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From: chabot@amber.DEC (L S Chabot)
Newsgroups: net.women.only
Subject: Re: feminine "protection"
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 09:30:20 EST
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I too find the use of the word "protection" to be a little weird, and frequently
amusing.  Especially since, before I noticed it cropping up on women's paper
products, I used to only notice it on the kinds of underpants and liners for
people with bladder problems, and then it crept into deodorant.  A lot of the
women's paper products these days are scented, too.  I guess "protection" means
protecting you from having people find out that you're a human being with
occasional human smells.  (I have a feeling bears still think we smell like
humans.) 

I'd prefer use of words like "absorbent", or something else relating more 
directly to the function of the product.

Hah!  Can you imagine what this discussion would be like in net.flame!  All
sorts complaining about why do we have to discuss such a *disgusting* topic
(obviously, it's unnatural!)

One of my favorite bits of graffiti at MIT, and in fact, the only lasting one
I ever saw in a women's room (you know how the graffiti in "ladies rooms" tends
to get cleaned up, but not in men's rooms), was on a Modess dispenser.  The
slogan for Modess used to be "Modess...because" and this was of course on the
dispenser.  Some wit had scratched in below "because why?".  A question I'd
always asked.

L S Chabot
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