💅 😍 " But in that situation 😂 Naw, play some whale songs or something
Ha! I commented the same this, cramps are the worst
For the period seminar where the woman said “be your prettiest self” I kinda agree as during your period you don’t feel good usually, and if you try to make yourself feel good or atleast somewhat better it may help!
Yeah, this guy loves white-knighting and tries overly hard to be PC and woke. He calls it “mistreatment…” 😂
My primary take away from this is that I need a talking dog to manage my health.
How do we survive without one
That’s what I do...
Mine is that Dr Mike forgot that inflation is a thing.
So, no oversized shirts and joggers when your vagina is hemorrhaging. Guess that makes me a rebel. Would they institutionalize me for hysteria due to my roaming uterus? Or perform medically prescribed clitoral stimulation? I need answers.
Or six military guys in the shower
"He was hungry, and he had some money."
So he ate his money.
Billy was actually a GOAT
@@kathigh8122 oh my god talk about a plot twist-
*"Ah yes, this green paper tastes like a granny smith apple!"*
@@kathigh8122 Greatest Of All Time?
Eye-
You know Susan is having her time of month, “ How do you know “? ....Her nails are done and she has on her Sunday best
XD
😂🤣💀
As a Susan, I'm more likely to hide away from the world on the worst days 👀👀
Yayyyy classical sexism in black and white!
Also susan might be tryna lay, back off karen xD
SUSAN IS A CHILD I TAKE IT BACK
I actually interpreted the teacher saying they should do their hair and wear their prettiest dress as her being more supportive. Basically encouraging them to still be themselves and still find the motivation to want to be pretty even though maybe you feel a little less so on your period. I don’t know if that was what she actually meant (probably not) but I’m choosing to see it that way because it’s a good sentiment. Don’t let your period drag you down or keep you from being yourself and looking good.
Our fifth grade teacher taught us to never reveal to anyone that we were menstruating, because it was private and personal. In that regard, look nice, because if you look slovenly someone might figure out your “secret.” It was good training for the future stepford wives we were meant to become. Always hide your pain. Present a cheerful appearance. Make sure anything messy or unpleasant remains your own little secret.
Suddenly, my mother dismissing my IBS symptoms with "maybe you ate too quickly" makes sense. She is a fifties child.
Eating too quickly may actually provoke some abdominal pain.
I'm surprised they didn't mention posture during that film. Kids that eat too quickly tend to eat hunched over too far which can make your ab muscles hurt sometimes, so I can see why they would have linked eating too fast with stomach aches.
@@RockinEnabled She's not saying it can't in any way, shape or form. Just that her symptoms of a serious illness were dismissed by her mom.
@@AngelicRamen this was a comment to the video, so I took that into account - Mike obviously laughs at the 'eating too quickly' cause.
My dad is a 60’s child.
So the whole "dress up during your period" discussion came up with my mom when I was younger. Mind you I'm a guy but I grew up with a mom and 2 sisters. Not only was I buying products for them from a young age, I was having to often ride my bike a couple miles to the store to do it. It was never an issue for me since it was normal from a young age. All that growing up with girls helped me alot when recently my daughter reached the point in her life and I had a talk with her about coming to me when she needed anything. She had a good laugh at the story of dad riding his bike to buy this stuff for her aunts. ANYWAYS, the whole dress up part. The way my mom explained it was that it was more of a mental health type deal, not a sexist thing. She said it's not uncommon to feel unclean and so on and by putting on a nice outfit you feel better and more motivated to be in a good mood and feel good about yourself. She would take my sisters out to get their nails or hair done when she could afford it and so on. Maybe for some it was a sexist thing but maybe it wasn't for all. I won't pretend to have all the answers, just that my mom, a life long nurse btw, had a "screw what people think of you, what you think of you is what matters" attitude.
But in the video they said “Be your most attractive self” they could’ve put it in a better, nicer and less sexist way
why would I risk ruining my nicest dress with a blood stain? (because no method catches everything, there's always the possibility of leaking)
@@lauranolastnamegiven3385 what part was not clear? To feel better during the curse period
I don’t think of it as sexist. It is a mental health issue and some people feel better when they dress up a bit, and even men want to look attractive once in a while.
Plus back then it was a different aspect and girls wore dresses and were expected to look nice
“Be your most attractive self”
Me: *in sweats and a ripped shirt, shoving chocolate in my face* “you bet!”
Sometimes that is my most attractive self
Lol
_omnomnomnom_ sure
@@foodofthegods username checks out
@@asloii_1749 pff lol
When I first got my period, it was actually very regular and pain-free. Over the years, it became irregular to non-existent, even. I felt so broken for not fitting the whole "once a month" thing. Glad I found out it was all because of PCOS. It's scary but empowering to have some sort of answer. Thank you for raising more awareness about it!
Re: the second one - Probably back then, they had a lot of recruits coming in from the back country where people may have bathed only once a week, due to a lack of indoor plumbing.
Sounds plausible
Bruh they should do a new one because some soilders still dislike showering.
Oh. I'd thought it was all about the music. Now I'm disillusioned that my hero was a sell-out.
"If you don't bathe yourself, the army will do it for you!"
@@frigginjerk ..huh?
I’ve called it the woman’s curse.
“Wear your prettiest dress so you can ruin it by bleeding through” is what she means
I guess it should be purple or dark brown.
@@Bacopa68 yes, and it should also be wet and have hidden pockets to hide tampons, pads, tissues, extra underwear, and chocolate bars for when you are sad for no reason.
Yeah, that was the worst advice ever! 🙄🙄
G C just get a xoloft prescription or hide in your room trying not to sit to comfortably in fear of sitting wrong and bleeding through. Or better yet, ruining your bedsheets in your sleep
@@critterwhisperer5821 also don't cough, sneeze or stand up too quickly.
"After school he was hungry. He was hungry, and he had some money," sounds like a John Mulaney line
Ikr
After school I just have a yogurt cup, or some grapes.
