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Jul 8, 2020 37 min

50: Let’s Talk About Tampax

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How do you advertise a product that's taboo? When Tampax became the first commercially-produced tampon in 1933, no one wanted to talk about menstruation. So the company embraced education as advertising. It’s a strategy that grew from door-to-door sales campaigns to middle school sex ed classes across the country today. But what does it mean when corporations lead the conversation about menstruation? And for more information about menstruators: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/menstruation Subscribe to the Insider Today newsletter: https://bit.ly/insidertoday

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