The History of Menstruation | Evolution of Menstruation Products | Mini - Documentary | EXPLORE MODE

Periods. Every woman throughout history with a functioning reproductive system has experienced them and dealt with them in various ways depending on what time in history they lived in and where they were from.

Nowadays, pads, tampons, environmentally-friendly cups, and super absorbent panties are women’s allies during the toughest days of their menstruation.

But what did women do before these were invented?

You’re watching Explore Mode and today we are diving into periods, and how women have managed them throughout history.

00:58 Introducing Elissa Stein
02:50 Early menstrual products
04:02 First Kotex / First menstrual pads
05:58 Menstrual cups
06:32 Origin of Tampons

Music:
Teddy Bear Walts, Acid Trumpet and Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

The Plan’s Working by Cooper Cannell
Free Download: https://bit.ly/2LUL6e9

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 Andante

Give Me your Affection by Billy Colton & His Band


Sources:
History Behind Menstruation Products
https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/s...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innova...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsand...

Elissa Stein’s Website
https://www.elissastein.com/

Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Cultural-...

Produced by Sofia K.
Edited by Amanda Lee