Right!
A John Mulaney video was my next recommended video after this one.
It totally does!
As someone with HORRIBLE periods calling it "the curse" is pretty much how I feel about it. I have severally debilitating periods and have for quite a long time. My friends and I usually refer to it as "Satan's Waterfall", which definitely makes more sense, since I feel like a demon/alien is trying to rip its way out of my uterus the entire time.
My friends and I call it "shark week"
It is a curse😂
Yeah it really is a curse... I hate it so much
girl same... i always end up rolling on the floor and almost throwing up because of the pain even after taking pills, thankfully hot showers sometimes help
I have endometriosis and it is indeed a curse
Dr. Mike "I've never heard it called the curse"
Me: laugh crying
The curse, the red herring, red Sonya, the murder-pocalypse. There are SOOO many names for it.
@@sarahfarmer7643 The Red Sea, The Rising Tide.
I guess your mom or grandma never saw this movie.
I know 🤣 I’m gonna start saying that around my friends 😆
@@sarahfarmer7643 I've heard it being called rags. Like before pads and tampons women used rags.
Did the military really need a training video to-
As a navy veteran, I am going to stop you right there and just tell you the answer is yes. Doesn't matter what the rest of that sentence is, the answer is yes.
I'll go with the classic line from George Carlin: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
@@mndlessdrwer ..and then remember the number of people all over the world and realise that you still have a small but real chance to never actually meet anyone from the other half...
@@sholahverassa8582 Somehow, joining the military GREATLY effects the chance... There's legitimately a "Technical Instruction Manual" kept and updated over time for the proper care and use of a broom... Another for a mop (swab)... AND a separate one for a push broom...
...AND I have met guys and gals who needed those manuals. ;o)
Fortunately I went Air Force. We skipped all that. We were assumed to know how to brush our teeth, wipe, shower, and hem our pants. The fourth one, of course, was a bad ass/u/me-tion. I got out of so many chores because I could and would hem others pants!
Then: “Change your underwear more often”
Me: Okay seems reasonable
Them: “do your hair and nails”
Me: huh???
my thoughts exactly
whats so weird about that? thats a normal hygiene thing too
Hair? Maybe pubic hair? 🤔 Nails? Clean nails (hands) while cleaning down there?😉😂
As opposed to today’s commercials showing bloody pants? And we think they’re weird????
@@shinoharagarcia4769 🤣 brilliant.
Man I’m a female, and I’m 19 and I still call the menstrual cycle a curse because I hate it to varying degrees lol. To me it’s mostly annoying and occasionally inconvenient lol.
Makes you appreciate modern medicine!
For real doc!
@@DoctorMike $7000 adjusted for inflation is over $100,000 today
@@DoctorMike Do a video in 20 years and see how well this video holds up, please.
How crazy is it that the first person to discover penicillin, discovered it by accident? It's amazing. I wonder if he didn't pursue, who would be the next person to discover it and in what era? Do you think someone else would have discovered it in the 1920s as well? Crazy to think about.
@@bowwow1813 I just googled it and it said $76000
I, as a woman, find the word "curse" quite fitting to refer to periods...
I agree. I was looking for this comment.
Yessssss, Honestly I wouldn't mind calling that, cause it certainly feels that way 🙃
Like what is the purpose of blood flowing out of me and embarrassing me in public? And why does come with pain?
It's painful, uncomfortable, and just straight up annoying. And we have to deal with it for most of our lives. Like, whyyyyy did women have to get the short end of the stick on almost everything?
@@Nicole-mm4dg at some point, something big is gonna go inside and something bigger is gonna come out.
WHO RUN THE WORLD. GIRLS!!!
About the Army video: Yes. To this day: they still teach hygiene classes not only explaining the necessity of using soap but also explaining how to wash your body properly.
Lol that is a really good thing NGL.
To be a fly on the wall in this class
Ha, I'm a Navy vet. There was always one sailor with an aversion too soap and water. They usually go sent to medical for either a psych eval or training from the Corpsmen. (Something like medics)
I was a Corpsman and beinf female or was uncomfortable to tell a grown man to wash his stinky @$$.
When I was a kid, 1950-60's we took baths once a week. That is all that deemed necessary by people my mothers age. We were city folk, I imagine some country people may not have bathed that often.
My grandfathers generation took a bath once a week, and many of them thought that bathing removed the natural oils protection and thought it would make them more likely to be sick.
I think its really important that people look at where we have come from. I think people might be living in a fantasy land in terms of our own history, and its just willful ignorance with the amount of information at our fingertips.
As someone with PCOS I feel so validated whenever Dr. Mike talks about how it's a systematic problem!!! It is soooo much more than just a period/fertility issue.
I am 63. My mom called menstruation the "curse" and I was told not to swim or take baths at that time. Showers were "safer". My first period was in the late 1960s. Pads were held in place with something like a garter belt, not sticky strips. Things were changing a bit at time. I was happy to get pads that stuck in place and use tampons as I got older.
According to my mom, my great-gandmother was a HUGE believer in "old wive's tales," one of which was about bathing while having your period because you'll break out in boils. My mother, of course, thought it was hogwash and still bathed. She did not revisit that upon me, except to share it as a good laugh.
I'm 55 and yes, we called it that too. We got sticky pads, but weren't encouraged to use tampons because they were for married women or "bad girls"... 🤦
Interesting!
Oh dear! ... I'm 50, and I'm glad I could use tampons from day 1. :-)
The Military shower one reminds me of the scene in Snow White when all of them start washing their hands and face, but Grumpy doesn’t want to, so they end up just dumping him in the tub.
😆 I was thinking the same thing!!
There actually may be a connection. Walt Disney did, in fact, do several "PSA" films for the Department of Defense (then known as the War Department). As did Dr. Seuss.
As a veteran, I can tell you that people still need training videos on basic hygiene.
