D: D: D:

[aesc]

There is not enough WTF in the world for this.


Before there was Summer's Eve, there was...



Again I say: D: D: D:

I mean seriously, anything that strongly suggests you use rubber gloves while applying it to various surfaces should probably not be put inside you. For all I know, Lysol might be a great feminine hygeine product, but still, what's next? Shaving your legs with a straight razor? *cringes*

And then there's this, which makes me so so happy I'm alive right now:



Just... no. No thank you. I like to think the woman's thinking, "Vitamins, and also the fact that soon I will kill you, bury you with quicklime, and run off to Tijuana."

I'll be over here now, doing... something.

Comments

[aesc.livejournal.com]

TAKE IT AWAYYYYYY.

And did you know Lysol was originally derived from coal tar? COAL TAR.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I was reading around on MUM.org (http://www.mum.org/Lysol48.htm) to see if I could find out when this ad was published, and apparently Lysol has properties similar to carbolic acid. That means it burns. It BURNS.

[aurora]

A world of :| :| and WTF.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I'm not sure I want to make a point that badly :D

Still, maybe safely behind a concrete bunker or blast shield, with a remote detonator...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

When I saw this, at first I went O__O and then D: and then RUN AWAY.

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's disturbing. Also, what the hell? Lysol ≠ spermicide.

[http://users.livejournal.com/tesserae_/]

And people wonder why we needed a women's movement...

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

you know, what*ever* the product is advertised n this way, the whole thing makes me run away disgusted. What the fuck happened to soap? this irks me SO MUCH.

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

Hmmmph... and there was no doctor around to suggest she try dipping hubby's bits in it? Because he - 1940's!Man - is, of course, a model of hygiene!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

According to this one woman, it might have worked (http://www.mum.org/olnws257.htm#anchor834713). Which makes sense, in a way. Lysol is an anti-organic, and good at killing small things like insects and bacteria, so sperm might fall on the Can Kill list.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

And people wonder why there are angry feminists.

I would be, if people expected me to keep clean and fresh with Lysol and a wire brush or what-the-fuck-ever.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I think it wasn't scientific enough? I mean, this is from the era when people painted watch faces with radium because it glowed in the dark and was so amazing and futuristic.

And depressingly, this era was only 60-70 years ago.

[elizabeth perry (from livejournal.com)]

I feel like I did when I read that blackstrap molasses used to be used in ROAD PAVING. I was given blackstrap molasses cookies as a child! (And, okay, ate sand, but I WAS TWO AND STUPID. Grown-ups are supposed to know better! That's why they're grownups!)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

she try dipping hubby's bits in it

I'm sure that's why she's smiling.

"Why honey, you smell so clean and fresh tonight!"

And tomorrow undiluted lysol on your genitals will only be the first step of the torture before I tie you up and abandon you in the garage while I skip town with all your savings.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Grown-ups are supposed to know better! That's why they're grownups!

I think stupidity is not age-specific :/

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

Um, wow. I find the Lysol advertisement incredibly disturbing.

I can't honestly say that I am the best example of the feminist movement (hello, I work in a library), but the second advertisement makes me throw up a little in my mouth.

(Off topic here, but this new icon you have of John and the belly scratching? SO ADORABLE!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

"Disturbing" is one word for it. *shudder*

but the second advertisement makes me throw up a little in my mouth.

I was a little sick myself. I'm not sure where I fall on the feminist spectrum--I tend to believe that both men and women should be equally empowered to pursue any options for life/love/career, so long as they don't involve hurting other people or animals--but still. "The harder she works, the cuter she is"??? NO. Just... no.

And oh, isn't he cute??? tardis80 drew him ♥ ♥

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

no, see, sadly it's not only that it wasn't scientific enough, I don't think. It's also that of *course* vaginas are dirty places that need cleansing not mere cleaning - they are weird and magical and require speshul powered cleaning stuff.

This is what disgusts me, actually. The whole... dirty place, special product thing, erk. It's become twenty kinds of perfumed milder douches and ph neutral special soaps and stuff, but it's still there and it's still scary to me.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Nothing like vintage_ads to make you realize how lucky you are to be living now.

Of course it kind of makes you look at modern ads and wonder what people will think of them in fifty years.

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

Sure, it might have worked, but at what cost? I mean, anything that was meant to be a household cleaner really has no business being that close to/in my body.

Also, according to WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/content/article/71/81244.htm): 1930-1960: The most popular female contraceptive is Lysol disinfectant. Ads tout it as a feminine hygiene product, with testimonials from prominent European "doctors." Later investigation by the American Medical Association showed that these experts did not exist. Despite its longstanding popularity, Lysol does not work as a contraceptive.

Did no one ask their own doctor about it?

[elizabeth perry (from livejournal.com)]

Well, that's dumb. Get on that, aitches!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Of course it kind of makes you look at modern ads and wonder what people will think of them in fifty years.

I sincerely hope the answer is "backwards and unenlightened when it comes to the importance of sexual/racial/gender equality." And I'm okay with that, because that at least suggests we'd be continuing to progress.

[http://users.livejournal.com/tesserae_/]

Yeah, the efforts to make *every* woman conform to these absurd models were crazy-making - they had profoundly negative consequences on girls and women both, and we're still seeing it today, even if it's *cough* somewhat more subtle...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

It's also that of *course* vaginas are dirty places

Don't forget the teeth. There are teeth in those things, you know.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Well, perhaps subtle as a bag of hammers instead of a bag of bricks, at least in some ways... One of the things I deeply, deeply hate is the "girl, you can be whatever you want! Just make sure you have a boyfriend/get married eventually" message. I got that a lot in school, and it still irks me, especially when it comes around to the sly wink and "So, aesc, you're working on your dissertation and doing what you love, but... is there a BOY in your life?"

*annoyed face*