Originally Posted by
bravenewworld1
My mom once told me a story about how her mother and friends flipped shit the first time a tampon commercial was aired on tv. And i know people took issue with toilet paper ads, underwear ads, etc. as well. This is just a massive cultural divide that we cannot even fathom today. But they used to have decency laws for the FCC and what not, and they ruled a lot of personal items like this to be inappropriate. We all do these things, but its something we do in private and not public. This was the general attitude people had.
Id also say the bathroom thing is so effective because its a natural place of vulnerability.