Funnily, they were still showing that PSA in 2000, lol
Yes. Dear god! As a military spouse, yes. Soldiers can be absolutely disgusting sometimes. Not like you have a choice in the field sometimes.
Yes! Good hygiene is important for health. So new recruits get it drilled into their heads so it doesn't become a liability.
Active duty navy here, and I completely agree. We had no leas than three people in our berthing who never showered the entire time we were on deployment. Smelled so bad.
@@Desmonk15 my husband has the excuse that he lost his sense of smell in an accident as a kid. But he still knows it’s important to take a shower for other people’s sake. Still have to remind him due to him not being able to check himself.
1950s: “Don’t get overtired!”
Now: “PLAY MORE SPORTS”
I mean “don’t get too tired” is good advice
Sounds more like a PSA about heat exhaustion without calling it that. Don’t know when we as a population started referring to it as such but I know that the military had been calling anyone that suffered from it as “heat casualties” for some time by this point.
Doctors in 2100:
“Cringing at Medical Films from 2020”
2100? Lmao
"Oh god - didn't they have pills to re-grow organs back in those days? Barbaric."
@@robertnett9793 "Remember when cancer was a thing?" /hj
@@robertnett9793 lmaoooo
It would be more like "Cringing at Medical RUclips Videos from 2020"
“Wow, they were doing it 5-6 times a day? How technology has changed!”
Erhm.... nothings changed for some of us, Dr. Mike 😂😂😂
I think he's referring to the use of diva cups and tampons 😯
I was like "ONLY 5 or 6 times??" Even with a menstrual cup it was 3 or 4.... lmao
There was a time when super plus tampons and over night pad and changing every 2 hours I was a must.. lord help if I sneezed. And people would try to tell me periods were only 2tbsp for the whole thing.. haha ok
@@michellem4118 same here turned out I had fibroids
@@rachelmilutin7242 mine is almost gone once I got iud. I tried the hormonal one and it gave me pregnancy symptoms my Dr thought I was crazy, but when I got it removed all the symptoms went away. I do not have the same issues with the copper iud, but my Dr suggested an iud to help with the bleeding and because of family history.
In basic training, we had a guy that the drill sergeants required to have watched when showering. This guy would not willingly wash himself and so a roster was created to make sure this guy actually got in the water and used soap. There was also a watch to make sure this guy’s clothes were washed as well. People can get gross. I’m not surprised the military created such a video.
My dad called ot "the Plague " :(
We had a few girls in basic that didn't want to shower either. At least until the drill sergeants found out. Not nearly as bad as your story though.
I mean, maybe the person was self conscious 🤷 I was very sheltered and raised in an evangelical fundamentalist church. I ran away to the military, and the first night at basic training, the d.i. said to get naked and go shower. In front of like 20 other women! I had never seen a naked person or been seen naked. It was a shock. Not an excuse but maybe that's why someone would not want to stay in the shower for very long?
@@jessicagoodson7452 sounds more like an issue of mental illness
🤢
I’m honestly surprised that the menstrual video wasn’t too bad in terms of explaining the first few months to a year, but holy moly that dressing up part was insane. Why would you need to pretty yourself up during your period? It kinda implies that you become ugly when at the very least you have some acne and maybe you feel a little worse for wear. My menstrual teaching when I was a kid in the 2000’s wasn’t too bad but it could have been better honestly. I hope nowadays it’s better.
Mama Dr Jones reacted to it!
It’s to encourage them into still being themselves and to not let it affect their social life. That’s how at least I interpreted it. People forget that back in the 50s and 60s everyone dressed up nice to go out in public, it’s not like today.
Thank you for bringing up PCOS. I went to 6 doctors to try to get tested for it and they all just told me I was fat and that's why my periods were irregular.
The last one I finally said "okay so you're refusing to test me for a medical condition because I'm fat? Put that in my charts please."
PCOS is so overlooked, especially in fat patients and it's especially annoying since being fat is a direct side effect of it.
omg yes! i still live in a rural town and am not married in my 30s, i have something like pcos, undiagnosed, untreated and i just gave up and begged for five years for a hysterectomy i finally received!
Yep! I had PCOS for years, and in all the times i had treatment for it (surgeries, medication etc.) there was one doctor in particular who told me I had PCOS BECAUSE I was 'fat,' and if I "just lost some weight it would go away completely." Couldn't explain to me why I first got diagnosed with it when I WASN'T fat though...
@@Maerahn DUDE YES. I was told I had it because I was fat and I was like ????????sir did you even go to medical school
@@sleepypup just don’t be fat
Yes same! I’ve had odd periods and very noticeable facial hair I needed to shave every other day so people wouldn’t notice and make fun of me (I was already bullied a lot in school). It took me almost 5 years to get a proper diagnosis.
In one of the cemeteries in the city where I grew up there is a section with, I believe around 6 or 7 graves who are all siblings. They died while their parents were out during the winter because they'd closed all the windows and had their furnace on. CO poisoning. Coming home to find all your children dead like that would be horrible. Also, I believe that the match used might have been to light the furnace.
So wild they would open windows rather than build better furnaces and ventilate them better. I live on the Guilf Coast, we have gas burner heat in attics, so not a problem here. We never had central heat until after we got central air. We used to use gas space heaters and had porcelain gas burners in bathrooms. You gotta understand, this is Southeast Texas, gas was essentially free for a long time. The only cost was the capital cost of piping gas to houses.
The risk of such careless use of gas is low, but it was high enough that we needed PSAs on TV to watch for orange flames in gas heaters and bathroom heaters back in the seventies. Main thing about gas space heaters is that they gave off a lot of water vapor. You would not believe how humid a house could become. Running the heat did not make things dry, no humidifiers necessary.
@@Bacopa68 Did you also have a Peerless Gas Wall Heater in your bathroom? I think a lot of them were only in Texas.
