me and my girlfriend wondered about this earlier watching a medieval times movie and wondered how did women get around when their pms kicked in.... i dont think they had pads back then did they??
what do ya think??
2007-01-07 14:48:29 · 14 answers · asked by jms_nov28 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
this is honestly not a perverted question
2007-01-07 14:48:51 · update #1
I hear that they used leaves for pads back in the day.
2007-01-07 14:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by NecropolisXR 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well disposable diapers are new, too, so women just had different laundry issues and less garbage!
2007-01-07 22:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by AMEWzing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They made sanitary protection from discarded and or old material
2007-01-07 22:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by Lolitta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used cloths they could wash and reuse ! Like small wash cloths !
2007-01-07 22:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by IT'S JUST ME ! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where do you think the phrase "On the rag" came from? They used rags.
2007-01-07 22:50:40 · answer #5 · answered by Carol R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They used cloth from old clothes. What is sad to think of is not having any motrin.....Had to hurt.
2007-01-07 22:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think they stayed in bed during that time and used rags
2007-01-07 22:50:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I've ask myself the same thing before
2007-01-07 22:50:45 · answer #8 · answered by shannon h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used cotton?
2007-01-07 22:50:58 · answer #9 · answered by Wandering Sage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have also thought about that. i have no idea. i do know that before toilet paper was invented people used corn cobs. how sick is that?
2007-01-07 22:50:39 · answer #10 · answered by Your Angel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