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old times period
in like the 1800s did women get their periods?
if so, what did they use for a tampon/ pad??
i know this weird but im very curious..
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Obviously they got their period back then. If they didn't then you would never have been born.
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Yes, women have always gotten periods, just the same as we do today.
You've already gotten a lot of good answers about what people used for tampons/pads. But here's an interesing fact:
In the 1800s and earlier, most women had babies about every two years... from the time they got married until they hit menopause (or died in childbirth or from sheer exhaustion!). Also, most women breastfed their babies for at least a year. And many women don't get their period while they're breastfeeding, or at least not for several months. Soooo....
9 months of pregnancy (no period)
1 year of breastfeeding (possibly no period)
and then BAMM, pregnant again!
That means that once a girl got married and started having kids, she might only have a couple periods every few years for the rest of her life!
No wonder we don't hear much about periods in the old days. =]
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My granny told me about this one!
They did indeed use rags. They washed them
and reused them as well. I imagine that is
where the phrase "on the rag" came from.
Being a fan of historical books, I can also
tell you that Indian women were sent to a
special lodge every month during their periods
because it was thought that it was bad medicine.
They could only return to their husbands when it
was over. They actually thought the warriors would
be cursed. Very interesting question. :)
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Cave-women menstruated, about once a month, just the way women do today.
What did they do about it? Probably not a damn thing. In a very early societies it would not have mattered quite the same way. People worked, got dirty, and dealt with it. In other cultures, women on their periods were perceived as being ‘sick’ so they didn’t go out or socialize, making the clean up less of a necessity.
Commercial pads have been around since the 1800's, before then, women probably did use rags, sponges, skins or whatever else they had handy that would do the job.
The sad truth is that human history was written by men, and men had little interest the ways women dealt with their periods. There really isn't any historical data on the subject.
You can read a bit more here: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) but I’m afraid you wont find any perfect answers to your question.
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they didnt have a period every month, but they did have one. it started as a monthly thing when there was birth control.
for tampons/pads, they used rags, and stayed out of society until it was over.
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Yes, of course they did. you can't get pregnant if you don't have a period. They used rags. Gross, huh?
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