@@Bacopa68 My great grandparents didn't have central air conditioning back then, but they did have a large attic fan. I remember him telling me stories of how he had to replace the motor and the belt on it. Still runs like new!
@@cbar687 Yes. They were stylish. The ceramic core would glow a dull orange.
“Pay more attention to your hair and your nails”
Me: hair in a messy bun that I haven’t taken down for three days
“Plan to wear your prettiest dress”
Me: wearing a hoodie and a pair of spandex shorts
“In other words, be your most attractive self.”
Me: eating Carmel chocolate, pop tarts, ice cream by the pint, no makeup, and unshaven legs.
Quirky.
r/notlikeothergirls
All the men be comin
ooh look at me im quirky! not like other girls!!
Current status: giant floofy robe, already brushed my teeth but seriously considering eating some more Hershey kisses....
9:05 as a person who has osteogenesis imperfecta, thank you for your understanding !!! people assume its only on one part of the body when we get hurt but it goes to several places yes
As a veteran, yes, the military needs hygiene videos. With thousands of people coming from various backgrounds some people sadly have never been taught how to take care of themselves. During basic we spent an entire day learning various personal hygiene information, including brushing teeth, shaving, fingernail and foot care, and more.
Less than ten years ago I had to teach a soldier in my platoon how to shave (his dad never taught him and he was just dry shaving). I also had to give him a written counseling statement and order him to shower and shave properly every day, brush his teeth and use mouthwash, and wash his uniforms with detergent. He'd been in the Army for three or four years by that point and was from a middle class neighborhood in a decent sized town. How that happens, I have no idea, but it does.
I ran into him a few months ago, actually. He looked sharp and had good hygiene. He'd separated from the Army but had a good job and was doing well for himself. Glad he got straightened out.
@@MichaelDavis-cy4ok If it's like some of the people in dorms/roommate situations I've been in, sometimes their mom/their parents just... take care of stuff for them. They do their laundry and make meals appear so they never learn how to clean clothes or feed themselves properly, let alone housekeeping stuff. And sometimes their parents are also kinda gross and don't shower more than a couple times a week, or their parents are disconnected enough, or don't have the time or energy (or are too grossed out by it) to shepherd their kid through the learning process of adequate hygiene. So, then you have young adults who have affluent backgrounds and good intelligence who honestly do not know how to wash their tshirts or go to the grocery store and are unaware that they need to brush their teeth and hair every day AND shower at LEAST every other day.
From what I observed, the older you are when you learn those habits, the harder it gets. Doesn't excuse not learning them, though, but I wonder if it's why their parents gave up the project. If they started in on it when their kid was, like, 13 or 14, they might have just given up and figured their kid would sort themselves out when someone else forced them to do so.
@@NapsAndNoodles I mean, one factor is probably that you can spawn a child with absolutely *nothing* qualifying you as parents other than a round of unprotected sex. There's no mandatory class, no test, nada (unless you do so poorly that someone reports you to social services). Even parents who do try to do parenting right often have no idea what they are doing so they just wing it as best they can. And then there are parents who just give up on parenting for whatever reason and blame the child for not being good enough.
Though at least rich parents who give up on parenting can outsource the child-rearing to nannies and tutors. If you're rich enough you can have superficially well-adjusted children while barely ever seeing them after they're born.
Periods are a curse. Especially for those of us that have awful cramps, heavy flows and back pain.
The issue is that while that's fine as a metaphor, that's been more literal in the past.
i dont really have cramps,but i have a heavy flow and its hell.
@Cally da Froggo When you start cramping a little, put a pad on. I'd recommend a larger, thicker one for your first period since you don't know your flow yet. Hope that helped!
@Cally da Froggo Also, I'd consult your parental guardian, or mom. The first thing you should do is tell your mom or dad, or whoever you're living with.
@Cally da Froggo Np :)
Just from one girl to the other ❤
I plan on singing "soap and water make you cleaner than you used to be" at the top of my lungs next time I take a shower just to freak out my family.
I was thinking the same thing.
NNNNOOOOOOO!!!!!
Hahaha that's a great idea 😂😂
I dare you 😊
🤣🤣🤣😂
"did the us military really need a psa on how to shower" have you ever met an 18 year old boy? honestly they probably have to have scheduled and enforced showering times! Also as far as the period one, am 24 year old girl, have been taking continuous birth control for 4 years because periods are in fact a curse.
It was more to do with the fact that most military recruits grew up in rural areas where they likely didn’t bathe everyday due to the lack of indoor plumbing.
Dr. Mike "I've never heard it called the curse"
Laughs histaricaly "Let me tell you how my mom talked to me about periods."
My mom called it my “visitor”. My friend’s mom called it “Aunt Flo came to visit “ . Either way, no fun!
The curse of Eve, as in Adam and Eve.
To punish Eve for leading Adam astray.
[sigh]
Born 1952.
BTW, Adam was no gentleman, "She made me do it." A..hole.
Really?
Noone called it the curse for the fainting, vomiting, stabbing cramps, the rage/depression days?
Not even for how it seemed to know the worst possible moment to start or even just the number of clothes ruined?
What kind of scampering-in-the-dasies cramps do your people have, and can I join you??
@@veralenora7368 that does make sense
@@GrifoStelle I had the just shoot me cramps from day one. That was back when ibuprofen was by prescription only. Thought I would die Every month!! I’m 54 I haven’t stopped yet.
" Mom can I go swimming after school."
"No, the blood will attract sharks.."
😂🤣
As a teenager, I went to Alaska, and we went fishing in the backwoods while I was on my cycle. I was genuinely afraid it was going to attract bears. Apparently that's a myth, lol
I actually thought she was going to say that
it could though if in the ocean
Birdfeeder z it’s not though, they are attracted by blood, like lions and other predators because bleeding generally means injured which means easy prey
The 1950s had TONS of carbon monoxide or gasline deaths, so opening the window was a good idea. Plus, classic model airplane glue was RIDICULOUSLY toxic, the fumes could wreck you.
“Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.”
The 50s:
Where people thought a school desk would save you from nuclear armageddon, gas stoves and furnaces leaked carbon monoxide, doctors smoked while delivering babies, and we used lead in our gasoline cause why not?
Its a wonder the human species managed to survive that
Add the the man of the house smoking as well.
@@MrScottbot101 hahaha thank you for that!
@@Mr.Sparks.173 and paint.
"Did the military really need a PSA to wash themselves with soap and water?"
Have you seen some people during these past 2 years?
not just during the past 2 years but always
I think that the advice for women to dress up during their periods was actually progressive at the time. It was promoting the idea that women don’t have to hide or be shameful when menstruating.
That's how I initially took it, more of a pay attention and try to make yourself feel the most attractive when you're gonna most likely feel your least.
I can understand your view but I think it was meant with more sexist intentions like 'no guy will want you when you're on your gross period, you better dress up if you want to make up for how unattractive that it'. But that's just how I understood it? I dunno I like to think thats not how it was but I wouldn't be surprised.
Oh is that they were trying to say? I completely misunderstood that for a fertility thing
@@sshwc2286 it was a fertility thing. Once we (women) start our periods, that means we can start having children, so it was basically meant as a way to say, “now that you can have children, you should try and be your most attractive self, so others will notice you, marry you and then have children with you” It wasn’t really meant to empower women, especially considering the time period.
Is it bad when that woman said to "look your prettiest" I thought "then you're going to ruin your nice clothes."
"Be your most attractive self"
Me on my period with sweat pants, ripped shirt and messy hair- "meh, good enough"
...plus chocolate and Pamperin.
A heating pad and warm tea
Well, that pretty much *is* my most attractive self.
SAME LMAO
I'm awake and feeding the cat. The cat thinks I'm the best, even if I feel like poop. : )
old heaters were lethal, theres a reason we kept windows open in the 50s, thank god for monoxide alarms
Open fireplace if not swept can do it to. That’s why lots of older houses designed for open fires have air bricks in higher in the walls ( above the damp course).
Yeah came here looking for this. The kid appears to be holding a lit match to turn the gas heater on. This is actually the only video with sound advice
"we" ?
How old are you ?
@@aryasrivastava0 do the math. Prolly 75 give or take a few years
Did you have one of those Warm Morning oil heating monsters too? They were terrible. I can still see that ugly thing in my mind.
Thank you for talking about PCOS, I was diagnosed with PCOS in high school, I was 15. It wasn’t clear to me that there were so many health issues connected with PCOS. We need to do more to educate people about this condition and doctors need to be more aware of it.
“Ooh, looks like it wasn’t that soda pop that did you in Billy...it was the bug”
ha ha you're funny (;
Maybe he should have washed his hands.
@@alisoneccleston8673 no no shes got a point there
I understand the “be your most attractive self” from a self-care point of view. I know a lot of people, including myself, just don’t feel right/feel kinda gross during their cycle. Self-care through grooming (nails, clean and nice clothes, hair, perhaps makeup, etc.) helps with it. They could’ve put it a better way, but I understand.
Ita. I saw it as a very 50's way of trying to erase the stigma and normalize what women experience. Remember, periods were never even publicly discussed before this time, so this was probably groundbreaking. Also in the original video, even the dad is part of the conversation and everyone's just talking openly together and being cool with it 😊
I can see how it helps but I would probably fine my fluffiest blanket and my dino onsie
Defintely! I sweat more during period and also I'm more sensitive to smell. So I definitely understand the advice to take some more time for myselfe to feel good.
"Today we're going to be watching a film to help us learn about hygiene during your menstrual cycle..."
FILM: Soap and water makes you CLEANER THAN YOU USED TO BE...
I tend to be curled up and sleep due to severe pain😂 I have no wish to be in a pretty dress while on periods
I think that the “Be your most attractive self” was more for the person themselves than everybody else. I know I feel gross on my period, so when I’m on my period, doing my hair or wearing nicer clothes can make me feel a little more put together and just generally a bit better even when I don’t even go out. Just for myself. I think it can be important for some girls, but everyone deals differently
That’s a nice thought and I think that’s what we’d do today, but back then im sure that’s not the reason for their statement. It was the time of women being only arm candy and presenting yourself in hopes of getting a husband to sustain you, with the expectation of becoming a housewife. So, like I said, nice though but probably not right for the era.
@@septemily That's not quite how it was. I remember those times and it would have been about the girl making herself feel better. We would express it in different terms nowadays, but the advice was essentially the same.
@@septemily "Nice thought, but probably not right for the era." I will throw those words back at you because this was one of the biggest eras of gender equality. It's post WWII which means "working women" is a normal thing, and health science is heavily improved(both things being a direct result of the wars). This video likely meant for girls to stay positive about their image during their period. Because at this time, most women knew full well that they were more than just "arm candy". Obviously, this logic really only applies to city women who felt the changes of the industrial era. But I want people to give credit to the women of this time who were working, voting, creating and dressing up for themselves.
This is actually the era many people look back to compare because not much has changed with gender equality since this time. There is still a wage gap, less women in politics, and an absurd amount of beauty pageants just for women. It always seems like the push for gender equality bounces back to this time after people get complacent again.
"When you look good, you feel good" does make a difference sometimes.
You are correct if you are talking about todays generation and ways of thinking. Women back then were taught to be good housewives. My grandmother has books on how to properly educate women on household duties and vanity.
I have PCOS and I have never heard a doctor, other an an OB, discuss PCOS and how it affects those of us who have it. Thank you ❤
Women were strongly discouraged from swimming during their "time of the month". Back then, everyone wore pads. And not the super absorbent, self sticking ones either. Basically, they were like a big lumpy strip of cotton held in place with a menstrulal belt (which always ripped out a nice chunk of pubic hair every time you went to the bathroom). My mother was horrified when I discovered tampons. (Back then, good unmarried girls did not insert anything.). Periods were called the curse because of all the things you couldn't do during them.
Swimming with a pad is still a bad idea, it's a sponge. It'll get waterlogged. Use a tampon or cup.
I know one thing you can still do during it, but they probably thought you couldn't.
And may actually help speed up the process
90% of medical advice back then ended with "just smoke some cigarettes"
Edit: I smoke, so don't be mad, this was an actual thing they did back in the day
Or "oh it's just hysteria"
@@rexcabrera8398 a lobotomy can cure that!
Don’t forget a shot of whiskey.
@@augustolantermino3485 true that
We gotta let the bad blood out! But we won’t replace it, that would be crazy
"No, Peggy, of course I can't go swimming! You know I have The Curse! I must go into the woods for a week to hide my shame!"
In my prettiest dress
Boy#2: Menstutraation
Boy#1: Use your mouth!
What?
@@TeargasHorse LMAo
Mark Alexander If you are a boy you might not know how many girls tried to get out of pe because they were having their period. PE teachers tried to tell them exercise was good for them but in the end just lowered their grade and let them gossip together at the side of the gym for a few days. We all knew it was a scam but the teacher had better things to do than fight with them over it. They would have loved to have used this excuse to get out of swimming.
@@653j521 I am, but I had more girl friends than boy friends and never really heard of them using that excuse, but I hear it is used all the time in the US.
OH except this one girl I didn't really know who used the excuse so often that the school wrote to her parents concerned about how frequently and often she was bleeding.
When I was in high school we would call out periods “our unwanted friends”.
When I was in teachers college and practise teaching I had a student put her hand up and ask to go to the bathroom. It was right after lunch and it was against policy. But she gave me a look and I understood why and told her to go. The boy next to her said he had to go too for the same reason. I told him if he had the same problem he needed a doctor not the bathroom.
Even when Doctor Mike’s reacting to something he is still educating, one of my favorite things about this king
That beewoop will be here for years, even after all of our bodies turn to ash
And chest compressions :))
Yep 👍🏼
P woop*
That's kind of deep
I am 48 and heard that growing up. You eat to fast and you will get a tummy ache
Plot twist: The boys were actually feeling tired because they had been sniffing glue all day.
I suspect this was a psa from the gas company. Gas furnaces were very common in homes from the 50s-70s (source: I live in a 70s home, have a gas furnace, and yes it can get very very warm and make me sleepy if the heat runs all day)
That's why they could hear the dog talking
I wish these psas had weird plot twists
@@Courdorygirl we used to use coal gas which is sooooooo very unsafe without proper ventilation, its also known as town gas and it has been used as murder weapon in an Agatha Christie book. That's why it got changed to nature gas.
And they had been chuging that original recipe Coca-Cola
I’m pleasantly surprised by the period video! Sure, it’s a bit dated, but the mother character is very sweet, and it gives decent advice (aside from the catch a cold bit). It was better than the period video I got at school!
That’s actually hilarious- I’m 38 and we called it “the curse” when I was a teenager. Now, I also have endometriosis, so I stand by it. But I’m shocked you’d never heard that.
It’s the Eve connotation that makes modern women uncomfortable
We’ve never called it “the curse” but we all thought it was a thing to be dreaded, and I’m only 22. We did have some interesting code terms though, like: “Japan is attacking, do you have supplies?”
I couldn't have said it better, it is "the curse" 💀
I had such horrible cramps & HEAVY flow! All I could do for 2 or 3 days was roll into a fetal position, pull a blanket over my head & cry! It was horrible! The one thing about growing old as a woman is NO MORE PERIODS! 👍
Hi, If you don't mind answering I have many symptoms of endometriosis but have yet to be diagnosed. Was your condition diagnosed through a ultrasound or another method as my scan came back clear?
I understand that the period video probably didn’t mean it in this way, but I do try to still dress nicely during my period for the morale boost 😂
Feeling comfortable is my best boost. And yoghurt.
Same
Put on a pair of jeans day before yesterday they lasted an hour.
@@jeanettegrottick2560 - We thank you for your service, jeans.
Heym,If it works, it works.
“Who names their dog Mr.?”
Who names their kid Stubby?!
You’re saying that about a 1950s cartoon about a talking dog telling two kids not to play too much or they’ll get the cold somehow
At least somebody noticed..... I do know an elderly woman who's actually named Panda though so ya never know!
I went and watched all 32 minutes of TF 8-1665, and I can tell you it's a real hoot. Some of those songs are gonna be stuck in my head for days..
7:00 I'm surprised this ad was more open and using the term "menstruation." Considering I remember seeing ads on tv as a kid (90s and early 2000s) where it was "I'm not feeling fresh." Though I imagine the 1950s ad shown wasn't aired on TV, it's still strange to see them talking so openly about it. And all in all, this was a pretty well made ad. Sure that final tidbit about looking your best was dated, I think the ad did a good job at covering all facets of menstruation. In fact, I dare say it was pretty positive. It seemed to be pushing for open discussion so young women can learn to understand it, rather than covering it behind mashed words (the CURSE).
Those were to be shown in school during "special" girls and boys days. When I was growing up my mother had to sign a slip to give permission for me to stay with the girls to watch a more modern "80"s version. The boys watched a similar one but with a boy talking voice changing and others changes.
The ads you're referring to are talking about are for like douching commercials.
@@kitten3249 ah ok. It wasn't an ad. It was a sex education lecture
After playing Dark Souls for years, I can't help giggling at The Curse.
In the second cartoon sketch, keeping windows open was generally accepted practice from the Spanish flu pandemic. That's why old radiator heaters seem to only have "off" and "hellishly hot" settings and were placed under windows, it encouraged people to open their windows, and the fresh cold air would come in, pass over the radiator, and then circulate as fresh, warm air throughout the room. And if they were making models, they were probably dizzy from glue fumes. Also, the construction materials of the time weren't the healthiest, and they might have still been off-gassing, especially in warmer air. And yes, their could easily be CO or CO2 from the fireplace, gas stove, furnace, or any other manner of things. What Stubby is holding looks like a long match for lighting a furnace.
I was coming here to say something similar! I’ve lived with radiator heat and would often crack a couple windows as well because there was no circulation, it got so stuffy!
The glue! Oh, my gosh. They were huffing. Poor Mr. Doright, the only one with common sense.
I'm kidding, but yeah, what if they had carbon monoxide plus glue fumes? Thanks, Mr. Doright! Dooright? Do-right. Hm.
Plus the kids were working with glue and scoldering iron (the "cigarette" 😁)... two very good reasons to keep the room well-ventilated.
I was born in the late 70s in Germany and when I was a kid the two major glue brands you could find in almost every house (Uhu and Pattex, still sold but with different formulas) did a brilliant job, but when you had a lot to stick together you ended up first dizzy and tired and a few hours later with a major headache.
"Be your most attractive self"
You know what, I actually think that's good advice but probably NOT because of the reason in the 1950s video:
1. Hygiene good, always important but especially so with xxtra fluids involved
2. I always feel terrible on a period (mood etc.), so taking care of myself makes me feel better
3. I always feel gross on a period, so being xxtra clean/sexy makes me more confident
tl;dr be your happiest self, and making yourself feel attractive can help!!
That’s a nice take :)
I was thinking that too, sometimes just putting on my favorite outfit can make me feel better
Yeah I’m not actually mad at that advice either. I don’t always have any interest in following it. But it’s not terrible.
That's true, but you know they meant "be pretty. It's part of your responsibility as a woman to be decorative at all times"
@@birdyfeederz7940 I didn't get that from their advice, because they specifically said to do it more during and because of the period, not at all times. I actually thought they meant what Yatalu here said, good hygiene and feeling better emotionally and more confident. Not every bit of advice targeted to women from 70 years ago is by definition sexism because it's from a time when there was more of it.
As a woman, I find it very interesting that in the menstruation video they recommended the girls doll themselves up and their prettiest outfit. That is so opposite of nowadays, people telling women to put on some comfy sweats and a tank top or oversized shirt and just relax. The funny thing is I could see benefits on both sides. Personally, when I'm not feeling well getting dressed up and looking nice can help improve my mood a lot. On the other hand when I personally wear something "nice", during that time of the month, I tend to judge myself more harshly because of bloating and just feeling less comfortable in my body in general. I guess that's just one of those things up to the individual situation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I love how she said 'be the prettiest you you can be' and like literally last period I was wearing the baggiest clothes I could find and curling up with a heating pad lowkey dying waiting for my pain meds to kick in. Like she has high expectations
I’m either dressing myself up to feel better or dressing like trash XD
Sounds like yours is worse than most unfortunately.
Yep know the feeling all to well.
Yours are worse
And the products were so horrible there were accidents all the time ... and in the required dresses.
"That's cereal?"
I think it's oatmeal or cream of wheat. "Cereal" actually has a pretty broad meaning.
Cereal used to actually refer to cereal grains; the name derives from Ceres, the roman goddess of harvest and agriculture. So it would be directly processed from those grains, usually in the form of a gruel of sorts. It wasn't until much later that we decided to embrace the imbalanced breakfast and started artificially flavoring and overly sweetening our breakfast cereals to make them more palatable.
that "cereal" looked gross
@@sheenanazir8673
It looked like barf
@@TimberLineFern yes true
Could have been grits
My dad, who was in the Army in WW2 always used to use that phrase: “Come on in, the water’s fine” when trying to get us to bathe, swim or even try something we hadn’t done before.
10:45 he's probably holding a match, maybe lighting a fire?
Narrator: he was running over to see his friend STUBBY
Mike: heh, that dog has a stupid name.
8:17
He’s actually didn’t count for inflation. 5k-7k in the 1950’s would be approximately 56k-78k
@IntercityLisko true
i think a lot of doctors would love to only pay 80k
The cost of inflation, or the rate of inflation for education is much greater than the general rate of inflation throughout the economy as a whole.
Adding on, from what I just googled, modern med tuition is about $55k on the cheap end. Interesting how the prices hasn't changed effectively.
Yes but unlike today the income at that time was compatible with these costs
My mom at 1:00 am: "Where were you?!"
Me: *"I was hungry and I had some money...."*
thx fr the likes ma doods :>
Sounds like a some weird nature documentary, but about humans.
Me: I had some money to spend, and now I have the munchies.
Dr Mike. You should do a episode of the tv show emergency. Just to show how far medicine has came. Since the 70’s
as someone who has been to middle school, high school, and conventions.. the soap and water ad is something we should be airing NOW.
I grew up with quite a few young women in the Bible belt who's families called it the "curse of the blood", while others were never taught to expect their period. When I'd explain what was happening, it never failed that they'd cry and swear they were in trouble with God. Many were told that the curse of the blood happened because the girls had "impure" thoughts.
Be honest with your kids and give them accurate, age appropriate answers to their questions when they ask 🙂👍🏼❤
And that's why sex ed in school is extremely important! Even now. Sadly :(
I volunteer for a UK suicide prevention charity and the story of how it was set up involved a teenage girl who got her first period. She had no idea what it was and thought she had some horrible disease and ended up killing herself because she was too ashamed and terrified to ask anyone about it.
It makes me so angry just thinking about it.
@@theomegajuice8660 Wow... that's so messed up. Thanks for volunteering!
Tf? So the mom in "Carrie" is real?
Sounds like straight from the Middle Ages.
“i don’t know why women call it ‘the curse’.”
cramps, headaches, acne, back pain, etc., etc.: *am i a joke to you?*
"The curse if Eve"
Never got any of that. I only got PMDD- if I became irrationally and violently suicidal, I knew shark week was coming. But I only get my period 3-6 times a year, and it lasts from one day to six.
I know how lucky I am, but at the same time, before I started birth control to stop the PMDD, it was hell. Oh, and I can't have children. Doctors aren't even sure if I ovulate, so its doubtful if I could even have a surrogate to have a child. Shitty trade off. I'd take the cramps in return for fertility anyday.
Emotions, hunger , sleepiness
Back then, it was a sexist phrase. Nowadays, it isn't.
Also the frustration when it comes to blood stains getting onto your bed or clothes 😬
Dr. Mike, dressing well improves morale and self-confidence, when you’re feeling crampy and gross, dressing well can help combat those feelings. 😊
1:29 Dr. Mike: “I can’t show this, there’s 6 naked guys in a shower washing him with soap and water and doing it against his will!”
Benjamin: looses his mind laughing
I lost it 😂
I lost it too, hilarious, especially the way he said that 🤣
Me too 😂
But I think it’s Sam back there
AND THEY'RE DOING IT AGAINST HIS WILL
@@foodofthegods did he mean uncle sam?
Maybe she encouraged them to "be their most attractive self" because when you are young and unused to it, it can make you feel insecure to be on your period but wearing something that makes you feel confident will help your emotional health. She definitely didn't say that well. but my whole life I've found that it helps me to wear confidence-boosting clothes and do my hair on my period.
Dude, comfy clothes, a heating pad or blankets and pain meds.
Yea. I mean, I just get dressed up like always because, I don't know about other women or how it works in other countries, but here we don't get a week off on our period, so, still need to go to college and work. So, even if I'm bleeding, I need to put my going out clothes, do hair and make up and use high heels
@@dragonjade8853 is just here im Brasil that we take birth control to decrease period flow and pain?? Becaus I've been taking for more than 2 years now and I never get cramps anymore
@@gisela_oliveira people do that here in America with birth control but it seems like it's oddly more common for americans to have (or at least talk about) debilitating period symptoms. Mine while sometimes get pretty uncomfy are livable.I work with children, and I don't get to take off of work just because I'm bleeding, so dressing well (and boosting my self esteem) helps me to be more emotionally stable which is important when you are caring for kids cos they read emotions.
Yeah I akso interpreted it in that way, but I'll never be sure if that was the meaning or if it truly had a sexist implication(?
Lol "the curse" seems accurate to me when every month you're doubled over in pain from the relentless cramps. Although "wear your prettiest dress", just all around seems like bad advice considering how accidents happen 😅
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On one hand, looking pretty while on their period might help women feel less miserable, at least I feel better if I put on some comfy but nice clothes and not my regular old rags. On the other hand, I don't think that's why they said it in the 50s.
Seriously, sweat pants and Netflix.
Yep. I totally agree. Not often, but I sometimes get painful cramps. Some of my close friends would use pain relievers during periods if they got painful cramps. My parents are traditionalists so I can't use pain relievers lmao - so I buckled down and doubled over from the pain. Even though I don't often get painful cramps, I can't help but fear for them whenever my period comes around; I would think to myself, "I hope I don't get painful cramps". Trust what women say, painful cramps are PAINFUL.
I went to school threw up..kind of glad I didn't dress up. Just cause I was on my period
Born in the 60's. There wasn't much choice about pads. I wore garters that secured a very long pad. We changed often because they weren't absorbent. When I didn't have pads, and the stores still closed on Sunday, a rolled up newspaper encased in an old stocking strapped to the garter was a solution. I still thank my mom for the little Kotex kit she had on hand for when i started. Ladies now have so many choices and options, it wasn't that way in the 70's. Best thing ever, I remember, was long pads with wings for night sleeping. I'll spare you the details as how we dealt with it prior. Thank you, Dr. Mike for bringing this conversation up and normalizing it to 2023 standards.
"Be your most attractive self" during your period - I didn't really see that as problematic. I heard that as the 1950's way of saying, "You're going to feel crappy so self-care is extra important right now."
But we don't have the energy for it and we don't want to ruin good clothes??
It’s the “make sure you do your hair” as opposed to “try and find things that might make you feel slightly better like: doing your hair” the way she said it didn’t sound like advice to feel better it sounded like instructions.
@@Cabesmum Right, well, as I said, that's how communication worked in the 1950's. Very voice-of-God, thou-shalt-comply type stuff. You can't go back to historical artifacts from the 1950's and expect them to have the communication conventions of the 2020's.
@@Roadent1241 that was kind of the point. If girls wore their favorite dress (that they didn't want to ruin) they would end up change their pads more often.
@@QuiznosBear And is that bad? I'm sure they were less expensive back then.
PLEASE do a second part. This is perfect. I love it.
“Be your most attractive self”
Me in sweats, hair in a bun, face full of zits, with a heating pad over my abdomen: BHAHAHAHAHAHA
I feel you.
Having my period like, right now. So yeah I feel you too.
Haha same!!! I am not anywhere close to attractive during my period! Haha
I think it would be really interesting to look more into the immune system and menstrual cycle relationship. Any time I get sick it is around my period, I also get cold sores and my acne becomes really severe with our fail every single month the day or two before my period. I always assumed all the changes suppress your immune system momentarily but I never looked into it
It's been 10 months since you wrote this, so you may have looked into it since - but the worsening of acne, at least, is almost certainly because of the changes in the levels of certain hormones around your menstrual cycle! Hormonal acne; seeing acne get worse around your period, is VERY common, and entirely normal!!!!!
Idk about the immune system thing, though, I'm afraid. Though my stomach always got really bad around my period, and I just felt sick all the time.
Of course - depending on what type of sick you feel, as well (possibly) for your sores... Iron defencies can wreak havoc on your body, and make you really exhausted and tired!!!! If this is something you experience, you might wanna talk to your doctor, and start taking iron supplements around your period!
I did!
...Until my doctor prescribed me birth control to simply stop having my period altogether.